49pp. Bound in foxed and worn original printed wrappers stitched at spine. Covers in fragile condition with little loss to top edge tear on front cover, some scattered foxing to pages. The author states that the records of the murders covered in the booklet are as near as possible correct, but the loss of county records in 1804 makes it impossible to give accurate accounts of crimes committed before that date. Since 1804 the information has come from the Oyer and Terminer court minutes and the hundreds of criminal indictments filed in the County Clerk's office. A short description of each case is given, with longer accounts of the more sensational crimes - such as The Wishart Murder, The Druse Butchery and the Middleville Tragedy - all from 1884. A very rare booklet. PLEASE NOTE: this is an Original Edition NOT a modern reprint.

True crime Criminology American murders New York Courts History