The Chicago Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century
“Chicago’s Trunk Murder is a valuable reconstructionof an 1880s Chicago murder trial. The author’sexhaustive primary research in court records,newspapers, and geneaological records andthorough mining of the relevant secondaryliterature create a fascinating portrait of thedynamics of anti-immigrant prejudice and‘common sense justice’ (as opposed to a concernfor due process) underlying a criminal trial in anemerging gilded Age American metropolis.”—Michael J. pfeifer, John Jay College ofCriminal Justice, City University of New York