THE MILD MURDERER The True Story of the Dr. Crippen Case.
Author: Cullen (Tom)
Year: 1977
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin.
First Edition
Edition Details: 1st US edn.
Book Condition: NrF/Vg+
ISBN: 039525776X
Price: £5.00
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Hardback, 1st US edn. In 1910, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen poisoned his wife (known by her stage name Belle Elmore), mutilated and buried her remains in the coal cellar and fled London with his mistress-secretary, Miss Ethel Le Neve. Their capture after a breathtaking chase across the Atlantic, was credited to wireless telegraphy, used for the first time in fighting crime. Illus., Appendix, Notes on Sources. 224pp. 8vo. h/back. With neat name insc. to ffep o/w Nr. F. in Vg+ dw.