I CAUGHT CRIPPEN

Author: Dew (Ex-Chief Insp. Walter) Memoirs of :
Year: 1938
Publisher: Blackie & Son
First Edition
Edition Details: 1st edn
Book Condition: G++
Price: £350.00
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Hardback, 1st edn. Inspector Dew was the first policeman on the scene of the Mary Jane Kelly murder (allegedly) and tells how clue after clue was followed up and how near the police were 'to laying their hands on the probable murderer.(pp. 85-163 incl. 'The Hunt for Jack the Ripper'). Dew's other claim to fame of course was the fact that he was the man who caught Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. He was in charge of the case from the time Belle Elmore disappeared up to the time of Crippen's arrest and trial. Also includes shorter accounts of many other crimes - fraud, blackmail, coining, burglary etc. A vivid account of Dew's life at Scotland Yard. With 4 b/w plates (one of which, namely the Crippen and Le Neve in the Dock facing p.80 appears, to be a replacement with frayed edges). Bumped to the corners and spine ends, v. sl. bowed lower cover, occasional foxing 242pp. 8vo. h/back. Showing general shelfwear, but still a G++ copy of a Ripper associated title.

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