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The confession of Tom Whittaker, of Pittsburg : who was tried and acquitted in Washington, Pa., for the murder of David Sproul, on the night of the 18th day of March, 1867 / written by himself in the Western Penitentiary, Allegheny City, Pa ; containing a full, complete and startling account of one of the most horrible murders and robberies ever committed in the United States, revealing the perpetrators of the terrible deed, and implicating unsuspected parties.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whittaker, Tom, author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whittaker, Tom--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Whittaker, Tom.
- Sproul, David--Death and burial.
- Sproul, David.
- Murder--Pennsylvania--Washington (Washington County).
- Murder.
- Pennsylvania--Washington (Washington County).
- Trials (Murder)--Pennsylvania--Washington (Washington County).
- Trials (Murder).
- Genre:
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : portrait.
- Manufacture:
- Pittsburg, Pennsylvania : Union Publishing Company, 1874.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1874]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 422703348
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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