Keep the wretches in order : America's biggest mass trial, the rise of the Justice Department, and the fall of the IWW /
Strang, Dean A.,
Keep the wretches in order : America's biggest mass trial, the rise of the Justice Department, and the fall of the IWW / Dean A. Strang. - xxii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-303) and index.
The Railroad Trestle -- One Big, and Different, Union -- Big Bill -- Ed -- Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur? -- Something Must Be Done -- The Color of Law -- Five Tons -- The Copper Trust Lawyer -- True Bill -- Twelve Good Men and True -- Van and the Squire -- A Gathering -- This Un-American Institution -- Polly-Foxing -- If Christ Came to Chicago -- Lives -- Argument -- The First Final Chapter -- Have You Anything to Say? -- The Train -- Doing Time -- Reaching for the Rich -- The Other Three -- The Seventh Circuit -- Consequences -- Bucky -- All Rise -- A Justice Department Emerges -- Endings.
In this sharp legal history of the largest mass trial in U.S. history (United States v. Haywood et al.), Dean Strang analyzes the fragility of the American criminal justice system and details the fascinating case that had a major role in shaping the modern Justice Department.
9780299323301 0299323307
2018045778
Industrial Workers of the World--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Department of Justice --History.
Trials (Espionage)--Illinois--Chicago.
Keep the wretches in order : America's biggest mass trial, the rise of the Justice Department, and the fall of the IWW / Dean A. Strang. - xxii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-303) and index.
The Railroad Trestle -- One Big, and Different, Union -- Big Bill -- Ed -- Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur? -- Something Must Be Done -- The Color of Law -- Five Tons -- The Copper Trust Lawyer -- True Bill -- Twelve Good Men and True -- Van and the Squire -- A Gathering -- This Un-American Institution -- Polly-Foxing -- If Christ Came to Chicago -- Lives -- Argument -- The First Final Chapter -- Have You Anything to Say? -- The Train -- Doing Time -- Reaching for the Rich -- The Other Three -- The Seventh Circuit -- Consequences -- Bucky -- All Rise -- A Justice Department Emerges -- Endings.
In this sharp legal history of the largest mass trial in U.S. history (United States v. Haywood et al.), Dean Strang analyzes the fragility of the American criminal justice system and details the fascinating case that had a major role in shaping the modern Justice Department.
9780299323301 0299323307
2018045778
Industrial Workers of the World--Trials, litigation, etc.
United States. Department of Justice --History.
Trials (Espionage)--Illinois--Chicago.