Summary of Michael Capuzzo's The Murder Room

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#1 The Vidocq Society was filled with eccentric, moody geniuses who had thrown in their lot with Fleisher. Walter was the coolest eye on murder in the world, and he spoke with a clipped propriety that had earned him the nickname the Englishman.

#2 The team of detectives was made up of Walter Bender, the artist, and William Fleisher, the federal agent. They were blood brothers and partners on major cases. They had met that morning in Bender’s hall of bones, where a legendary and especially terrifying mob hit man had been the force that brought them together.

#3 The gathering in the Coffee Room and Subscription Room of the tavern was full of forensic specialists from around the globe. They had gathered to reunite with their peers and rivals, and to discuss something special was happening.

#4 The chamber on the second floor of the City Tavern was the historic Long Room, where General George Washington had toasted his election to the presidency in 1789. It was arranged to re-create the atmosphere of a second-floor chamber in Paris in 1833.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822517547

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Contents

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Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Vidocq Society was filled with eccentric, moody geniuses who had thrown in their lot with Fleisher. Walter was the coolest eye on murder in the world, and he spoke with a clipped propriety that had earned him the nickname the Englishman.

#2

The team of detectives was made up of Walter Bender, the artist, and William Fleisher, the federal agent. They were blood brothers and partners on major cases. They had met that morning in Bender’s hall of bones, where a legendary and especially terrifying mob hit man had been the force that brought them together.

#3

The gathering in the Coffee Room and Subscription Room of the tavern was full of forensic specialists from around the globe. They had gathered to reunite with their peers and rivals, and to discuss something special was happening.

#4

The chamber on the second floor of the City Tavern was the historic Long Room, where General George Washington had toasted his election to the presidency in 1789. It was arranged to re-create the atmosphere of a second-floor chamber in Paris in 1833.

#5

The Vidocq Society was an organization of the world’s best detectives and forensic scientists. They met on the third Thursday of every month to discuss unsolved murders and try to solve them.

#6

The Vidocq Society, a group of retired detectives, was founded in Philadelphia in the nineteenth century to help police solve unsolved cases. They would not take on a case unless the victim had committed no crimes, and the case was at least two years old.

#7

The Murder Room was a place to avoid at all costs. It was invisible to the happy man, and visible to the suffering. The room appeared to the suffering.

#8

The man who got away with murder was going to pay. Antoine LeHavre, a furniture manufacturer in Louisiana, was a civic leader. He took a dozen of his employees, including Allain, to a minor-league baseball game under the lights. Afterward, they all repaired to a restaurant-bar.

#9

The Vidocq Society was famous for its freewheeling approach to investigation. Now, with a nod from Fleisher, it began looking into the case.

#10

The Vidocq Society meeting was adjourned after Bender revealed that he knew who killed Allain, and it was LeHavre. LeHavre said nothing at the podium. The first clue was LeHavre’s overinflated presence.

#11

The Vidocq Society is a group of detectives that solves murders. Walter said that LeHavre was trying to brag about the murder, and that he was not smarter than any of the police officers.

#12

The Vidocq Society was formed by the founders in consultation with the board of directors, which included an assistant U. S. attorney, a naval intelligence officer, the security director of Sun Oil Company, an Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agent, and a Philadelphia homicide detective.

#13

The three men had no formal subpoena, arrest, or investigative powers, but they offered advice and counsel to the police and victims of crime who needed it. They couldn’t solve every