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Book

Pardonable matricide : Robert Irving Latimer, from Michigan's "most dangerous inmate" to free man

Call Numbers

  • 364.1523 B9315.2 (CEN)
  • H 364.1523 B9315.2 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Jefferson, North Carolina : Exposit, [2019]

Physical Description

vi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

"In January 1889, Police Captain Jack Boyle searched for the murderer of Mary Latimer. This book describes the investigation that led him to a pharmacist that prowled the streets of Detroit, akin to a real-life Jekyll and Hyde. It delves into the mind of Robert Irving Latimer, known as the most dangerous prisoner in Michigan"--

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