MURDER IN ALL AGES - Pinkerton, 1st 1898 - TRUE CRIME, HOMICIDE CASES, HISTORY

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