Six Capsules author Bob Dekle speaks at the Writers Alliance of Gainsville
Feb 2nd, 2021
Bob Dekle, author of Six Capsules: The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts, speaks on Francis L. Wellman, the man who prosecuted the fascinating case from his book.
“As I progressed along, I kept bumping into stories that were so good they could easily form the basis of a stand-alone book rather than a chapter. I nevertheless forged ahead, determined to write a single chapter on each murder.
Then I hit upon a Jack-the-Ripper style murder that occurred in a brothel in one of New York City’s worst slums…”
