Pardonable Matricide: Robert Irving Latimer, from Michigan's "most Dangerous Inmate" to Free Man

by Tobin T Buhk

In January 1889, as London constables hunted for Jack the Ripper and theaters around the world presented theatrical renditions of the Jekyll and Hyde story, Jackson, Michigan, Police Captain Jack Boyle searched for the murderer of Mary Latimer. This book follows Captain Boyle to the bordellos of gaslight-era Detroit--populated by madams, pimps, prostitutes and gamblers. It describes the investigation that led him to a pharmacist that prowled the streets,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476676348
• ISBN13: 9781476676340
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher