Publisher's Synopsis
The remarkable true story of the uncompromising and relentless detective who investigated H. H. Holmes, one of America's first serial killers known as the 'Devil in the White City, ' and other criminals like him.
This extraordinary historical biography features 120 year old murder cases that made national headlines including his cross-country, international investigation that led to horrific discovery of the missing Pitezel children, the Hannah Mary Tabbs torso case, poisoner Sarah Jane Whiteling who was the first woman hung in Philadelphia, and history of one of America's largest police departments.
Also discover the truth about Geyer's wife and daughter not dying in a horrific fire as told in popular books.
In Detective in the White City you will discover:
- Serial Killer, H. H. Holmes, the investigation, discovery of the Pitezel children, and trial [Part 3]
- Mary Hannah Tabbs and the gruesome torso murder
- Modern Borgia poisoner, Sarah Jane Whiteling (first woman hung in Philadelphia)
- White Chapel Row
- Mrs. Annie Gaskin and the killer cat
- Top secret search in Rio de Janeiro that even Geyer's wife did not know about
- Fake highwaymen murder and plot to kill Detective Geyer
- Law enforcement history of one of America's oldest police departments
- Father Reuben Geyer in the Civil War, President Franklin Pierce, and Franks' hometown
- Truth about Geyer's wife and daughter not dying in a horrific fire as told in popular books
- Sources, List of Illustrations and Credits, Bibliography, Notes, and Index
- 95 rare historical illustrations and photos, restored
Sources, List of Illustrations and Credits, Bibliography, Notes, and Index
95 rare historical illustrations and photos, restored
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Prologue: Profound Untruth
PART I - HOMETOWN
Chapter 1 - Franklin Pierce
Chapter 2 - American Civil War
Chapter 3 - Centennial Guard
Chapter 4 - Femur and Horses
PART II - BLOODY BAD
Chapter 5 - Bullitt
Chapter 6 - Bizarre Story of a Cat
Chapter 7 - A Mighty Gruesome Package
Chapter 8 - Modern Borgia
Chapter 9 - White Chapel Row
Chapter 10 - Send Flowers to My Funeral
Chapter 11 - Secret Search
Chapter 12 - Etched in Time
Chapter 13 - Where Are You?
PART III - DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Chapter 14 - Two Enemies
Chapter 15 - Suspicions Intensify
Chapter 16 - Sweet Innocence
Chapter 17 - Little Howard
Chapter 18 - Just Deserts
Chapter 19 - The Devil in Him
PART IV -A PLOT, A RIOT, AND LA GRIPPE
Chapter 20 - He Must Die
Chapter 21 - Regret to Inform You
Chapter 22 - Police Scandal
Chapter 23 - La Grippe
SUPPLEMENTAL PHOTOS
APPENDIX A: ADDITIONAL GEYER QUOTES
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
Index
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