The Case of the Autographed Corpse

A Medicine Man and a Mystery Writer in Pursuit of Justice
The true-crime saga of the intertwined lives of a Native spiritual leader and a prominent literary figureand their shared work in their pursuit to right a tragic wrongful conviction.
The true-crime saga of the intertwined lives of a Native spiritual leader and a prominent literary figureand their shared work in their pursuit to right a tragic wrongful conviction.

Silas John Edwardsa charismatic Apache medicine manwas known as a controversial figure on Apache reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, where white authorities determined to maintain control over reservation life. When his wife, Margaret, was brutally murdered in 1933, Silas John was tried and convictedreceiving a sentence of life in prison. The key piece of evidence against Silas John was a rock found near Margaret’s body, scratched with his initials, S. J. E.”.

Were the scratched initi