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Alchemy of Bones Chicago's Luetgert Murder Case of 1897

Alchemy of Bones Chicago's Luetgert Murder Case of 1897
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  • ISBN-13: 9780252074660
  • ISBN: 0252074661
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press

AUTHOR

Loerzel, Robert

SUMMARY

On May 1, 1897, Louise Luetgert disappeared. Although no body was found, Chicago police arrested her husband, Adolph, the owner of a large sausage factory, and charged him with her murder. The eyes of the world were still on Chicago following the success of the World's Columbian Exposition, and the Luetgert case, with its missing victim, once-prosperous suspect, and all manner of gruesome theories regarding the disposal of the corpse, turned into one of the first media-fueled celebrity trials in American history. Newspapers fought one another for scoops, people across the country claimed to have seen the missing woman alive, and each new clue led to fresh rounds of speculation about the crime. Meanwhile, sausage sales plummeted nationwide as rumors circulated that Luetgert had destroyed his wife's body in one of his factory's meat grinders. In this narrative history of the Luetgert case, Robert Loerzel brings 1890s Chicago vividly back to life. He examines not only the trial itself but also the police department and forensic specialists investigating the case, the reporters scrambling for details, and the wider society who followed their stories so voraciously. Weaving in strange-but-true subplots involving hypnotists, palmreaders, English con-artists, bullied witnesses, and insane-asylum body-snatchers,Alchemy of Bonesis more than just a true crime narrative; it is a grand, sprawling portrait of a city--and a nation--getting an early taste of the dark, chaotic twentieth century.Loerzel, Robert is the author of 'Alchemy of Bones Chicago's Luetgert Murder Case of 1897', published 2007 under ISBN 9780252074660 and ISBN 0252074661.

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