The Chicago Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century

by Elizabeth Dale

On November 14, 1885, a cold autumn day in the City of Broad Shoulders, an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred watched as three Sicilians--Giovanni Azari, Agostino Gelardi, and Ignazio Silvestri--were hanged in the courtyard of the Cook County Jail. The three had only recently come to the city, but not long after they were arrested, tried, and convicted for murdering Filippo Caruso, stuffing his body into a trunk, and shipping it to Pittsburgh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875804403
• ISBN13: 9780875804408
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher