First in violence, deepest in dirt homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 /

Adler, Jeffrey S.

First in violence, deepest in dirt homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 / [electronic resource] : Jeffrey S. Adler. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006. - 367 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-357) and index.

"So you refuse to drink with me, do you?" -- "I loved my wife so I killed her" -- "He got what he deserved" -- "If ever that black dog crosses the threshold of my house, I will kill him" -- "The dead man's hand" -- "A good place to drown babies" -- "A butcher at the stockyard killing sheep."


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





GBA619127 bnb

Uk


Homicide--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
Murder--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.


Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HV6534.C4 / A35 2006

364.1520973/1109034