Life and Trial of Dr Abner Baker, Jr, (A Monomaniac) Who Was.

Trial; Baker, Abner, Defendant

Published by Publication Date: 1846

Louisville, KY: Prentice and Weissinger, 1846. "More a Struggle Between Two Families Than an Affair of the State": McDade 60 [Trial]. Baker, Abner [d.1845], Defendant. Crozier, C.W. [1807-1884]. Life and Trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr. (A Monomaniac,) Who Was Executed October 3, 1845, For the Alleged Murder of His Brother-In-Law, Daniel Bates; Including Letters and Petitions in Favor of a Pardon, And Narrative of the Circumstances Attending His Execution, Etc. Etc. Trial and Evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Louisville, KY: Prentice and Weissinger, 1846. [iv], xiii, [1] 152 pp. Frontispiece (diagram of murder scene) and additional portrait frontispiece (of Baker). Octavo (8-1/2" x 5"; 21.6 x 17.8 cm). Modern period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title and fillets to spine, endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine, moderate toning and foxing, faint dampstaining to most of text. $850. * Only edition. "Dr. Baker thought Bates was having an affair with his wife. On a street in Cumberland, Kentucky, he shot Bates in the back, but was released as insane. The Bates family published an award for his capture, and Baker family pride, stung by the publication, produced the Doctor, who was convicted and hanged. Like many Clay County cases, this was more a struggle between two families than an affair of the state" (McDade). Our account of Baker's trial was also a family matter: it was compiled in part by his sister Elizabeth's husband, Dr. Carrick White Crozier. OCLC locates 2 copies (Yale Law School, Los Angeles County Law Library). McDade, The Annals of Murder 60. Seller Inventory # 71593

Bibliographic Details

Title: Life and Trial of Dr Abner Baker, Jr, (A ...
Publication Date: 1846
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Louisville, KY: Prentice and Weissinger, 1846.