Alchemy of bones : Chicago's Luetgert murder case of 1897

Loerzel, Robert 1966- (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 9780252074660 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0252074661 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0252028589
ISBN: 9780252028588
Physical Description: print
319 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2003.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-306) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Omens -- Legends -- The englishman -- Everything is gone -- Moving day -- Missing -- Case histories -- The search -- Strong stuff -- Grewsome clews -- The sweating -- The woman in black -- Cell 21 -- Spring and summer -- Fixed opinions -- The rustling noise -- The morbid women -- Trained beasts -- Trial by newspaper -- The throwing mania -- The widow -- The experiments -- Cries and whispers -- The experts -- Autumn -- The kiss -- Sideshows -- A game of tag -- Just a plain domestic girl -- The many Mrs. Luetgerts -- Soap and bones -- Cigar talk -- Oratory -- Twelve men -- Queer reports -- Telescopic views -- Aftermath -- Editorials -- Between trials -- Turbulence -- The ghouls -- Denials -- Winter -- The verdict -- Lines of destiny -- Prisoner 5969 -- Confessions and eulogies -- Epilogue.