Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Names -- INTRODUCTION : Rule of Justice or Rule of Law? -- One--An Italian Murder -- Two--Police Investigations -- Three--Brought before the Law -- Four--Justice Is Served -- Five--The Triumph of Common Sense -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix A--The Italians and Their Culture -- Appendix B--The Law -- Appendix C--Police at the Turn of the Century -- Appendix D--Immigrants and Criminal Law -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Written with a storyteller's flair for narrative and brimming with historical detail, this book will be must reading for true crime buffs and aficionados of Chicago lore alike
