The Chicago Trunk Murder : : Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century / / Elizabeth Dale.
On November 14, 1885, a cold autumn day in the City of Broad Shoulders, an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred watched as three Sicilians—Giovanni Azari, Agostino Gelardi, and Ignazio Silvestri—were hanged in the courtyard of the Cook County Jail. The three had only recently come to the city, but...
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Names
- INTRODUCTION : Rule of Justice or Rule of Law?
- One—An Italian Murder
- Two—Police Investigations
- Three—Brought before the Law
- Four—Justice Is Served
- Five—The Triumph of Common Sense
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix A—The Italians and Their Culture
- Appendix B—The Law
- Appendix C—Police at the Turn of the Century
- Appendix D—Immigrants and Criminal Law
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index