Download or read book The Belle of Bedford Avenue written by McConnell Virginia and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1902, 20-year-old Walter Brooks, the scion of an affluent Brooklyn family, was murdered in a seedy Manhattan hotel. The subsequent trial of Florence Burns, the young woman accused of the murder, made front-page news across the country and shocked New York society. This true crime tale sheds new light on this now-forgotten crime.