Wicked Decatur
By: Troy Taylor
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781609491604
Subjects: Murder; Social conditions; History; Corruption; Biography; Crime
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-124).
Table of contents: title: Carved out of the prairie : Decatur's early years; title: Death rides the rails : murder, crime, and Decatur's railroads; title: Law and disorder : history of the Decatur Police Department; title: "If you can't find a drink, you're not trying hard enough!" : prohibition in Decatur; title: Rolling the bones : gambling in Decatur; title: Decatur : kidnapping central; title: Decatur's vice districts; title: Red lights on the prairie : prostitution in Decatur; title: The end of the crime era; title: Death by another's hand : a collection of Decatur's most infamous murders.