MURDER IN ALL AGES: BEING A HISTORY OF HOMICIDE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES, WITH THE MOST CELEBRATED MURDER CASES FAITHFULLY REPORTED, ARRANGED UNDER CONTROLLING MOTIVES AND UTILIZED TO SUPPORT THE THEORY OF HOMICIDAL IMPULSE
Book Details + Condition: A.E. Pinkerton and Co (Chicago). First Edition, 1898. Hardcover measuring 9.25" x 6.75". 574 pages. Illustrated. Very scarce book on homicide from a historical perspective. Author Matthew Worth Pinkerton details the most prominent psychological theories of the late 19th century, through analyzing the most famous cases of the time. Chapters include:
- The Homicidal Impulse
- Motives for Homicide - Revenge: Numerous Cases
- Cupidity-Lacenaire - The "Three Italians"
- Circumstantial Evidence - Several Cases
- The Webster-Parkman Case - Circumstantial Evidence
- Assassination
- Judicial Murder
- Assassination in America - The Mafia
- The Thugs of India
- Secret Poisoners
- Dueling
- The "Haymarket Massacre"
- Suicide
- Capital Punishment
- And much more.
Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; light normal wear to boards, with some discoloration to rear; chafed spine ends; interior is clean and free of markings. Embossed stamp to title page of Joseph A. Sadony, the noted "philosopher-scientist" and author.
