Alchemy of bones : Chicago's Luetgert murder case of 1897 / Robert Loerzel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Omens -- Legends -- The englishman -- Everything is gone -- Moving day -- Missing -- Case histories -- The search -- Strong stuff -- Grewsome clews -- The sweating -- The woman in black -- Cell 21 -- Spring and summer -- Fixed opinions -- The rustling noise -- The morbid women -- Trained beasts -- Trial by newspaper -- The throwing mania -- The widow -- The experiments -- Cries and whispers -- The experts -- Autumn -- The kiss -- Sideshows -- A game of tag -- Just a plain domestic girl -- The many Mrs. Luetgerts -- Soap and bones -- Cigar talk -- Oratory -- Twelve men -- Queer reports -- Telescopic views -- Aftermath -- Editorials -- Between trials -- Turbulence -- The ghouls -- Denials -- Winter -- The verdict -- Lines of destiny -- Prisoner 5969 -- Confessions and eulogies -- Epilogue.