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Published by T Werner Laurie, United Kingdom, 1938, hardcover, illustrated, index, 227 pages, condition: very good.
A seminal true-crime work by journalist Benjamin Bennett, the book features 16 leaves of plates, including black-and-white photographs of crime scenes and trials. It was the first of many true-crime books by Bennett, who was a renowned crime reporter for the Cape Argus.
The book covers several high-profile criminal cases from early 20th-century South Africa:
Crime of the African Crater
Officer's Scaffold Secret
Detective Turned Murderer
At the Eleventh Hour
Torch Murders and the Masked Gunman
Killer of the White Mountain
A Village Matricide
Clue of the Clothes Receipt
Benjamin Bennett (19071985) is considered one of South Africa's most prolific crime writers. His reporting was so detailed that he was sometimes consulted by police to help solve complex cases. He is particularly noted for his later analysis of famous cases like that of Daisy de Melker and Bubbles Schroeder, which appeared in his subsequent publications.
