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american art ● photography ______409 temple street new haven, connecticut 06511 (203) 789-8081 fax (203) 865-7653 [email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com “BAD HOMBRES” (as some might call them) Fifty Works on Some of the Most Nefarious Scoundrels Poured Into or Forth From America and Great Britain

1. [African-Americana]: [PHOTOGRAPHIC WANTED POSTER FOR AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MURDER SUSPECT IN TOLEDO, OHIO IN 1913]. Toldeo, Oh. Nov. 8, 1913. Broadside, 11 x 5½ inches. Contemporary processing stamps from the Toldeo Police Department, very faint staining, light original hori- zontal folds. Very good.

A fascinating wanted poster for a 30 year-old African-American man named “John Sefears, alias John Leworth, alias Joseph Brown, alias ‘Poor Boy.’” Sefears is accused of murder for gunning down another “colored” man named George Harris “during an argument in a saloon.” Sefears is described as a short, small man from Detroit by way of Raleigh, N.C., with a forearm tattoo and a scarred face. The poster was issued by the Chief of Police, Perry D. Knapp. An intriguing artifact of early 20th-century crime, possibly a unique survival. $225.

2. [Arkansas]: [EARLY 20th-CENTURY YELL COUNTY, ARKANSAS, WANT- ED NOTICE]. Dardanelle, Ar. [ca. 1910]. Broadside, approximately 9½ x 5¼ inches. Small chip in upper left corner, light tan- ning. Very good.

A “Wanted” notice from the Sheriff De- partment of Yell County Arkansas, offering a fifty dollar reward for the capture of a Jim Smith, charged with “carnal abuse,” i.e., statutory rape. With a photographic reproduction of the accused wearing a hat and baggy suit, seated and smoking a cigarette. $125.

3. [Boies, John]: REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOHN BOIES, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, JANE BOIES, AT AN ADJOURNED TERM OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, HOLDEN AT DEDHAM, FOR THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, JUNE 2, 1829. Dedham, Ma.: H. & W.H. Mann, [1829]. 36pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt spine labels. Front hinge detached, cloth somewhat dust soiled, labels slightly chipped. Institutional blind and ink stamps, ownership inscription; blind stamps on subsequent two leaves. Light tanning, an occasional fox marks, final leaves with small patches of damp- staining. Good.

A scarce account of the trial of John Boies for the vicious murder of his wife. According to the prosecution, Boies beat her constantly for a period of six months, before finally killing her with an axe that was discovered in his home by the authorities. He was convicted. OCLC locates only nine copies. McDADE 109. $750.

4. Brown, J. Cabell: CALABAZAS. OR AMUSING RECOLLECTIONS OF AN ARIZONA CITY. . 1892. 251pp. Illus. Original front wrapper. Wrapper chipped, detached, and spotted. Else good.

A vivid account of lawlessness in this refuge for bad hombres in the Santa Cruz valley. After the town was torn asunder by riots, the residents who remained mobile removed to Nogales, where, according to Ramon Adams, they “could keep one foot on the bar-rail and the other on the boundary line.” ADAMS SIX-GUNS 296 (“rare”). HOWES B845, “aa.” $150.

5. Buel, J.W.: THE BORDER OUTLAWS. AN AUTHENTIC AND THRILLING HISTORY OF THE MOST NOTED BANDITS OF ANCIENT OR MODERN TIMES, THE YOUNGER BROTHERS, JESSE AND FRANK JAMES, AND THEIR COMRADES IN CRIME.... St. Louis. 1881. 252; [2],160pp. plus frontispiece and 12 chromo- lithographs. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine faded, head and tail with chipping. Contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Mild toning. Very good.

The first edition of this account of the Younger and James gangs. The first section is devoted to to the Younger broth- ers, and the second comprises the story of Frank and . With twelve color lithographic plates illustrating the bloody fights and robberies of the outlaws during the Civil War and after. Also contains an added chapter to the James Boys section on the Winston, Mo., of July 15, 1881. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 313. HOWES B933. GRAFF 466. $200.

6. [California Crime]: WANTED FOR THE MURDER OF MRS. ANN WILSON... [caption title]. San Francisco. 1903. Small broadside, approxi- mately 8 x 5½ inches. Previously folded. Small chips at upper corners, adhesive residue along top edge verso. Light soiling from handling. About very good.

Pictorial wanted poster for a Charles George Smith, accused of killing a woman in San Francisco in November, 1903. A “sailor by occupation,” the description continues, “His forearms are hairy, anchor tatooed [sic] at the base of right thumb, end of right thumb amputated disfiguring nail, both thumbs seem to be disfigured at the ends, first joint of little left finger disfigured, small scar outer corner left eye, scar left jaw, burn scars on back left hand.” With a mugshot of the accused. $150.

7. [Dean, Cyrus B.]: THE TRIAL OF CYRUS B. DEAN, FOR THE MURDER OF JONATHAN ORMSBY AND ASA MARSH, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT.... Burlington, Vt. 1808. 48pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, spine labels slightly chipped, front hinge cracking. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional ink stamp and ownership inscription on titlepage. Titlepage partially detached and repaired. Some tanning and foxing. Good plus.

The trial account of a case of murder resultant from international smuggling in northern Vermont during the first decade of the 19th century. “The victims were two revenue agents who tried to intercept smugglers taking potash into Canada. They were shot with a gun nine feet, four inches long. Dean was sentenced to hang” - McDade. McDADE 246. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16344. $850.

8. Dimsdale, Thomas J.: THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA, OR, POPULAR JUSTICE IN THE . BEING A CORRECT AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF THE CHASE, TRIAL CAPTURE, AND EXECUTION OF HENRY PLUMMER’S ROAD AGENT BAND.... Virginia City, M.T. 1882. 241pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Corners slightly chipped, spine extremities more heavily so; wrappers lightly soiled. Small bookseller’s ink stamp on titlepage, light tanning, else internally clean. Very good.

Second edition. “Perhaps no book excells [sic] Dimsdale’s in presenting the picture of the lawless conditions that charac- terized the mining camps of the Rocky Mountain country. The author was editor of the Virginia City MONTANA POST and a participant in the extraordinary campaign against lawlessness” - Adams. Howes says of the first edition: “Not only the first, but textually the most important, book ever printed in Montana.” The first edition has now become almost unobtainable, and this second edition is very scarce. HOWES D345, “aa.” ADAMS SIX-GUNS 596. GRAFF 1086. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 168 (ref). $1250. 9. [Earls, John]: REPORT OF THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF JOHN EARLS, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, CATHARINE EARLS, LATE OF MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP, LYCOMING COUNTY, PENN- SYLVANIA.... Williamsport, Pa. 1836. 188pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine labels. Cloth slightly dust soiled. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional blind and ink stamps, early gift inscription on titlepage. Light tanning and foxing. Good plus.

A scarce account of an 1836 murder trial in northern rural Pennsylvania, in which John Earls was tried and convicted of killing his wife. “Earls’ motive was the usual other-woman. He gave as his reason for purchasing the poison, ‘to kill mink and muskrats,’ an imaginative variant. He poisoned his wife the day after she gave birth” - McDade. The confession of the condemned follows the main account of the trial, with a separate title page but continuous pagination. McDADE 280. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 37220. $850.

Texas Forger and Swindler

10. [Edwards, Monroe]: LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THE ACCOMPLISHED FORGER AND SWINDLER, COLONEL MONROE EDWARDS. New York: H. Long & Brother, 1848. 152,6pp. printed in double-column format. Frontispiece portrait plus numerous in-text engravings. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers worn at edges, torn along spine. An occasional bit of foxing. In very good, original condition. Untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case.

Edwards, a famous Texas slave smuggler and forger, based his operations at Chenango Plantation in Brazoria County. He made a specialty of smuggling slaves to Brazil from Africa, and then from Cuba to Texas. Eventually he was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for his large-scale forgeries. In an escape attempt in 1847 he was severely beaten by guards, and then died. “Accomplished swindler, forger and Texas adventurer” - Howes. Although sensationalized, this is an amazingly detailed primary source for the schemes, love affairs, and trials of this Texas adventurer. Streeter attributes the work to George Wilkes, one of the editors of the NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, wherein the account was originally published. “Because of the light the slave trade operation of Edwards throws on the slave trade in Texas and the public reaction to it, the general public interest in the doings of a resourceful and ingenious top-notch crook who happened to play a minor part in the , a modern discus- sion of his life would seem to be an interesting subject for an article...” - Streeter. HOWES E62. SABIN 21980. STREETER TEXAS 1411 (ref). $3500.

Early English Treason Pamphlets

11. [English Law]: [Popish Plot]: [SAMMELBAND OF FIFTEEN 17th-CENTURY BRITISH TRIAL ACCOUNTS FOR SERIOUS CRIMES AGAINST THE KING, PLUS ONE LATER TRIAL ACCOUNT FOR THE LAST BRITISH SUBJECT TO SUFFER EXECUTION BY BEHEADING]. London. 1679-1686, 1747. Publication details and pagination provided in the listing below. 20th-century tan buckram, spine gilt, leather label. Minor edge wear, soil- ing and staining, small gouge to top of front joint, binding broken after p.2 of first work. Library stamp to first titlepage, some short edge tears. Good.

An interesting collection of 17th-century English trial accounts. Some of the works touch on or directly involve the Popish Plot, a fictitious anti-Catholic conspiracy that resulted in the executions of over twenty people. Titus Oates was the instigator of the conspiracy and his trial for perjury is present here. The trial of William Scroggs here also related to the Popish Plot - Scroggs was the chief justice of the court during the trials of those accused in the Popish Plot and is largely responsible for their convictions. The trials involving the Popish Plot here come towards the end of the hysteria.

Also present here are two works relating to the trial of Elizabeth Cellier. Known as the “Popish Midwife,” Cellier also suffered the vehement anti-Catholic sentiment prevelant in England at the time. She was acquitted of attempting the King’s kidnapping in the “Meal-Tub Plot;” but her expose of that matter, “Malice Defeated” led to her trial for “Scandal- ous Libel,” for which she was fined, pilloried and her book burnt. A full list of imprints is as follows, in bound order:

1) THE TRYAL OF THO. PILKINGTON [ET AL.] FOR THE RIOT AT GUILD-HALL, ON MIDSOMMER-DAY, 1682. London. 1683. [4],28,27-34,31-34,39-58pp. ESTC R14605. WING T2231. 2) THE TRYAL AND CONVICTION OF JOHN HAMBDEN...FOR CONTRIVING AND PRACTISING TO DIS- TURB THE PEACE OF OUR SOVERAIGN LORD THE KING, AND STIRRING UP SEDITION IN THIS KINGDOM.... London. 1684. [2],56pp. ESTC R7137. WING T2160. 3) THE TRYAL OF HENRY BARON DELAMERE FOR HIGH TREASON.... London. 1686. [2],87pp. ESTC R23568. WING T2189. 4) THE TRYALS OF THOMAS WALCOT [ET AL.] FOR HIGH-TREASON, FOR CONSPIRING THE DEATH OF THE KING, AND RAISING A REBELLION IN THIS KINGDOM.... London. 1683. [2],81pp. ESTC R21861. WING T2265. 5) THE ARRAIGNMENT, TRYAL & CONDEMNATION OF ALGERNON SIDNEY, FOR HIGH-TREASON. FOR CONSPIRING THE DEATH OF THE KING, AND INTENDING TO RAISE A REBELLION IN THIS KING- DOM....London. 1684. [2],67pp. ESTC R23343. WING A3754. 6) AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRYAL OF CHARLES BATEMAN, CHIRURGEON, FOR HIGH TREASON, IN CON- SPIRING THE DEATH OF THE LATE KING AND THE SUBVERSION OF THE GOVERNMENT. London. 1685. [2],18,[2]pp. ESTC R42633. WING A415. 7) THE TRYALS, CONVICTIONS & SENTENCE OF TITUS OTES...FOR WILLFUL, MALICIOUS, AND COR- RUPT PERJURY.... London. 1685. [2],17,17-94,60pp. ESTC R34667. WING T2249. 8) ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT OF HIGH TREASON...AGAINST SIR WILLIAM SCROGGS CHIEF JUSTIC OF THE COURT OF KING’S BENCH, BY THE COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT.... London. 1680. [4],161-171pp. ESTC R233671. 9) THE TRIAL, CONVICTION AND CONDEMNATION OF ANDREW BROMMICH AND WILLIAM ATKINS, FOR BEING ROMISH PRIESTS, BEFORE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD CHIEF JUSTIC SCROGGS.... London. 1679. 20pp. ESTC R18341. WING T2176. 10) THE TRYAL AND CONVICTION OF THOMAS KNOX AND JOHN LANE, FOR A CONSPIRACY, TO DE- FAME AND SCANDALIZE DR. OATES AND MR. BEDLOE, THEREBY TO DISCREDIT THEIR EVIDENCE ABOUT THE HORRID POPISH PLOT.... London. 1680. [2],68pp. ESTC R21831. WING T2165. 11) THE TRYALS AND CONDEMNATION OF LIONEL ANDERSON [ET AL.] FOR HIGH TREASON, AS ROM- ISH PRIESTS.... London. 1680. [2],53pp. ESTC R1255. WING T2243. 12) THE TRYAL OF ELIZABETH CELLIER, THE POPISH MIDWIFE...FOR PRINTING AND PUBLISHING THE LATE NOTORIOUS LIBEL, INTITULED, MALICE DEFEATED.... London. 1680. [4]pp. ESTC R22378. WING T2187A. 13) [MALICE DEFEATED: OR A BRIEF RELATION OF THE ACCUSATION AND DELIVERANCE OF ELIZA- BETH CELLIER.... London. 1680]. 48pp. Lacks the titlepage. ESTC R203665. WING C1661. 14) THE TRYAL AND PROCESS OF HIGH-TREASON AND DOOM OF FORFAULTURE AGAINST MR. ROBERT BAILLIE OF JERVISWOOD TRAITOR. London. 1685. [2],33-61pp. ESTC R19066. WING M208. 15) THE TRYAL OF Sr. THO. GASCOYNE BAR. FOR HIGH-TREASON, IN CONSPIRING THE DEATH OF THE KING, THE SUBVERSION OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND ALTERATION OF RELIGION...BEFORE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR WILLIAM SCROGGS.... London. 1680. 67pp. ESTC R6828. WING T2219. 16) THE WHOLE PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF PEERS, UPON THE IMPEACHMENT...AGAINST SIMON LORD LOVAT, FOR HIGH TREASON.... London. 1747. [2],188pp. ESTC T114300. $4000.

Early American Murder Trial

12. [Fairbanks, Jason]: REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JASON FAIRBANKS, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF MISS ELIZABETH FALES. AT THE SUPREME COURT, HOLDEN AT DEDHAM, IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK, ON THURSDAY THE 6th, AND FRIDAY THE 7th DAYS OF AUGUST, 1801. Boston. 1801. 87pp. Dbd. Titlepage detached. Light foxing and soiling, heavier to outer leaves. Good plus.

Second edition, after the first of the same year. “The parents of Elizabeth Fales objected to Fairbanks’ suit of their daugh- ter, and he, in revenge or frustration, cut her throat in a field. He made an attempt to commit suicide at the same time. He claimed that she committed suicide. He was convicted of murder, but escaped, apparently with the help of friends, and almost reached Canada. He was retaken, however, just before boarding the boat at Whitehall, Vermont. He was executed” - McDade. This is the earliest edition listed by Sabin. McDADE 297. SABIN 23672. $600.

13. [Farmer, Daniel Davis]: TRIAL OF DANIEL DAVIS FARMER, FOR THE MURDER OF THE WIDOW ANNA AYER, AT GOFFSTOWN, ON THE 4th OF APRIL, A.D. 1821. Concord, N.H.: Hill and Moore, 1821. 72pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt spine label. Boards dust soiled, spine slightly chipped. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional ink stamp and ownership inscription on titlepage. Light tanning, scattered foxing, heavier to initial leaves. Good plus.

Trial account for the case of David Davis Farmer, accused of a crime of passion in 1820s New Hampshire involving murder and arson. “Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel and tried to burn her house” - McDade. He was found guilty and hanged. McDADE 300. SHOEMAKER 7000. $500.

14. [Fox, John]: TRIAL OF JOHN FOX, FOR THE MURDER OF , AT THE SPECIAL TERM OF THE MIDDLESEX OYER AND TERMINER, AT NEW-BRUNSWICK, N.J., MAY, 1856. New-Brunswick. 1856. [2],52,16,[2]pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, spine labels chipped. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional ink stamp on titlepage. Small chip in upper left corner of titlepage, repaired. Light dampstaining, scattered foxing. Good plus.

An uncommon New Brunswick imprint comprising a trial account of a local murder case. “Fox murdered Henry in New Brunswick by cutting his throat and leaving the body so that it froze in the ice. He revealed his guilt by knowing too much before the crime was discovered” - McDade. McDADE 317. $500.

15. Freeman, George D.: MIDNIGHT AND NOONDAY OR DARK DEEDS UNRAVELED. GIVING TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONTIER.... Caldwell, Ks. 1890. 405pp. plus frontispiece portrait and three plates. Original printed boards and cloth spine. Wear to corners and edges, boards rubbed and worn, spine slightly frayed at extremities. Text toned, otherwise clean. A very good copy of a fragile book.

An important history of one of the primary Kansas , where Texas trail drivers delivered longhorns driven up the trail to the railroad lines which would take them to Chicago stockyards. This is the rare first edition, first issue, with “Talbot” spelled incorrectly on the titlepage as “Talbert.” Adams describes this edition as “exceedingly rare...the first edition is so scarce that some collectors think the 1892 edition the only one published.” Includes much material on the Talbot raid on Caldwell and bank robbers Henry Brown and Ben Wheeler. “An extremely rare history of Caldwell during this vital period” - SIX SCORE. HOWES F353, “aa.” ADAMS HERD 843. STREETER SALE 2030. REESE, SIX SCORE 39. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 763. DOBIE, p.121. GRAFF 1411. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 205. $3000.

Crazed Black Man Murders Family

16. [Freeman, William]: THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM FREEMAN, FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN G. VAN NEST, INCLUDING THE EVIDENCE AND THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL, WITH THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT GRANTING A NEW TRIAL, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF THE PRISONER, AND OF THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION OF HIS BODY BY AMARIAH BRIGHAM, M.D. AND OTHERS. Auburn, N.Y.: Derby, Miller & Co., 1848. iv,[17-]508pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt spine label. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, spine label chipped, front hinge loosening. Institutional ink stamp on titlepage, blind stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Light to moderate foxing. Good plus.

A scarce account of a sensational 1848 murder case in upstate New York that involved multiple trials, pleas of insanity, and a defense argued by a former governor. “Freeman was a demented negro who murdered John Van Nest, his wife, and child at Auburn, New York, one night with an ax. His trial, and particularly his defense by former Governor William H. Seward, aroused great excitement because of the plea of insanity. His second trial resulted in a death sentence which was reversed, and Freeman died shortly thereafter. An autopsy disclosed a diseased brain of long standing. The case did much to insure a better hearing for the insane, who, until then, received small consideration in the courts” - McDade. MCDADE 324. $2500.

17. [Furnald, Amos]: TRIAL OF AMOS FURNALD, FOR THE MURDER OF ALFRED FURNALD, BEFORE THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE, HOLDEN AT DOVER, WITHIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF STRAFFORD, AND STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF FEBRUARY, ANNO DOMINI, 1825. Concord, N.H. 1825. 127,[1]pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, front hinge starting. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional ink stamp and ownership inscription on titlepage, blind stamps on initial leaves. With a contemporary manuscript annotation on final leaf. Some tanning, occasional foxing. Good plus.

An uncommon account of a disturbing case of child neglect that resulted in death in 1825 New Hampshire. “The father and stepmother were charged with the murder of a five-year-old child by neglect and starvation. The father was convicted of manslaughter” - McDade. This copy contains a contemporary manuscript annotation reporting the sentence. McDADE 328. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 22511. $500.

The Greatest Outlaw Book in Americana

18. Garrett, Pat F.: THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF BILLY, THE KID, THE NOTED DESPERADO OF THE SOUTHWEST, WHOSE DEEDS OF DAR- ING AND BLOOD MADE HIS NAME A TERROR IN , ARIZONA AND NORTHERN MEXICO. Santa Fe: New Mexican Printing and Publishing Co., 1882. 137pp. (pp.113-128 mispaginated 121-136) plus six plates including frontispiece portrait of the Kid. Present is the errata slip only sometimes found, tipped to foot of p.121. With a clipped signature of Marshall laid in. Slightly later plain blue wrappers. Wrappers soiled along edges and worn at spine. Early ownership signature at head of titlepage and foot of final page. Tear in final leaf repaired with loss to five words but not affecting the sense. Three leaves with upper outer edge torn away, not affecting text or pagination. Else quite clean and neat internally. Overall, still very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase and chemise.

The most famous western outlaw book, and one of the rarest, the life of by the man who killed him. Probably actually written by Ashmun Upson with the close collaboration of Garrett, this book is the foundation stone of the Billy the Kid legend. Dykes enumerates at length some of the inaccuracies of the narrative, and Adams is even more critical of particular points; but as Dykes’ work admirably demonstrates, the whole point of the Kid legend is not so much to preserve the facts of the case, but to grow the legend itself, and it is from this book that the legend springs. “First genuine biography of America’s most spectacular example of juvenile delinquency” - Howes. “Exceedingly rare” - Adams. HOWES G73, “b.” DYKES, KID 13. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 807. GRAFF 1515. RADER 1541. STREETER SALE 4287. SAUNDERS 2916. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 198. $28,500.

One of the Rarest Works on the Vigilance Committee

19. [Gray, Henry M.]: JUDGES AND CRIMINALS: SHADOWS OF THE PAST. HISTORY OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. WITH THE NAMES OF ITS OFFICERS. San Francisco: Printed for the author, 1858. 100pp. 12mo. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. Lacks wrappers. Title and last page of text dust soiled, some light scattered foxing. Very good. In a folding cloth box, gilt morocco label.

A vivid eyewitness account of the activities of the Second Vigilance Committee, one of the extra-legal organizations which evolved in California in the mid-1850s with the goal of ending the lawlessness then rampant. The attribution of authorship to Gray is due to a manuscript note on a copy seen by Cowan. Gray seems from the text to have been an outsider, but his eyewitness descriptions are detailed and insightful. Included are details of the murder of James King of William, the trial and execution of Casey and Cora, the role of state and federal authorities, the ar- rest of Justice David S. Terry for stabbing Vigilance Committee member Sterling Hopkins, the case of noted prize fighter Yankee Sullivan, and many more bloody and extralegal events. The appendix lists the names of the officers of the Com- mittee, and describes its “military organization.”

This work was chosen by Cowan as one of the twenty rarest and most important books relating to California history. No copy has appeared at auction for more than forty years, nor is any copy listed in the Eberstadt catalogues. There are copies at Newberry, Minnesota Historical Society, and Yale, as well as ten copies in California institutions, as noted by Greenwood and Rocq. The present copy is among those listed by Greenwood, and has been deaccessioned (but bears no library marks). This is the only copy we have ever handled, sold by us to a private collector in 1993 and now re-acquired. GREENWOOD 956. SABIN 76048. HOWES G334, “b.” GRAFF 2258. COWAN, p.319. COHEN 1533. ROCQ 10014. HOWELL 50:910. $5000.

The Famous Edgeware Road Murder

20. [Greenacre, James]: [A VOLUME OF CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, PAMPHLETS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, RELATING TO THE GREENACRE MURDER CASE A.K.A. “EDGEWARE ROAD MURDER”]. [London. 1837]. Approximately 100 leaves of mounted clippings, articles and pamphlets. Illus. Folio. Modern cloth, leather label. Clean and very good.

This volume contains a large assortment of mounted contemporary English newspapers clippings and other publications, detailing the horrible facts surrounding the murder of Hannah Brown, a washerwoman, by James Greenacre, who was en- gaged to be married to the woman he murdered. “Greenacre, it was proved at the trial, completely dismembered the body of the unfortunate Mrs. Brown, and, after disposing of the trunk and limbs in various places, actually rode about London in cabs and omnibuses, for two or three days, with the head under his arm, wrapped in a silk hankerchief...” Greenacre was eventually tried, found guilty, and hanged in front of nearly 20,000 spectators at Newgate. His accomplice and mistress, a Mrs. Gale, was sentenced to transportation for life (she died in Australia in 1888). Among the publications found herein is a pamphlet: THE EDGWARE-ROAD TRAGEDY. FAIRBURN’S EDITION OF THE TRIALS OF GREENACRE & GALE, FOR THE HORRIBLE MURDER AND MUTILATION OF HANNAH BROWN... London. [1837]. 64pp. $900.

21. Hardin, John Wesley: THE LIFE OF , FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT, AS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. Seguin, Tx.: Smith & Moore, 1896. 144pp. Original printed wrappers. Small chip in lower edge of front wrapper. Wrappers lightly soiled, insect damage to rear wrapper (as is often the case), but not affecting any text leaves. Text with even, moderate tanning. Very good.

This is the earlier issue of the first edition, with the portrait on page three incorrectly identified as John Wesley Hardin (it is actually his brother, Joe), and without the full-page portrait of Hardin that was later inserted. Life of the legendary Texas outlaw, allegedly written by himself. The son of a preacher-lawyer, Hardin was credited with killing more than two dozen men. “The book is carefully written; in fact, so well written that some claim that it came from the pen of someone more literate than Hardin. On the other hand, Hardin was not as illiterate as many believed; he taught a frontier school as a young man, and his study of law while he was in prison no doubt improved his education. Newspapers reported that he was trying to finish his manuscript in El Paso just before he was killed. Whoever the writer was, he was careful of names and dates” - Adams. Jenkins, who did not doubt that Hardin wrote the book, elucidates: “The manuscript of Hardin’s autobiography was found in his trunk. A lawsuit over the ownership of the trunk ensued. Hardin’s son won control, and the book was published in 1896. Hardin’s daughters objected, and the book was withdrawn from circulation a few days after publication and stored in a warehouse. The warehouse burned and destroyed all of the edition except for 400 copies sold surreptitiously to a local bookseller.” BASIC TEXAS BOOKS 84. HOWES H188. ADAMS, SIX-GUNS 919. ADAMS, ONE-FIFTY 66. RADER 1773. GRAFF 1780. $350.

22. Harding, W.: THE TRIAL OF BISHOP, WILLIAMS, AND MAY, AT THE OLD BAILEY, DEC. 2, 1831, FOR THE MURDER OF THE ITALIAN BOY, CARLO FERRIER. London. [1832]. 31,[1]pp. Later half cloth and marbled boards, paper spine labels. Hinges cracked, boards rubbed, edges worn. Institutional ink stamp on titlepage. Front endpapers detached, titlepage chipped at lower fore-edge, with two-inch closed tear from lower margin. Paper repairs at gutter margin throughout. Light dust soiling and dampstaining. Good.

A scarce account of the famous trial of the “London Burkers,” John Bishop, Thomas Williams, and James May. The trio were “resurrection men,” body snatchers who not only dug up corpses but also killed the poor and homeless of London in order to provide medical schools with fresh cadavers. By exposing the dirty cadaver business to the public, the trial riveted London, and the victim in the crime, a fourteen-year-old boy named Carlo Ferrier, became known in the press as “the Italian Boy.” The three men were found guilty, and two, Bishop and Williams, were executed. Only three copies are located by OCLC, at Temple, McGill, and the Royal College of Surgeons. $500.

23. Hickman, William: BRIGHAM’S DESTROYING ANGEL: BEING THE LIFE, CONFESSION, AND STAR- TLING DISCLOSURES OF THE NOTORIOUS BILL HICKMAN, THE DANITE CHIEF OF UTAH. New York. 1872. 219pp. plus 5pp. of publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated. Original publisher’s cloth, gilt. Extremities lightly worn, minor wear and soiling to cloth. Light foxing to a couple terminal leaves. Very good.

Published by Crofutt, and certainly sold widely to credulous transcontinental train passengers to increase their shudders when in the vicinity of Salt Lake. Hickman went overland with the Mormon migration, took part in the Utah War and, if you believe all you read, raised much hell. HOWES H465. GRAFF 1879. MINTZ 225. WOODWARD 90. FLAKE 3990. DECKER 36:192. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 981. $375. A New England Man Plots to Kill Charles II

24. [Hill, William]: A BRIEF NARRATIVE OF THAT STUPENDIOUS TRAGEDIE LATE INTENDED TO BE ACTED BY THE SATANICAL SAINTS OF THESE REFORMING TIMES...TOGETHER WITH THE CONFESSIONS, SPEECHES, AND PRAYERS OF GEORGE PHILLIPS, THOMAS TONGE, NATHANIEL GIBBS, FRANCIS STUBBS, AT THE PLACE OF EXECUTION, ON MUNDAY DECEMB. 22, 1662. London. 1662. [14],80pp. Small quarto. 20th-century red half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light foxing and toning. Last few leaves lightly dampstained at bottom edge; final five leaves with some loss to bottom margin, minutely affecting a few words of text. Good.

First edition of this astonishing narrative, laying out a plot by a New Englander living in London to murder King Charles II and re-establish Cromwellian rule. Largely given in cued dialogue, as furnished by a courtroom shorthand reporter, this work recounts the narrative of a plot on the King’s life by Captain John Baker, “then living in East-Smithfield, formerly of New-England.” Baker was an old adherent of Hugh Peter, or Peters, executed for regicide sympathies in 1660. William Hill, author and informer for this work, encountered Baker in the streets of London and describes him as “but an illiterate and rough-hewn fellow,” though capable of great mischief, for “in New-England he might be sufficiently possessed with villainous principles;” thus, Hill decides that he will “modestly put my self upon the sifting of him.” This led to hints of a plot to seize and murder the King, slaughter “those Rogues at Whitehall,” and restore a “Godly Party” of former Cromwellians to power. Professing complicity, Hill met with conspirators over the next two weeks - mostly disaffected military veterans and seamen, some with New England connections - in private cham- bers and taverns, where logistics for arming the rebellion were deliberated.

All the while, however, Hill was in contact with Sir Richard Brown, a gov- ernment spymaster, who collected the intelligence as it emerged, and “from whom I received instruction every night.” On Oct. 28th, with the enactment of the plot seemingly imminent, Brown and Lieutenant of the Tower Sir John Robinson decided to pounce. Hill accompanied a detachment of soldiers to a pre-arranged meeting place where at least five of the conspirators were appre- hended: Riggs, Hinde, Tonge, Stubbs, and one White, a cane merchant said by Tonge to have “bought armes for six men for this design, at his own cost and charge.” Captain Baker of Massachusetts was not among them, however, having last been heard of at the Feathers Tavern in Fish Street three evenings before.

The remainder of the narrative chronicles, in vivid and often desperate dialogue, the arraignment and trial of six men for High Treason, with further details from preliminary examinations, and four dying speeches or prayers. Hill testified against his co-conspirators and was in turn cross-examined by the court. The elaborate organization boasted of by some of the conspirators may have been illusory in the end - Riggs and Hinde assured Hill that “Windsor Castle was their own” with “five hundred men...fixed in and about Windsor,” that “all the churches in London were concerned in it,” that “four hundred assistants” were ready in Dorsetshire, and that two thousand horsemen, for whom armor and weaponry had been procured, were expected to ride into London on Monday the 27th, preparatory to “the fatal night.” All of these people and plans seem to have melted away, however, once the ringleaders were arrested. And Captain John Baker of New England, who above all seems to have planned the securing of the King’s person and the assault on Whitehall, simply fades from the story, despite Hill’s account and Riggs’ testimony at the trial.

A fascinating tale of an American colonist whose place in British history might have been measured alongside the likes of Guy Fawkes. ESTC R32577. WING B4611. $1500.

25. [Hitchcock, Alpheus]: THE TRIAL OF ALPHEUS HITCHCOCK, BEFORE THE HON. WILLIAM W. VAN NESS, ESQ., FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, BY POISON.... Utica, N.Y. 1807. 50,[1]pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine label. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, spine label slightly chipped. Paper shelf label on spine, institutional blind and ink stamps and ownership inscription on titlepage.

A scarce trial account of an early 19th-century case of spousal murder by poison in upstate New York. “Hitchcock put his motive quite succinctly when he said: ‘I thought I could live more agreeably with some other woman than my wife.’ Poor Belinda got the arsenic and Alpheus was condemned” - McDade. Only six copies recorded by OCLC. A quite early upper New York State imprint. McDADE 477. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 13731. $850. 26. James, John T.: THE BENDERS IN KANSAS. Wichita: The Kan-Okla Pub- lishing Company, 1913. 173pp., with in-text illustrations. 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers. Rubbing and a few small marginal chips to wrappers, spine chipped, small separations at hinges. Light tanning, else internally clean. Very good.

“A full history of those unparalleled killers, related by their defense lawyer, who must have known the facts” - Adams. The Bender family immigrated to Kansas in 1870 with a small group of spiritualists, and opened a general store and guest house for travellers going farther west, but soon developed a penchant for murdering their guests. After they fled in 1873, when a relative of one of their victims came inquiring about his missing brother, ten bodies and a number of body parts were found buried on their property. In 1889 another relative of one of the victims tracked down two women living in Michigan whom she accused of admitting to be the female members of the Bender family. They were arrested and returned to Kansas for trial, but their identities could not be proven.

A rare firsthand account of one of the first sensationalized stories of mass murder. Not in McDade. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1154. $3500.

Black Cook Stabs Captain

27. [Joseph, Henry]: THE TRIAL OF HENRY JOSEPH AND AMOS OTIS, FOR THE MURDER OF JAMES CROSBY, CAPTAIN OF THE BRIG JUNIPER, ON THE HIGH SEAS.... Boston: Light & Horton, 1834. 44pp. Early 20th century buckram, gilt leather spine label. Cloth somewhat dust soiled. Institutional ink stamp and ownership inscriptions on titlepage, blind stamps on titlepage and initial leaves. Scattered foxing to final leaves. Good plus.

Account of a trial held at the United States Circuit Court in Boston, 1834, for a case of murder at sea. “Joseph, a colored cook, stabbed the captain with a dirk while the vessel was en route to Surinam. He was hanged on December 2, 1834; Otis was pardoned by President ” - McDade. Scarce on the market. COHEN 12761. McDADE 541. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25162. SABIN 36663. $850.

28. [Ku Klux Klan]: PROCEEDINGS IN THE KU KLUX TRIALS AT COLUMBIA, S.C. IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT, NOVEMBER TERM, 1871. Columbia, S.C.: Republican Printing Company, 1872. 835,[1],12pp. 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine label. Hinges cracked but solid, label slightly chipped, spine rubbed. Front endpapers detached. Shelf label on spine, institutional stamps on titlepage. Light tanning. Good plus.

A mostly verbatim transcription of trials held in South Carolina for violations of the Fifteenth Amendment under the Enforcement Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act, passed in 1870 and 1871 respectively. Rampant intimidation and suppression of black voters by the Klan in South Carolina during the 1870 election brought about large numbers of arrests under the new federal statutes, which allowed for the suspension of habeas corpus and the deployment of the army to enforce the law. Two hundred and twenty Klansmen were eventually indicted, though only five faced a full trial, the proceedings of which are contained in this work. $600.

29. [Louisiana Crime]: [WANTED POSTER RELATED TO AN EARLY 20th- CENTURY LOUISIANA HOTEL ROBBERY]. Alexandria, La. ca. 1910. Small broadside, approximately 9½ x 6 inches, plus loose photograph, 2¾ x 4½ inches. Previously folded. Small chips along top edge, adhesive remnants along top edge verso. Light tanning. About very good.

A wanted broadside circulated by the manager of the Hotel Bentley in Alexandria, Louisiana, offering a fifty dollar reward for the arrest of the hotel’s former night manager, B.S. Dunbar, accused of absconding with five to six hundred dollars. The description given of Dunbar reads, in part, “Right eye is out, and wears a glass eye, left eye blue.... Has at sometime played amateur base ball and fingers show it.... Nose short and pug. Walks slightly stooped and may limp a little.” Accompanied by a photograph of the accused, formerly stapled to the sheet, now loose. $150. 30. [Louisiana Crime]: [LOUISIANA WANTED POSTER FOR “CRIME AGAINST NATURE” IN CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUSIANA]. [N.p. n.d.]. Broadside, approximately 9¾ x 6 inches. Previously folded. Signed in pencil. Very good.

Wanted poster circulated by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff at Lake Charles, D.J. Reed, offering a fifty dollar reward for the arrest of Frank R. Lumpkin, accused of an unspecified “crime against nature.” The poster also identifies a seventeen- year-old Mrs. Lumpkin, and so one must suppose the charge to be in the realm of statutory rape, but it may have been even more lurid. With photographic reproductions of the illicit couple. $125.

31. [Lung, Peter]: [Murder]: A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF PETER LUNG, WHO IS SENTENCED TO BE EXECUTED IN JUNE NEXT, AND IS NOW CONFINED IN A GLOOMY DUNGEON, LOADED WITH CHAINS, AWAITING THE AWFUL EXECUTION OF THE LAW. Hartford: William S. Marsh, 1816. 22pp. Early crude stitching. Rear cover detached, small tears at fore edge, sheets untrimmed. Contemporary manuscript notations. A good copy.

Written as a series of letters to his mother and children, together with his dying address. Lung was tried and executed for the murder of his wife. The tone of the letters is reproachful, with the author citing several false and injurious statements made by his mother. Alcohol is to blame for most of the trouble with his wife: “We were now both of us, very angry, and conducted most im- prudently and wickedly. We should not have done so had we not both been in a state of intoxication. And whenever we abused each other, as we often did, in a brutal and shocking manner, it was in consequence of drinking too much spirits; but when we got over it, we were always sorry for it.” Scarce, with only five copies located in OCLC - New York Historical Society, Connecticut State Library, American Antiquarian Society, University of Michigan, and Colby College in Maine. McDADE 637. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 38112. $750.

Crowning Infamy of the Ages

32. Mercer, Asa S.: THE BANDITTI OF THE PLAINS OR THE CATTLEMEN’S INVASION OF WYOMING IN 1892 (THE CROWNING INFAMY OF THE AGES.). [. 1894]. Preliminary leaf printing ordering informa- tion, 139pp. Original black cloth. Slight fraying and wear at extremities, inner front hinge cracked. Neat book label and ownership signature on endsheets. Else very good. In a cloth slipcase, leather label.

One of the most famous books on the cattle industry, growing out of the in Wyoming in 1892, which pitted the large, established members of the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association against the smaller cattlemen and squatters on the range. In the course of the bloody conflict Mercer, editor of the NORTHWESTERN LIVESTOCK GROWER, published in , took the side of the small growers and produced this vitriolic work. The book is said to have been suppressed, and may have been to a certain extent, but a fair number of copies exist today, although it certainly remains rare. The book is often listed as being printed in Cheyenne, but Mercer’s children maintain that it was printed in Denver, where Adams agrees it was bound. Its importance is great, chronicling one of the last major upheavals of frontier violence in the wars for the open range against fencing. It has since appeared in many later editions. ADAMS HERD 1474. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1478 (“exceedingly rare”). DOBIE, p.111. GRAFF 2750. HOWES M522, “b.” SMITH 6735. REESE, SIX SCORE 79. STREETER SALE 2385. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 216. $6000.

33. Murphy, J.W.: OUTLAWS OF THE FOX RIVER COUNTRY, STORY OF THE WHITEFORD AND SPENCER TRAGEDIES, THE ASSASSINATION OF JUDGE RICHARDSON, THE EXECUTION OF JOHN BAIRD, AND THE MOBBING OF W.J. YOUNG. Hannibal: 1882. 138pp. plus six inserted plates. Original printed wrappers bound into antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Front wrapper wrinkled, a bit stained, reinforced along gutter, and with a few short closed tears, expertly repaired. Rear wrapper creased, with a few short repaired tears. Occasional minor foxing, with marginal stains to a few leaves. Very good.

A scarce account of criminal acts in Missouri, Iowa, and Ohio in the 1860s and ‘70s, with views of the scenes of the crimes and portraits of the participants. “Lurid narrative of midwestern crime, comparable to Bonney’s classic BANDITTI OF THE PRAIRIES” - Howes. “History of the outlaws of the Nauvoo country. The author, an Alexandria, Missouri editor, was personally acquainted with many of the desperate characters in this chronicle” - Adams. HOWES M907, “aa.” ADAMS SIX-GUNS 1581. GRAFF 2935. $2500.

The Criminals of New York

34. [New York City]: [Crime]: THE ROGUES AND ROGUERIES OF NEW-YORK. A FULL AND COMPLETE EXPOSURE OF ALL THE SWINDLES AND RASCALITIES CARRIED ON OR ORIGINATED IN THE METROPOLIS. New York: J.C. Haney & Co., 1865. [2],4,[7]-118,[1] pp. Original salmon-colored printed pictorial wrappers. Spine perished, some chipping and wear to wrappers. Light dampstaining to first and last few leaves. Minor scattered foxing. Still, very good.

“ROGUES AND ROGUERIES is a book that will interest everybody. No one need be imposed upon or victimized if he will only read this volume carefully. It is written in a readable style and is both entertaining and instructive.” Includes chapters on lotteries, policy dealers, matrimonial advertisements, fortune telling (“The Witches of New York”), hackmen, pickpockets, quacks, gamblers, profes- sional beggars, and more. With illustrations to highlight the author’s point. SABIN 72772. $950.

35. [North Carolina]: [African-American Fugitive]: [EARLY 20th-CENTURY WANTED POSTER FOR A BLACK MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER]. [Lexington, N.C.?] Oct. 10, 1906. Broadside, 11¾ x 9¼ inches. Printed on salmon- colored paper. Previously folded, with small separations and chips along old fold lines, sometimes affecting text. Some larger chips and loss along edges. Good.

A striking wanted poster from North Carolina in 1906, offering a $250 reward: “For the arrest and delivery to undersigned [T.S.F. Dorsett, Sheriff Davidson County] of Oscar Gaddy who murdered R.H. Eubanks, Supt. for Lane Bros. Co., & Jones, near Lexington, North Carolina, on Sunday, October 7, 1906.” The broadside contains a vivid and remark- able description of the accused: “A black, rawboned negro, about 180 to 200 lbs, six feet high or over, stands very straight, even white teeth and has a crippled thumb on right hand. This thumb has been mashed and is twisted to one side. Lives in neighborhood of Henderson, N.C., - also lived in Terra Cotta. Has worked in Coal fields of West Va. When last seen was coatless, hatless, and shoeless.” $500. 36. [San Quentin Prison]: [REWARD NOTICE, WITH ACCOMPANYING MUGSHOT, FOR A PAROLE VIOLA- TOR FROM SAN QUENTIN PRISON IN 1907]. [San Francisco]. Nov. 8, 1907. Single partially-printed sheet completed in carbon copy, with small silver gelatin photograph, 4 x 2¾ inches. Old folds, minor edge wear, light toning. Very good.

A thoroughly absorbing reward notice for Hubert P. Herr, apparently a parolee from San Quentin State Prison in 1907. According to the document, Herr was a heavily-tattooed native of Nebraska, a cook and carpenter, who was originally convicted of grand larceny in 1904, and paroled on Aug. 18, 1907. By November 8, he was wanted again by the prison for reasons unstated here. The most sensible conclusion would be a parole violation.

The accompanying photograph of Herr is his original mugshot, with three stamps on the verso: the same “$50 REWARD” stamp that appears at the top of the printed leaflet, his name, and the words “ESCAPE FROM S QUENTIN.” The lat- ter stamp was not meant to be taken literally, in the sense of a prison break, but simply that Herr was to be recalled to San Quentin should he be found. Instructions on the notice call for anyone in law enforcement who finds Herr to “arrest, hold & wire” San Quentin for return.

A fascinating and unique document and photograph relating to crime in early 20th-century California. $325.

The Legend of Billy the Kid

37. Siringo, Charles A.: HISTORY OF “BILLY THE KID.” THE TRUE LIFE OF THE MOST DARING YOUNG OUTLAW OF THE AGE. [Santa Fe. 1920]. 142,[1]pp. 12mo. Original printed pictorial wrappers bound into modern paneled morocco. Near fine.

“This rare little book further strengthened some of the legends about the Kid which by the time were so well established. The author repeats the many legends about the Kid’s early life that were created by Ash Upshon and follows the Garrett book very closely, even to the misspelled proper names” - Adams. HOWES S516, “aa.” DYKES 79. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 2028. $1750. 38. Skillman, John B.: SKILLMAN’S NEW-YORK POLICE REPORTS. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. WRITTEN IN 1828-29. New York: Printed by Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830. 151pp. Illus. Frontis. Original cloth backed boards, remnant of paper label. Extremities worn. Scattered foxing. Still very good, untrimmed.

Early American crime reporting presented in the form of humorous dialogues between the perpetrators and the question- ing officer or justice. Includes accounts of several black criminals including William Jones (“a coloured boy”), Henry Edmonson (“a mulatto, and somewhat prepossessing in his manners and appearance”), George Riley (“a coloured man and a sly fellow, and it may be said a cunning one withal”), and others. Also dozens of petty criminals, drunks, and prostitutes from the streets of New York City. The engravings depict petty criminals, pickpockets, and a humorous scene outside a police station. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 3498. $900.

Drug Addict and Forger in St. Louis

39. [St. Louis Crime]: [WANTED POSTER FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF FORGERY IN ST. LOUIS]. St. Louis. 1888. Small broadside, 7½ x 5½ inches, plus affixed photograph. Previously folded. some staining and slight warping from photograph adhesive. Small closed tear to up- per right corner of photo. Light foxing. Good plus.

An unrecorded 1888 wanted advertisement posted by the St. Louis Chief of Police, Anton Huebler, offering a one hundred dollar reward for the arrest of Julius Klinz, wanted for check forgery resulting in a thousand dollar loss by his employer. According to the provided description, Klinz, “usually wear gold spectacles, but can do without them. Is ruptured and wears a truss. Uses morphine and carries a Hypodermic syringe.... Gambles and is fond of comic opera.” A photograph of Klinz is affixed in the upper right corner of the broadside. $275.

The Basis for Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped

40. [Stewart, James]: THE TRIAL OF JAMES STEWART IN AUCHARN IN DUROR OF APPIN, FOR THE MURDER OF COLIN CAMPBELL OF GLENURE, ESQ.... Edinburgh: Printed for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. [4],288,149pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt spine labels. Labels chipped, cloth somewhat dust soiled, shelf label on spine. Institutional ink stamp on titlepage. Titlepage and initial leaves dust soiled, rear leaves with light dampstaining. Moderate tanning and scattered foxing. Lacks folding map. Good.

A lengthy account of the trial of James Stewart for the killing of Colin Campbell, a government official and tax collector, which occurred in the West of Scotland in late 1752 and resulted from residual tensions in the years after the Jacobite Rising. The crime was the basis for events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s KIDNAPPED. Stewart, an apparently hapless patsy, was arrested for the murder and convicted by a jury of Campbell’s fellow clansmen, then hanged and his body left exposed for two years. ESTC T130236. $600.

41. [Terry, David S.]: TRIAL OF DAVID S. TERRY BY THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE, SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco: R.C. Moore’s & Co., 1856. 75pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. A bit of light tanning and staining to the exterior leaves. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt.

“Most famous Vigilante trial” - Howes. Terry was charged with violently resisting the officers of the Committee of Vigi- lance, attacking four citizens of Stockton or San Francisco, assaulting with a deadly weapon a police officer of the Com- mittee, and resistance of a writ of habeas corpus. “In 1855 [Terry] accepted the nomination of the Know-Nothing party for the office of associate justice of the California supreme court and was elected to that place when the new party, in an astonishing political upset, swept the state. In 1856 he rashly went to San Francisco to aid in organizing resistance to the Vigilantes” - DAB. It was during this trip to San Francisco that Terry was arrested for his most serious offense, that of seriously wounding a Committee officer. He was immediately taken into custody, but released when Sterling Hopkins recovered after several weeks. He resumed his place on the state supreme court and became chief justice in 1857. In 1859, Terry fought a famous duel with Senator David Broderick, in which Broderick was killed. Terry himself was killed after he assaulted U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field. HOWES T106, “aa.” SABIN 94889. STREETER SALE 2814. COWAN, p.633. DAB XVIII, pp.379-80. GREENWOOD 772. GRAFF 4104. $650. 42. [Texas]: [ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, WANTED NOTICE FOR BURGLAR C.H. CROW- SON, WITH AFFIXED PHOTOGRAPH]. Palestine, Tx. [ca. 1909]. Printed form, 5 x 8 inches, plus 1 x 1-inch photograph. Two old vertical folds, left edge tanned, lower right corner chipped. Photograph fine, but somewhat crudely affixed. About very good.

A “Wanted” notice from the City Marshal of Palestine, Texas, offering a fifty dollar reward for the capture of C.H. Crowson, who was eventually arrested and convicted for burglary in 1909. The description given says that Crowson, “Has dark hair, blue eyes and light complexion. He is fond of music and plays guitar and violin. Works around saw mills and railroad shops.” With a small photo of the fugitive attached to the form. $150.

43. [Texas Crime]: [FOUR EARLY 20th-CENTURY WANTED POSTERS FOR ESCAPEES FROM THE HUNTS- VILLE, TEXAS, PRISON]. Huntsville, Tx. 1912-1913. Four small broadsides, approximately 11 x 8 inches, with attached photographs. Printed forms, completed in typescript. Three forms with chips and tears, somewhat affecting text, mounted on white card stock. browning at edges, evidence of tape repairs. Photos with some slight mirroring. Good.

Four wanted notices dating to just before World War I for men escaped from the Huntsville Prison in Texas. The men are con- victed thieves and burglars, sentenced to terms ranging from two to seven years. The forms, each bearing the same printed masthead, are completed in typescript with descriptions of the escapee’s appearance, notable features, residence, crime commit- ted, and place of escape. A photograph mugshot of the men in question are attached to the upper portion of each form. $500.

44. [Wagner, Louis H.F]: REPORT OF THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF LOUIS H.F. WAGNER, FOR THE MUR- DER OF ANETHE M. CHRISTENSON, AT A SPECIAL SETTING OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. HELD AT ALFRED, ME., JUNE 16, 1873. Saco, Me.: William S. Noyes & Co., 1874. iv,[1],180,25,69,40,66pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather labels. Cloth somewhat soiled, spine labels chipped, front hinge loosening. Paper shelf label on spine, in- stitutional ink stamp on titlepage. Nine interior leaves detached and chipped. Moderate tanning. Good.

A scarce trial account of an 1874 Maine island murder, motivated by robbery and accomplished after a great feat of endurance. “Wagner believed that $600 was in the house of a family living on the Isle of Shoals, a spot of land ten miles out to sea from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He rowed out there one night and killed two women with an ax, a third escaping into the night to hide among the rocks. He was convicted and executed for the crime” - McDade. McDADE 1032. $300.

Woman Murders Slave Traders to Steal Their Slaves

45. [Walters, Ann Smith]: LIFE AND CONFESSION OF ANN WALTERS, THE FEMALE MURDERESS!! ALSO, THE EXECUTION OF ENOS G. DUDLEY, AT HAVERHILL, N.H., MAY 23d, 1849. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE CONFESSION OF MARY RUNKLE, WHO WAS EXECUTED FOR MURDER. [Boston]: Printed for the proprietor, 1850. 32pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling, some chipping to spine. Minor foxing. Very good.

Although OCLC records an “Ann Walters (1812-1844),” McDade believes her story to be a work of fiction, incorporat- ing the details of a dozen different murders. He also doubts the veracity of the Runkle case. Walters ran a tavern on the Delaware-Maryland border, where she liked to murder traveling slave traders and steal their slaves, money, and other valuables. Her murder of a slave trader is depicted in one of the wood- cuts. She began her career by killing her child and husband, subsequently becoming the leader of a criminal gang. Her depravity is blamed in part on the morally corrosive effects of slavery: “Although born in a free country where slavery is abhorred [Canada], she soon imbibed a taste for the traffic in slaves, as our readers may easily perceive that her location in a slave state where morality is not very exalted, as such a course could not have been carried on in a free state so long, without meeting the eye of detection.” Only a handful of copies in OCLC. McDADE 1036. $900.

46. [Washington State Crime]: WANTED FOR MURDER: FRANCISCUS VON DER HEIDEN, ALIAS FRANK YOUNG... [caption title]. . Sept. 14, 1916. Broadside, 12 x 9 inches, with photographic reproduction Previously folded. Small separation along fold lines, repaired with tape on blank verso. Two small pinholes, not affect text or image. About very good.

A photographic wanted notice for a man accused of double murder in Seattle. Franciscus von der Heiden was wanted for killing a man and his wife on Aug. 16, 1916. The notice describes him as having “stocky build; broad shoulders; thick neck, size of collar 17; fresh rosy complexion...dimples show in cheeks when laughing; smooth shaven; even white teeth; good dresser.” A reproduction of a photograph on the notice depicts the fugitive wearing a suit and sitting sedately in an ornately carved, high-backed wooden chair. $125.

47. [Watkins, Oliver]: THE TRIAL AND A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OLIVER WATKINS, NOW UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN BROOKLYN (CON.) JAIL, FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, MARCH 22, 1829. Providence: H.H. Brown, 1830. 36pp. Modern cloth, spine gilt. Institutional ink and blind stamps, ownership inscription on titlepage. Titlepage chipped at gutter. Scattered foxing. About very good.

“Watkins, who lived in Sterling, Connecticut, fell under the blandishments of a widow. To free himself from his wife Roxanna, and perhaps following some hints from his paramour, one night in bed he strangled her with a horsewhip. His obvious motive and sole opportunity insured his conviction and execution” - McDade. With a woodcut depicting the deed on the titlepage verso. A similar narrative of the Watkins story was published in Norwich in 1830. Only a handful of copies in OCLC. McDADE 1051. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 5356. SABIN 102115. $750.

Murders Over Impressment on the Verge of War

48. [Whitby, Henry]: TRIAL OF CAPT. HENRY WHITBY, FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN PIERCE, WITH HIS DYING DECLARATION. ALSO THE TRIAL OF CAPT. JOHN CRIMP, FOR PIRACY AND MANSTEALING. New-York: Gould, Banks, and Gould, 1812. 96,[1]pp. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, labels slightly chipped, paper shelf label on spine. previously detached and repaired. Titleback previously detached and repaired. Institutional ink and blind stamps on titlepage. Light tanning and foxing. Good plus.

Accounts of two trials related to the inflammatory English practice during this period of impressing American sailors into the Royal Navy. “The murder arose out of an attempted impressment of seamen on April 25, 1806; the charge is against the captain of the British vessel Leander. The prisoners may have been reprieved and held as hostages. President Jefferson issued a proclamation in connection with this case. A sailor named Pierce was killed by a cannon shot near the entrance to New York Harbor” - McDade. McDADE 1081. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 26908. $850.

49. [Wilson, Harriot]: THE VICTIM OF SEDUCTION! SOME INTER- ESTING PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE AND UNTIMELY FATE OF MISS HARRIOT WILSON, WHO WAS PUBLICLY EXECUTED IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE YEAR 1802, FOR THE MURDER OF HER INFANT CHILD. Boston: Printed for J Wilkey, 1802. 12pp. Dbd. Stitched gatherings. Some foxing and dampstaining. Good plus. Untrimmed.

A scarce pamphlet publishing a fictionalized version of murders that took place in East Bradford, Pennsylvania, in 1786. In that case, a woman named Elizabeth Wilson was tried and executed for the murder of her illegitimate ten-week-old twins, and though her brother obtained a reprieve from the state governor, he arrived too late to halt the execution. In this dramatization, “Harriot” Wilson has only one child, the brother arrives “less than five minutes after the fall of the fatal drop,” and he is so overwhelmed by grief that he becomes a hermit. This is one of two variant editions, with a woodcut coffin on the titlepage. An interest- ing early American sensationalism of true crime. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3466 SABIN 104621. McDADE 1106 (ref). $750.

50. Wood, R.E., reporter & editor: LIFE AND CONFESSIONS OF JAMES GILBERT JENKINS: THE MURDERER OF EIGHTEEN MEN. Napa City [Ca.]: C.H. Allen & R.E. Wood, 1864. 56pp. plus two plates. Original tan picto- rial wrappers. Very minor soiling and creasing. Fine. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder, spine gilt.

Written while Jenkins was waiting to be hanged, this confessional recounts the murder of “eight white men and ten Indians,” as well as numerous other crimes committed across the country. With a frontispiece portrait of Jenkins, as well as an illustration showing him burying one of his victims. Like any good criminal, Jenkins blamed his crimes on demon alcohol. “An exceedingly rare little book on one of the early outlaws of California” - Adams. HOWES W635, “aa.” COWAN, p.120. McDADE 514. ADAMS SIX-GUNS 2440. $600.