Table of Contents
Foreword viii
Introduction xii
Chapter 1 Assassinations
Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin 2
Heir to Austria's Throne Is Slain with His Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of His Country 6
Gandhi Is Killed by a Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay Robert Trumbull 8
Kennedy Is Killed by Sniper as He Rides in Car in Dallas; Johnson Sworn in on Plane Tom Wicker 12
Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here Peter Kihss 21
Martin Luther King Is Slain in Memphis; A White Is Suspected; Johnson Urges Cairn Earl Caldwell 27
Kennedy Is Dead, Victim of Assassin; Suspect, Arab Immigrant, Arraigned; Johnson Appoints Panel on Violence Gladwin Hill 32
Sadat Assassinated at Army Parade as Men Amid Ranks Fire into Stands; Vice President Affirms "All Treaties" William E. Farrell 36
Bhutto Is Killed at Rally, and Pakistan Faces Outrage and New Turmoil Salman Masood Carlotta Gall 40
Chapter 2 Heists
Masked Men Rob a Train: The Bold Exploit of a Gang of Missouri Outlaws 46
Dillinger Defied Capture for Year 50
Bandits Rob Mail Train Outside London; Record Loss May Exceed $5,000,000 James Feron 55
Star of India and 8 Other Stolen Gems Returned to City From Miami Locker Jack Roth 60
The Big Lufthansa Robbery and Its Trail of Murder Leslie Maitland 65
Boston Thieves Loot a Museum of Masterpieces Fox Buttertield 70
Willie Sutton, Urbane Scoundrel Peter Duffy 73
FBI Brings a Fresh Set of Eyes to a '71 Plane Hijacking Mystery Susan Saulny 76
Graying Thieves and a Record Heist Undone in London Dan Bilefsky 78
Chapter 3 Kidnappings
Franks Slayers Get Life Imprisonment; Youth Averts Noose 84
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton; Taken from His Crib; Wide Search On 89
Bronfman's Son Rescued in City After a Payment of $2.3 Million; Money Recovered, 2 Suspects Held Peter Kihss 92
Miss Hearst Is Convicted on Bank Robbery Charges Wallace Turner 96
Agony Lingers, 20 Years After the Moro Killing Alessandra Stanley 103
Captive's Own Account of 18 Years as a Hostage Jesse McKinley 105
Chapter 4 Mass Murder
School Dynamiter First Slew Wife 110
Suspect Seized in Chicago in Slaying of Eight Nurses Austin C. Wehrwein 114
Terror in Littleton: The Overview; 2 Students in Colorado School Said to Gun Down as Many as 23 and Kill Themselves in a Siege James Brooke 117
Massacre in Virginia; Drumbeat of Shots, Broken by Pauses to Reload Shaila Dewan 121
Gunman Kills 12 at Colorado Theater; Scores Are Wounded, Reviving Debate Dan Frosch Kirk Johnson 124
Norwegian Mass Killer Gets Maximum Sentence: 21 Years Mark Lewis Sarah Lyall 128
Sandy Hook Pupils Were All Shot Multiple Times with a Semiautomatic, Officials Say James Barron 131
A Hectic Day at Church, and Then a Hellish Visitor Richard Fausset John Eligan Jason Horowitz Frances Robles 134
Praising Isis, Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub Leaving 50 Dead in Worst Shooting on U.S. Soil Lizette Alavarez Richard Pérez-Peña 140
Chapter 5 The Mob
7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms 146
The Crime Hearings: Television Provides Both a Lively Show and a Notable Public Service Jack Gould 153
65 Hoodlums Seized in a Raid and Run Out of Upstate Village 156
Valachi Names 5 as Crime Chiefs in New York Area Emanuel Perlmutter 159
Galante and 2 Shot to Death in a Brooklyn Restaurant Robert D. McFadden 164
The Mafia of the 1980s: Divided and Under Siege Robert D. McFadden 168
John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61; Mafia Boss Relished the Spotlight Selwyn Raab 175
A Mafia Boss Breaks a Code in Telling All William K. Rashbaum 182
Long Elusive, Irish Mob Legend Ended Up a California Recluse Adam Nagoumey Abby Guodnough 185
Chapter 6 Murder
Thaw Murders Stanford White; Shoots Him on the Madison Square Garden Roof 192
Trial Under Way in Youth's Killing John N. Popham 198
Manson, 3 Women Guilty; Prosecution to Ask Death Earl Caldwell 201
John Lennon of Beatles Is Killed; Suspect Held in Shooting at Dakota Les Ledbetter 208
Mrs. Harris Found Guilty of Murder and She Is Quickly Removed to Jail James Feron 211
Not Guilty: The Overview: Jury Clears Simpson in Double Murder; Spellbound Nation Divides on Verdict David Margolick 217
Colorado Murder Mystery Lingers as Police Press On James Brooke 222
Kitty, 40 Years Later Jim Rasenberger 225
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime Monica Davey 231
Grisly Murder Case Intrigues Italian University City Ian Fisher 235
A Trial Ends, but for South Africans, the Debate May Be Just Beginning Sarah Lyall Alan Cornell 237
Straight From TV to Jail: Durst Is Charged in Killing Charles V. Bugli Vivian Yee 240
Chapter 7 Prison
Showering and Yoking 246
9 Hostages and 28 Prisoners Die as 1,000 Storm Prison in Attica-"Like a War Zone" Fred Ferretti 250
No Way Out: Dashed Hopes-Serving Life, with No Chance of Redemption Adam Liptak 257
Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished from Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later Robert D. McFadden 262
How El Chapo Was Finally Captured, Again Azam Ahmed 266
Prison Rate Was Rising Years Before 1994 Law Erik Eckholm 273
Chapter 8 Serial Killers
Dismay in Whitechapel: Two More Murdered Women Found 278
Holmes Cool to the End 281
DeSalvo, Confessed "Boston Strangler," Found Stabbed to Death in Prison Cell John Kifner 289
.44 Killer Wounds 12th and 13th Victims Robert D. McFadden 291
The Suspect Is Quoted on Killings: "It Was a Command … I Had a Sign" Howard Blum 296
Suspect in Mass Deaths Is Puzzle to All Douglas E. Kneeland 300
Bundy Is Put to Death in Florida After Admitting Trail of Killings Jon Nordheimer 306
Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison Don Terry 310
Retracing a Trail: The Sniper Suspects; Serial Killing's Squarest Pegs: Not Solo, White, Psychosexual or Picky N. R. Kleinfield Erica Goode 313
Chapter 9 Sex Crimes
Polanski Guilty Plea Accepted in Sex Case Grace Lichtenstein 320
Crimmins Found Guilty of Murder as the Jury Accepts His Confession E. R. Shipp 322
Darkness Beneath the Glitter: Life of Suspect in Park Slaying Samuel G. Freedman 325
Lorena Bobbitt Acquitted in Mutilation of Husband David Margolick 330
A Crime Revisited: The Decision; 13 Years Later, Official Reversal in Jogger Attack Robert D. McFadden Susan Saulny 334
Boston Church Papers Released; A Pattern of Negligence Is Cited Pam Belluck 339
Sandusky Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys Joe Drape 344
Chapter 10 Vice
Marijuana Smoking Is Reported Safe 350
Speakeasy Census Shows Brisk Trade C. G. Poore 354
Kingpin of Crime Syndicate Robert D. McFadden 358
Head of Medellin Cocaine Cartel Is Killed by Troops in Colombia Robert D. McFadden 362
Spitzer, Linked to a Sex Ring as a Client, Gives an Apology Danny Hakim William K. Rashbaum 366
Chapter 11 White Collar
Exchange "Wizard" Is Paying Claims 372
Van Doren Pleads Guilty; Is Freed Alfred E. Clark 376
Milken Gets 10 Years for Wall St. Crimes Kurt Eickenwald 378
2 Enron Chiefs Are Convicted in Fraud and Conspiracy Trial Alexei Barrionuevo 382
Madoff Goes to Jail After Guilty Pleas Diana B. Henriques Jack Healy 386
Acknowledgments 389
Contributors 390
Index 396
Picture Credits 400
