TRIAL OF CHARLES M. JEFFERDS FOR MURDER, At New York, December, 1861

Hardback. John Watson was waylaid and shot on the streets of New York. John W. Mathews was also killed while attempting to catch Watson's murderer. Jefferds was tried for the murder of Watson, his stepfather, and acquitted. Subsequent investigation and fine detective work resulted in the second trial, for Mathews' death, and this time he was convicted. Jefferds himelf was murdered in Sing Sing Prison. 234pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With tiny embossed bookshop stamp to fep, hinges have been neatly reinforcecd with narrow black tape, covers dec. in blind and patchily faded. Nr. Vg.