Elizabeth Dale is Associate Professor of History and Affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Florida. She is the author of The Rule of Justice.

"Chicago's Trunk Murder is a valuable reconstruction of an 1880s Chicago murder trial. The author's exhaustive primary research in court records, newspapers, and geneaological records and thorough mining of the relevant secondary literature create a fascinating portrait of the dynamics of anti-immigrant prejudice and \u2018common sense justice' (as opposed to a concern for due process) underlying a criminal trial in an emerging gilded Age American metropolis." -Michael J. pfeifer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Chicago's Trunk Murder is a valuable reconstruction of an 1880s Chicago murder trial. The author's exhaustive primary research in court records, newspapers, and genealogical records and thorough mining of the relevant secondary literature create a fascinating portrait of the dynamics of anti-immigrant prejudice and "common sense justice" (as opposed to a concern for due process) underlying a criminal trial in an emerging gilded Age American metropolis.- Michael J. Pfeifer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Elizabeth Dale is Associate Professor of History and Affiliate Professor of Law at the University of Florida. She is the author of The Rule of Justice.

"Chicago's Trunk Murder is a valuable reconstruction of an 1880s Chicago murder trial. The author's exhaustive primary research in court records, newspapers, and geneaological records and thorough mining of the relevant secondary literature create a fascinating portrait of the dynamics of anti-immigrant prejudice and \u2018common sense justice' (as opposed to a concern for due process) underlying a criminal trial in an emerging gilded Age American metropolis." -Michael J. pfeifer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York Chicago's Trunk Murder is a valuable reconstruction of an 1880s Chicago murder trial. The author's exhaustive primary research in court records, newspapers, and genealogical records and thorough mining of the relevant secondary literature create a fascinating portrait of the dynamics of anti-immigrant prejudice and "common sense justice" (as opposed to a concern for due process) underlying a criminal trial in an emerging gilded Age American metropolis.- Michael J. Pfeifer, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York