EPISODE 34: Make it a Double
In this week's episode, Paul and Kate travel to 1922 San Franscisco to discuss a suspected suicide. When the body is found with several gunshot wounds, the ballistics and circumstances surrounding those involved make this a fascinating case.
Sources:
“Former Oakland Woman Held as Husband’s Slayer” (Oakland Tribune) December 4, 1922
https://www.newspapers.com/image/82527102/?terms=%22grace%20baratti%22&match=1
“Mrs. Grace Baratti Testifies First Time” by Edward W. Parker (San Francisco Examiner) April 1, 1924
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457790690/?terms=%22grace%20baratti%22&match=1
“Murder Trial of Former Stockton Girl Adjourns” (Stockton Daily Evening Record) December 15, 1923
https://www.newspapers.com/image/609858540/?terms=%22grace%20cheney%22%20baratti&match=1
“Baratti Case Brings War of Attorneys” (The San Francisco Examiner) March 22, 1924
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457607261/?terms=%22harry%20baratti%22%20gun&match=1
Variety Magazine, January 1923
https://archive.org/details/variety69-1923-01/page/n27/mode/2up?q=baratti
“Jury in Third Trial Frees Grace Baratti of Murder Charge” (Santa Rosa Republican) April 11, 1924
https://www.newspapers.com/image/609239274/?terms=%22grace%20baratti%22&match=1
“Sketches May Free Woman” (The Richmond Item) March 17, 1923
https://www.newspapers.com/image/249432681/?terms=%22grace%20baratti%22&match=1
“Mrs. Baratti Acquitted” (Red Bluff News) 1924.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/697588616/?terms=%22grace%20baratti%22&match=1
San Francisco Call, Volume 112, Number 145, 22 December 1922
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19221222&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
“Grace M Baratti/Baratti-Cheney: Murder Of Her Husband” (Criminal Genealogy) 2019.
https://criminalgenealogy.blogspot.com/2019/12/grace-m-barattibaratti-cheney-murder-of.html
“Experts Give Testimony in Baratti Case” (San Francisco Examiner) Decemeber 14, 1923
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457600409/?terms=%22harry%20baratti%22%20revolver&match=1
“Baratti Jury Splits; Files 3 Verdicts” (San Francisco Examiner) December 22, 1922
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457490700/?terms=%22harry%20baratti%22%20revolver
“Experts Fail to Agree at Baratti Trial” by Edward Parker (San Francisco Examiner) February 12, 1924
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457766372/?terms=%22harry%20baratti%22%20revolver&match=1
“Experts Fail to Agree at Baratti Trial” (San Francisco Examiner) February 12, 1924
https://www.newspapers.com/image/457766372/?terms=%22harry%20baratti%22%20powder&match=1