Scoundrels in Law: The Trials of Howe and Hummel, Lawyers to the Gangsters, Cops, Starlets, and Rakes Who Made the Gilded Age
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 6:30pm
Cait Murphy promotes Scoundrels in Law: The Trials of Howe and Hummel, Lawyers to the Gangsters, Cops, Starlets, and Rakes Who Made the Gilded Age.
Here is the thrilling true story of Howe & Hummel, the most famous (and famously rotten) law firm in nineteenth-century America. In the firm’s prime, it wouldn’t have been strange to see a leading politician, a pickpocket, a Broadway star, a bank robber, and a socialite all crowded together into the waiting room of their offices, located conveniently across the street from the city jail. At Tenement Talks, the author of this tale offers an inside look at crime and punishment during the Gilded Age. (TenementTalks)… (more)
Here is the thrilling true story of Howe & Hummel, the most famous (and famously rotten) law firm in nineteenth-century America. In the firm’s prime, it wouldn’t have been strange to see a leading politician, a pickpocket, a Broadway star, a bank robber, and a socialite all crowded together into the waiting room of their offices, located conveniently across the street from the city jail. At Tenement Talks, the author of this tale offers an inside look at crime and punishment during the Gilded Age. (TenementTalks)… (more)
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