First in violence, deepest in dirt [electronic resource] : homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 / Jeffrey S. Adler.

By: Adler, Jeffrey SContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006Description: 367 p. : illSubject(s): Homicide -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies | Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies | Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.1520973/1109034 LOC classification: HV6534.C4 | A35 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
"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."
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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.

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