The Manchester Homicide. A Sketch of the Life of Albert L. Starkweather, The Murderer of his Mother and Sister. With a Full Report of His Trial and Conviction, and His Confession
1866 · Hartford
by Hotchkiss, A.S.
octavo, 74 page pamphlet, ex-library, handstamp on title page, lacking the printed wrappers, which carried Starkweather's portrait on the cover, text foxed, removed from bound volume of pamphlets, last leaf detached but present, else a good working copy.
"He murdered Harriett and Ella Starkweather in bed with an ax and attempted to burn the house, hoping thereby to get the family farm. The phrenologist reported his conscientiousness as weak; his hope, large." – McDade, Annals of Murder, 905. This is a variant edition, per McDade, with the words "and his confession" following the word "conviction" on title page. (Inventory #: 30657)
"He murdered Harriett and Ella Starkweather in bed with an ax and attempted to burn the house, hoping thereby to get the family farm. The phrenologist reported his conscientiousness as weak; his hope, large." – McDade, Annals of Murder, 905. This is a variant edition, per McDade, with the words "and his confession" following the word "conviction" on title page. (Inventory #: 30657)