New York Times Book of Crime : More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat
by Flynn, Kevin (EDT); Price, Richard (FRW)







Forewordviii
Introductionxii
Chapter 1 Assassinations Awful Event: President Lincoln Shot by an Assassin
2(44)
Heir to Austria's Throne Is Slain with His Wife by a Bosnian Youth to Avenge Seizure of His Country
6(2)
Gandhi Is Killed by a Hindu; India Shaken, World Mourns; 15 Die in Rioting in Bombay
8(4)
Robert Trumbull
Kennedy Is Killed by Sniper as He Rides in Car in Dallas; Johnson Sworn in on Plane
12(9)
Tom Wicker
Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here
Peter Kihss
21(6)
Martin Luther King Is Slain in Memphis; A White Is Suspected; Johnson Urges Calm
27(5)
Earl Caldwell
Kennedy Is Dead, Victim of Assassin; Suspect, Arab Immigrant, Arraigned; Johnson Appoints Panel on Violence
32(4)
Gladwin Hill
Sadat Assassinated at Army Parade as Men Amid Ranks Fire into Stands; Vice President Affirms "All Treaties"
36(4)
William E. Farrell
Bhutto Is Killed at Rally, and Pakistan Faces Outrage and New Turmoil
40(6)
Salman Masood
Carlotta Gall
Chapter 2 Heists
Masked Men Rob a Train: The Bold Exploit of a Gang of Missouri Outlaws
46(9)
Dillinger Defied Capture for Year 50 Bandits Rob Mail Train Outside London; Record Loss May Exceed $5,000,000
55(5)
James Feron
Star of India and 8 Other Stolen Gems Returned to City From Miami Locker
60(5)
Jack Roth
The Big Lufthansa Robbery and Its Trail of Murder
65(5)
Leslie Maitland
Boston Thieves Loot a Museum of Masterpieces
70(3)
Fox Butterfield
Willie Sutton, Urbane Scoundrel
73(3)
Peter Duffy
FBI Brings a Fresh Set of Eyes to a '71 Plane Hijacking Mystery
76(2)
Susan Saulny
Graying Thieves and a Record Heist Undone in London
78(6)
Dan Bilefsky
Chapter 3 Kidnappings
Franks Slayers Get Life Imprisonment; Youth Averts Noose
84(5)
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapped from Home of Parents on Farm Near Princeton; Taken from His Crib; Wide Search On
89(3)
Bronfman's Son Rescued in City After a Payment of $2.3 Million; Money Recovered, 2 Suspects Held
92(4)
Peter Kihss
Miss Hearst Is Convicted on Bank Robbery Charges
96(7)
Wallace Turner
Agony Lingers, 20 Years After the Moro Killing
103(2)
Alessandra Stanley
Captive's Own Account of 18 Years as a Hostage
105(5)
Jesse McKinley
Chapter 4 Mass Murder
School Dynamiter First Slew Wife
110(4)
Suspect Seized in Chicago in Slaying of Eight Nurses
114(3)
Austin C. Wehrwein
Terror in Littleton: The Overview; 2 Students in Colorado School Said to Gun Down as Many as 23 and Kill Themselves in a Siege
117(4)
James Brooke
Massacre in Virginia; Drumbeat of Shots, Broken by Pauses to Reload
121(3)
Shaila Dewan
Gunman Kills 12 at Colorado Theater; Scores Are Wounded, Reviving Debate
124(4)
Dan Frosch
Kirk Johnson
Norwegian Mass Killer Gets Maximum Sentence: 21 Years
Mark Lewis and Sarah Lyall
128(3)
Sandy Hook Pupils Were All Shot Multiple Times with a Semiautomatic, Officials Say
131(3)
James Barron
A Hectic Day at Church, and Then a Hellish Visitor
134(6)
Richard Fausset
John Eligon
Jason Horowitz
Frances Robles
Praising Isis, Gunman Attacks Gay Nightclub, Leaving 50 Dead in Worst Shooting on U.S. Soil
140(6)
Lizette Alavarez
Richard Perez-Peha
Chapter 5 The Mob
7 Chicago Gangsters Slain by Firing Squad of Rivals, Some in Police Uniforms
146(7)
The Crime Hearings: Television Provides Both a Lively Show and a Notable Public Service
153(3)
Jack Gould
65 Hoodlums Seized in a Raid and Run Out of Upstate Village
156(3)
Valachi Names 5 as Crime Chiefs in New York Area
159(5)
Emanuel Perlmutter
Galante and 2 Shot to Death in a Brooklyn Restaurant
164(4)
Robert D. McFadden
The Mafia of the 1980s: Divided and Under Siege
168(7)
Robert D. McFadden
John Gotti Dies in Prison at 61; Mafia Boss Relished the Spotlight
175(7)
Selwyn Raab
A Mafia Boss Breaks a Code in Telling
182(3)
All William K. Rashbaum
Long Elusive, Irish Mob Legend Ended Up a California Recluse
185(7)
Adam Nagourney
Abby Goodnough
Chapter 6 Murder
Thaw Murders Stanford White; Shoots Him on the Madison Square Garden Roof
192(6)
Trial Under Way in Youth's Killing
198(3)
John N. Popham
Manson, 3 Women Guilty; Prosecution to Ask Death
201(7)
Earl Caldwell
John Lennon of Beatles Is Killed; Suspect Held in Shooting at Dakota
208(3)
Les Ledbetter
Mrs. Harris Found Guilty of Murder and She Is Quickly Removed to Jail
211(6)
James Feron
Not Guilty: The Overview; Jury Clears Simpson in Double Murder; Spellbound Nation Divides on Verdict
217(5)
David Margolick
Colorado Murder Mystery Lingers as Police Press On
222(3)
James Brooke
Kitty, 40 Years Later
225(6)
Jim Rasenberger
Freed by DNA, Now Charged in New Crime
231(4)
Monica Davey
Grisly Murder Case Intrigues Italian University City
235(2)
Ian Fisher
A Trial Ends, but for South Africans, the Debate May Be Just Beginning
237(3)
Sarah Lyall
Alan Cowell
Straight From TV to Jail: Durst Is Charged in Killing
240(6)
Charles V. Bagli
Vivian Yee
Chapter 7 Prison
Showering and Yoking
246(4)
9 Hostages and 28 Prisoners Die as 1,000 Storm Prison in Attica--"Like a War Zone"
250(7)
Fred Ferretti
No Way Out: Dashed Hopes--Serving Life, with No Chance of Redemption
257(5)
Adam Liptak
Tale of 3 Inmates Who Vanished from Alcatraz Maintains Intrigue 50 Years Later
262(4)
Robert D. McFadden
How El Chapo Was Finally Captured, Again
266(7)
Azam Ahmed
Prison Rate Was Rising Years Before 1994 Law
273(5)
Erik Eckholm
Chapter 8 Serial Killers
Dismay in Whitechapel: Two More Murdered Women Found
278(3)
Holmes Cool to the End
281(8)
DeSalvo, Confessed "Boston Strangler" Found Stabbed to Death in Prison Cell
289(2)
John Kifner
44 Killer Wounds 12th and 13th Victims
291(5)
Robert D. McFadden
The Suspect Is Quoted on Killings: "It Was a Command I Had a Sign"
296(4)
Howard Blum
Suspect in Mass Deaths Is Puzzle to All
300(6)
Douglas E. Kneeland
Bundy Is Put to Death in Florida After Admitting Trail of Killings
306(4)
Jon Nordheimer
Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison
310(3)
Don Terry
Retracing a Trail: The Sniper Suspects; Serial Killing's Squarest Pegs: Not Solo, White, Psychosexual or Picky
313(7)
N. R. Kleinfield
Erica Goode
Chapter 9 Sex Crimes
Polanski Guilty Plea Accepted in Sex Case
320(2)
Grace Lichtenstein
Crimmins Found Guilty of Murder as the Jury Accepts His Confession
322(3)
E. R. Shipp
Darkness Beneath the Glitter: Life of Suspect in Park Slaying
325(5)
Samuel G. Freedman
Lorena Bobbitt Acquitted in Mutilation of Husband
330(4)
David Margolick
A Crime Revisited: The Decision; 13 Years Later, Official Reversal in Jogger Attack
334(5)
Robert D. McFadden
Susan Saulny
Boston Church Papers Released; A Pattern of Negligence Is Cited
339(5)
Pam Belluck
Sandusky Guilty of Sexual Abuse of 10 Young Boys
344(6)
Joe Drape
Chapter 10 Vice
Marijuana Smoking Is Reported Safe
350(4)
Speakeasy Census Shows Brisk Trade
354(4)
C. G. Poore
Kingpin of Crime Syndicate
358(4)
Robert D. McFadden
Head of Medellin Cocaine Cartel Is Killed by Troops in Colombia
362(4)
Robert D. McFadden
Spitzer, Linked to a Sex Ring as a Client, Gives an Apology
366(6)
Danny Hakim
William K. Rashbaum
Chapter 11 White Collar
Exchange "Wizard" Is Paying Claims
372(4)
Van Doren Pleads Guilty; Is Freed
376(2)
Alfred E. Clark
Milken Gets 10 Years for Wall St. Crimes
378(4)
Kurt Eichenwald
2 Enron Chiefs Are Convicted in Fraud and Conspiracy Trial
382(4)
Alexei Barrionuevo
Madoff Goes to Jail After Guilty Pleas
386(3)
Diana B. Henriques
Jack Healy
Acknowledgments389(1)
Contributors390(6)
Index396(4)
Picture Credits400


<div><div><b>From the archives of <i>The New York Times</i>, 165 years of the most notorious real-life crimes.</b><br> For 166 years, <i>The</i><i> New York Times</i> has been a rich source of information about crime, its reporters racing alongside tabloids to track the shocking incidents that disrupt daily life. This fascinating compilation, edited by seasoned <i>Times</i> crime-beat veteran Kevin Flynn, captures the full sweep of the newspaper&#8217;s coverage of the subject&#8212;from the assassinations of icons like Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Malcolm X to the deadly trails left behind by serial killers like H. H. Holmes (America&#8217;s first recognized serial killer), the Son of Sam, and Jeffrey Dahmer. This comprehensive review examines issues like incarceration, organized crime, and vice&#8212;from the Attica riot to the powerful Medellin Cartel&#8212;as well as the infamous crimes that riveted the world. The kidnappings of Jaycee Dugard and the Lindbergh baby. The Manson murders. The robberies that exasperated law enforcement, from bank heists by Dillinger to the enduring mystery of the greatest art heist in American history at Boston&#8217;s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. White-collar crimes from Ponzi to Madoff. Crimes of passion, such as Harry Thaw&#8217;s dramatic shooting of Stanford White, his rival for the charms of the beautiful Evelyn Nesbit. Chapters are organized by topic and include explanatory material by Flynn to provide context. The book features more than 70 photographs as well as reproductions of front-page stories. Although the focus is on the US, important international stories are included.</div></div>





Kevin Flynn is an investigative editor whose work has helped earn The New York Times numerous awards, including a 2009 Pulitzer Prize. He served as the newspaper’s police bureau chief from 1998 to 2003 and, in 2005, he cowrote with Jim Dwyer 102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (Henry Holt), a bestseller that was a National Book Award nonfiction finalist.

Richard Price is a bestselling author of nine novels, including Clockers (Macmillan), The Wanderers (Houghton Mifflin), Freedomland (Random House), and Lush Life (Macmillan). He wrote several episodes of HBO’s The Wire, and is also the cowriter of the acclaimed HBO miniseries The Night Of.





*Starred Review* This presentation of the New York Times' coverage of crime stories, from the assassination of Lincoln to the mass murder in an Orlando gay nightclub in June 2016, joins other compilations of Times stories over time, such as The New York Times Book of Medicine (2015). This latest, however, doesn't provide a steady arc of progress and discovery but, rather, a shocking panoply of man's inhumanity to man. Eleven chapters focus on either individual crimes or persisting issues, such as organized crime and vice. Readers are given the most spectacular breaking-news entries under "Assassinations," including the murders of John F. Kennedy and Mohandas Gandhi; "Heists"; "Kidnappings" (the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, featured on the cover, still shocks); "Murder"; "Mass Murder"; Sex Crimes"; and "White Collar," to identify only seven. The scope is international, though U.S. crimes feature the most heavily. One of the rewards of reading this book is tracking how crime reporting has reflected its own fashions, from nineteenth-century embroidered-with-sentiment accounts through zippy Jazz Age reporting (the lead for the 1929 Valentine's Day Massacre is: "Chicago gangland leaders observed Valentine's Day with machine guns and a stream of bullets") to the more dispassionate tone of modern accounts. The great virtue of all these pieces is the immediacy of breaking news, now read with the hindsight of history. Wonderfully well executed. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews.






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