Egy huszárkapitány gróf meggyilkolása Jászberényben, a korabeli sajtó tükrében

Abstract

In our comprehensive research, we are trying to uncover crimes committed in dualist Hungary, where the perpetrators were not only sentenced to death, but also executed. As the war events of the 20th century almost completely destroyed archival sources on judicial matters, our primary - and often exclusive - source is the newspapers of the time, which usually reported in detail on high newsworthy criminal events, especially when it came to murder. In this paper, we present a criminal case in Jászberény, where a high-ranking military officer - and the younger brother of a former interior minister and later prime minister - was killed by a lieutenant serving under him. Shortly afterwards, the perpetrator was sentenced to death by a military court and hanged.