Author: Henry M. HuntPublisher:
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The Crime of the Century Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Author: Henry M. HuntTHE CRIME OF THE CENTURY OR, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Author: HENRY M. HUNTThe Crime of the Century; Or, the Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Author: Henry M. HuntPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514788769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
PREFACE This volume is not intended as an addition to the criminal literature of the country. It has not been published solely for the pleasure of those who delight in devouring morbid tales of crime and criminals. It rather owes its existence to a general demand from all parts of the United States, from the Canadas, from Great Britain, and from many points on the continent of Europe, for a complete, concise, and accurate story of one of the greatest of modern crimes and the events connected therewith. The reports of the public press, while of the most searching and elaborate character, have nevertheless been of necessity so disjointed, fragmentary and confusing, covering a period of over seven months, each day and week replete with new discoveries and new sensations, as to make it well-nigh impossible for even the most careful reader, with unlimited time at his disposal, to grasp or comprehend anything more than the barest outline of this remarkable case. The object of this volume therefore, is to present in consecutive form and as a complete narrative all the facts which have been brought to light from the day of the disappearance of Dr. Cronin, to the close of the trial of those accused of his murder. Many circumstances have combined to make the task a difficult and laborious one, but the results are submitted in the belief that as the only effort of its kind, it will prove not only a story of thrilling interest to the general reader, but also valuable, by its accuracy and continuity, as an historical work.
The Crime of the Century
Author: Henry M. HuntPublisher: Chicago : People's Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Criminology
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Crime of the Century; Or
Author: Henry M. HuntThe Crime of the Century
Author: Henry M. HuntPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Crimes Of The Century
Author: Gilbert GeisPublisher: Northeastern University Press
ISBN: 1555538681
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
In compelling narrative, the authors probe the sensational cases of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard A. Loeb, the Scottsboro "boys," Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Alger Hiss, and O.J. Simpson, highlighting significant lessons about criminal behavior and the administration of criminal justice. Each case study details the crime, the police investigation, and the court proceedings, profiles the major players, and examines the outcome and aftermath of the trial. The authors untangle the perplexities surrounding the cases and illuminate the many mysteries that remain unsolved today. These celebrated trials reveal issues of overzealous prosecution, sloppy police work, judicial bias, race, class, and ethnic struggles, and the role of wealth in securing a competent defense. They also show how the temper of the times and frenzied media coverage heightened the intensity of drama in the cases.
The Crime of the Century, Or the Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin
Author: Henry M. HuntPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259952381
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Excerpt from The Crime of the Century, or the Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin: A Complete and Authentic History of the Greatest of Modern Conspiracies The Crime Creates An International Sensation - Discovery of the Lonely Cottage Where the Irish Nationalist Met His Death - Evidences of a Terrible Struggle - The tell-tale Blood Stains and Broken Furniture - The Mysterious Tenants and Their Movements - The Furniture Bought and Carted to the Assassins' Den - What Milkman Mertes Saw - The Plot as Outlined by the Surroundings - Iceman o'sullivan Under Surveillance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Blood Runs Green
Author: Gillian O'BrienPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022624895X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
On May 26, 1889, four thousand mourners proceeded down Chicago's Michigan Avenue, followed by a crowd forty thousand strong, in a howl of protest at what commentators called one of the ghastliest and most curious crimes in civilized history. The dead man, Dr. P. H. Cronin, was a respected Irish physician, but his brutal murder uncovered a web of intrigue, secrecy, and corruption that stretched across the United States and far beyond. O'Brien tells the story of Cronin's murder from the police investigation to the trial-- and the story of a booming immigrant population clamoring for power at a time of unprecedented change.
Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley
Author: Charles FanningPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813162610
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Finley Peter Dunne, American journalist and humorist, is justly famous for his creation of Mr. Dooley, the Chicago Irish barkeep whose weekly commentary on national politics, war, and human nature kept Americans chuckling over their newspapers for nearly two decades at the beginning of this century. Largely forgotten in the files of Chicago newspapers, however, are over 300 Mr. Dooley columns written in the 1890s before national syndication made his name a household word. Charles Fanning offers here the first critical examination of these early Dooley pieces, which, far better than the later ones, reveal the depth and development of the character and his creator. Dunne created in Mr. Dooley a vehicle for expressing his criticism of Chicago's corruption despite the conservatism of most of his publishers. Dishonest officials who could not be safely attacked in plain English could be roasted with impunity in the "pure Roscommon brogue" of a fictional comic Irishman. In addition, Dunne painted, through the observations of his comic persona, a vivid and often poignant portrait of the daily life of Chicago's working-class Irish community and the impact of assimilation into American life. He also offered cogent views of American urban political life, already dominated by the Irish as firmly in Chicago as in other large American cities, and of the tragicomic phenomenon of Irish nationalism. Mr. Fanning's penetrating examination of these early Dooley pieces clearly establishes Dunne as far more than a mere humorist. Behind Mr. Dooley's marvelously comic pose and ironic tone lies a wealth of material germane to the social and literary history of turn-of-the century America.