On May 26, 1889, four thousand mourners proceeded down Chicago's Michigan Avenue, followed by a crowd forty thousand strong, in a howl of protest at what commentators called one of the ghastliest and most curious crimes in civilized history. The dead man, Dr. P. H. Cronin, was a respected Irish physician, but his brutal murder uncovered a web of intrigue, secrecy, and corruption that stretched across the United States and far beyond. O'Brien tells the story of Cronin's murder from the police investigation to the trial-- and the story of a booming immigrant population clamoring for power at a time of unprecedented change.

Vols. for 1902- include decisions of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and various other courts of the District of Columbia.

First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose.

"A brief chronological digest of all points determined in the decisions of the Supreme court, with notes showing the influence, following and present authority of each case, as disclosed by the citations comprising all citing cases in that court, the intermediate and inferior federal courts, and the courts of last resort of all the states."--T.p.

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