Hour of Trial: The Murder of Officer John P. 'Buck' Maloney

A young police officer is gunned down while investigating two suspicious characters. His murderer flees, but doesn't get far. A self-inflicted wound slows him down, giving a determined police force the opportunity to apprehend and arrest the 20-year-old hardened criminal. A tragedy that could have happened on the streets of New York or Los Angeles, the murder of Officer John P. “Buck” Maloney occurred more than a century ago in the rural city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. “Hour of Trial” is an accurate account of the century-old murder, arrest and trial written by James Carn, an avid reader of American history. The author spent nearly four decades researching newspaper articles, court records, death certificates, church records, cemetery records, railroad records, and various sources, including interviews with family descendants and others.