First in violence, deepest in dirt homicide in Chicago, 1875-1920 - Adler, Jeffrey S. (Harvard University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-357) and index
"So you refuse to drink with me, do you?" -- "I loved my wife so I killed her" -- "He got what he deserved" -- "If ever that black dog crosses the threshold of my house, I will kill him" -- "The dead man's hand" -- "A good place to drown babies" -- "A butcher at the stockyard killing sheep."