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1873 True Crime Pulp Tragic Murder Conspiracy and Execution
Victorian ‘true crime’ sensation! First edition, soft cover, 59 pages, published in 1873 by Baltimore Gazette. THE GOSS-UDDERZOOK TRAGEDY: BEING A HISTORY OF A STRANGE CASE OF DECEPTION AND MURDER, INCLUDING THE GREAT LIFE INSURANCE CASE, AND THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM E. UDDERZOOK FOR THE MURDER OF W. W. GOSS. Udderzook and Goss conspired to collect the life insurance money after faking the death of Goss. Later Udderzook murdered Goss, was tried condemned and executed for the crime. An original newspaper article is fixed to the back cover! Scarce.
5.75 x 9 inches
