Confessions, trials, and biographical sketches of the most cold blooded murderers
Subtitle: who have been executed in this country from its first settlement down to the present time
By: compiled entirely from the most authentic sources ; containing also, accounts of various other daring outrages committed in this and other countries ; embellished with numerous engravings, representing the scenes of blood and correct likenesses of the criminals.
Contributors: Thomson, George Newton, 1808-1895.
Publisher: S. Andrus and Son
Published: 1847
Place of publication: Hartford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: Murder -- United States -- History; Murderers -- United States; Trials (Murder) -- United States
Notes: "This is a popular collection of American crime narratives, most lacking substantial trial material"--Cohen.

Copyright statement on t.p. verso includes publisher Thomson's name.

Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, v. 4, p. 386