MURDER BY THE BAY Historic Homicide in and about the City of San Francisco

Softcover. Murder has a long and distinguished history in San Francisco. The city and its Bay Area can stand proudly with Paris, London, and New York in the splendour of its misdeeds - murder that have suspense, horror, audacity, and flair. The homicides chronicled have been selected because a convergence of personality, circumstance, character, and geography makes them peculiarly San Franciscan. They include the Montgomery Street killing of James King of William, editor of the 'Daily Evening Bulletin', in 1856; the sensational trial of early movie comedian Fatty Arbuckle who was accused of sexual perversion in the death of a showgirl at a party in the St. Francis Hotel, and the shocking "City Hall Murders" in which former city supervisor Dan White killed Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk. Also includes The Last Lynchings - 1933, The Belle in the Belfry - 1895 and The Sign of the Zodiac - 1970s + much more. Illus., Sources + Index. 333pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.