Pardonable matricide : Robert Irving Latimer, from Michigan's "Most Dangerous Inmate" to free man / Tobin T. Buhk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buhk, Tobin T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisoners--Biography.

Prisoners.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit, [2019]

Summary:

In January 1889, as London constables hunted for Jack the Ripper and theaters around the world presented theatrical renditions of the Jekyll and Hyde story, Jackson, Michigan, Police Captain Jack Boyle searched for the murderer of Mary Latimer.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction

Prologue: Law and Order in Jackson, c. November 1888

Part I: The Perfect Alibi

1. A Barking Dog Never Bites: Discovery of the Crime

2. An Unusual Suspect: Robert Irving Latimer and the Perfect Alibi

3. It's All a Matter of Timetables: Unraveling Latimer's Perfect Alibi

4. A Good Offense Is the Best Defense

5. Rumors and the Smoking Gun

6. Hang 'Em High

7. Dirty Little Secrets

8. Theater of the Absurd

9. Trial of the Century: The Case for the Prosecution

10. Enter "Trixy": The Case for the Defense

11. Verdict

Part II: #4578, the Most Dangerous Inmate in Michigan

12. Dynamite!

13. Poisoned Lemonade

14. Two Days of Liberty

15. Poisoned Pen

16. Free at Last!

Epilogue: Ghosts, Whispers and Shadows

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-3593-5

OCLC:

1090499271