The CBS Murders (25 page)

The living room at the Nash home. (N.Y.P.D.)

The garage attached to the Nash home in which Nash's van was repainted. (N.Y.P.D.)

Police frogmen search the tidal creek behind the Nash home. Five .22 cartridges were discovered. (N.Y.P.D.)

(N.Y.P.D.)

The bedroom in Margaret Barbera's apartment. (N.Y.P.D.)

The living room in Margaret Barbera's apartment. (N.Y.P.D.)

(N.Y.P.D.)

A police design specialist at work drafting the scene of the murder of the three CBS employees. (N.Y.P.D.)

The interior of Nash's van with newly purchased camping equipment. (N.Y.P.D.)

Madeleine and Irwin Margolies leaving Federal District Court.

Acknowledgments

This book could not have been written without the cooperation and assistance of members of the New York City Police Department who were directly involved in the investigation of what became known as the CBS murders, nor without access to certain files, documents, memoranda, and records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation relating to its probe of the swindle that led to those murders.

Most particularly, I would like to express my gratitude for their patience and help to the members of the task force charged with uncovering the crime, Detectives Richard Chartrand and Robert Patterson of the Midtown North precinct and to Lieutenant Richard Gallagher and Detective John Wales, both now retired from the force.

—
R.H.

About the Author

Richard Hammer is the author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books, as well as numerous short stories, articles, and essays for major publications worldwide. He has won two Edgar Awards for Best Fact Crime, for
The Vatican Connection
(1982) and
The CBS Murders
(1987), and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for
The Court-Martial of Lt. Calley
(1971). Both the
New York Times
and the
Washington Post
named
One Morning in the War
(1970) and
The Court-Martial of Lt. Calley
one of the ten best books of the respective years in which they were published. Hammer's first book,
Between Life and Death
(1969), explored the case that led to the landmark Supreme Court decision in
Brady v. Maryland
and its repercussions. He wrote and narrated the Academy Award–winning documentary
Interviews with My-Lai Veterans
(1970), and has been involved in many TV films and motion pictures. Before becoming a full-time freelance writer, he wrote for the
New York Times
and its Week in Review section, where he covered the war in Vietnam, the civil rights struggle, and most other major stories of the times. A native of Hartford, Connecticut, Hammer attended Mount Hermon School, earned degrees from Syracuse University and Trinity College, and did postgraduate work at Columbia University. He and his wife currently reside in New York City.

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Copyright © 1987 by Richard Hammer and John Richard Wales

Cover design by Jason Gabbert

ISBN: 978-1-5040-3907-9

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