Rare Verse Account of One of the Most Famous American Crimes of the 1830s [Broadside]. [Murder]. [White, Joseph (1747 or 1748-1830)]. Murder of Joseph White. The Following Lines Were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White, Of Salem, Who was Found Murdered in his Bed, April 7, 1830. [Boston?..... More
Nearly 15,000 Gathered to Witness the Execution [Murder]. [Piracy]. [Tully, Samuel]. The Life of Samuel Tully, Who Was Executed at South Boston, Dec. 10, 1812, For Piracy. Written by Himself. Boston: Published by Watson & Bangs, 1812. 36 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 5-3/4). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers, untrimmed edges..... More
Confessions of Four Pirates Who Were Tried Before Joseph Story [Murder]. [Piracy]. [Williams, John (and Others), Defendants]. Lives and Confessions of John Williams, Francis Frederick, John P. Rog, And Peter Peterson, Who Were Tried at the United States Circuit Court in Boston for Murder & Piracy; Sentenced to be Executed..... More
With Verses Addressed to "The Fair Sex" [Murder]. Williams, John. The Winchester Tragedy; A Full True, And Particular Account of a Most Bloody Murder! Committed on the Body of Mary Thomas, Near Winchester, In the County of Hants, By John Williams, A Young Farmer, In the Same Neighborhood, On Sunday..... More
Illustrated Account of a Belgian Priest With a Gambling Addiction Who Committed Several Murders [Murder]. [Pierlot, Jacques (1750-1786)]. La Vie de Jacques Pierlot, Pretre & Marguillier de la Paroisse de Vervier, Ville de la Principaute de Liege; Avec tous les Details de son Crime, De sa Degradation, & De son..... More
A Pair of Conjugate Broadsides [Broadside]. [Death]. [Murder]. [New York]. A Poem of the Distressing and Afflictive Death of the Rev. Josiah M. Muspratt, Who Was Killed in an Awful Manner; Being Caught in the Machinery of Whitesborough Factory, Carried up to the Floor Above by His Arm, Where it..... More
"In Taunton Goal Two Brothers Lie, Both of Them Condemned to Die" [Broadside]. [Murder]. Wedmore, Charles. Wedmore, Matthew. The Sorrowful Lamentation of Chas and Matt Wedmore, Now Lying Under Sentence of Ieath [sic] in Taunton Goal. Bristol: Printed by John Chapman, [1862]. 10" x 7" broadside. Verse text in parallel..... More
Not Recorded by OCLC or COPAC [Broadside]. [Murder]. Rawlin, Stephen. Hardy, Thomas. A True and Particular Account of a Shocking Murder, Committed on the Body of William Richardson, with an Iron Poker, by Two Pitmen Named Stephen Rawlin and Thomas Hardy, At Bishop Auckland, on Saturday September the 24th, 1825..... More
"O What a Horrid Tale to Sound" [Broadside]. [Murder]. [White, Joseph (1747 or 1748-1830)]. Murder of Joseph White: The Following Lines were Written on the Death of Mr. Joseph White of Salem, Who was Found Murdered in His Bed on the Morning of the 7th April 1830, Aged 82 Years..... More
Arkansas Wanted Poster from 1908 [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Arkansas]. $100 Reward Each for John and Tom Kiser, Wanted for the Murder of Cecil Douyher, At Lansing, Ark., May 31st 1908. Memphis, TN: Wills & Crumpton, Printers, [1908]. 9" x 6" broadside. Light toning, negligible minor wear around corners, horizontal fold lines..... More
Broadside with Portraits of the "Edgeware Road Murderer" and His Female Accomplice [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Greenacre, James (1785-1837)]. [Gale, Sarah (d. 1837)]. James Greenacre and Sarah Gale, Charged with the Murder & Mutilation of Hannah Brown. Sketched from Life, At the Bar of the Old Bailey, 12th April 1837. Warranted Written..... More
The Edgeware Road Murderer [Murder]. [Greenacre, James (1785-1837)]. [Gale, Sarah (d.1837)]. The Murder of Mrs. Brown, By J. Greenacre. Attempted Suicide of the Murderer. [London]: Printed by C. Hepner, New Cut, Lambeth, [1837]. [4] pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound pamphlet, light toning, faint dampstain along spine. $450. * Known..... More
"Oh! Lust, Accursed Lust! 'Twas This for Which I Did the Deed" [Broadside]. [Murder]. Private Individual at the Bar. Abr'm Prescott's Confession of the Murder of Mrs. Sally Cochran of Pembroke, N.H.--June 23, 1833. [Concord, NH.?]: S.n., 1836. 17" x 11-1/2" broadside. Two-columns of verse in twenty stanzas within woodcut..... More
"His Famous Wig Composed Entirely of Split Hairs and Adorned with the Ceremonial Crimson Tape" Robinson, Boardman [1876-1952]. [Becker-Rosenthal Murder Trial]. Mr. Justice Precedent. [New York, 1914]. 21" x 15-1/2" gouache image on 26" x 19-1/2" sheet, image signed twice and inscribed by Robinson, caption in pencil below image, most..... More
Verse Account of a Murder-Suicide in Pennsylvania [Broadside]. [Murder-Suicide]. [Pennsylvania]. [Koppelberger, Johannes]. Ein Neues Lied von der Mord-Geschichte des Joseph Miller, Welcher im Januar 1822, Einer Sonntags Nacht Seine Schwangere Frau unde Zwei Kinder auf eine Grausame Art Ermordete, Und sich Selbst Erhing, Welches Alles, Wie man Glaubt, Aus Armuth..... More