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Kansas Charley: The Boy Murderer

Description

Most Americans regard “kids who kill” as a bane of modern society, but the tragic tale of “Kansas Charley” reminds us that it is a long-standing issue. Charles Miller was a fifteen- year-old killer who was hanged in 1892 for the murders of two young men. Kansas Charley vividly brings to life a thought-provoking chapter in American history and in the history of the juvenile justice system, shedding light on our contemporary predicament and encouraging us to think about what it means to continue to uphold the juvenile death penalty in the twenty-first century.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-04-10
Summary: "When kids kill"

Joan Jacobs Brumberg discovered the story of `Kansas Charley' Miller while researching juvenile male violence in the aftermath of the 1998 Jonesboro massacre. It's clear why she found Miller fascinating: "killer kids" are presumed to be a modern phenomenon, yet in September 1890 this fifteen-year-old orphan and drifter murdered two sleeping youths in a boxcar. His trial in Cheyenne, Wyoming, aroused nationwide interest, and when he was pronounced guilty, many questioned the justice of hanging a teenaged boy. Suffragists, business leaders, and politicians campaigned to have his sentence commuted, but Miller was executed almost two years later, at the age of seventeen.

Brumberg has done a masterful job in reconstructing Charley's life. Using public records, she describes the loss of his parents to illness and suicide, his chaotic relationships with temporary guardians, and his life as a `boy tramp'. She also presents a convincing argument that Amos Barber, Wyoming's acting governor, shied from commuting Miller's death sentence because rampant violence among cattlemen in the state demanded that he appear to be tough on crime. Barber's conscience was probably assuaged by the fact that Charley Miller was not a repentant or sympathetic defendant.

Some reviewers have chided Brumberg for injecting too much sentiment into "Kansas Charley: the Story of the 19th Century Boy Murderer". I didn't detect any. I did find that Brumberg tries to explain the conditions that turned a boy into a murderer, but to me that's elucidation, not sentiment. The author does not excuse the double homicide that sent Miller to the gallows. Nor does she whitewash his other misdeeds, such as stealing from benefactors, breaking out of jail, and having the gall to demand that a prostitute visit him in the death cell. It's plain that the boy was grossly self-centred, with a sense of entitlement that cost him a lot of public sympathy.

My only complaint- and it's a mild one- is that there's an undercurrent of idealism in Brumberg's views on children and their accountability when it comes to violent crimes. She opposes the juvenile death penalty, which makes the book read like an opinion piece in parts. But this did not detract from its value as an entertaining and thought-provoking addition to the study of kids who kill.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2006-06-26
Summary: "A Student in Good Hands"

Since my son is taking a course at Cornell Summer College from Professor Brumberg, I thought I would read one of her books to get an idea of how she thinks and writes (a gross generalization that often works for me). I expected a scholarly but dry account of 15-year-old murderer, Charley Miller. I did not expect a dramatic and compelling historical novel that rivals today's best books. "Kansas Charlie," is extremely well researched and written in a simple, direct and contemporary style. Although she attempts to be fair and objective, it's obvious that Professor Brumberg wrote this novel to advance her own unarguably poignant point-of-view regarding juvenile justice and how little progress has been made since the Victorian Age. But, who can blame her when political maneuvering rather than an interest in solving an important social issue often blunts real progress? I'm certain my 16-year-old son is in extremely good hands.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2005-06-04
Summary: "Intriguing Book About Juvenile Murder Case"

Well Researched book for a murder case by a juvenile back in the 1890's that can be easilly related to cases that happen today. This story of Kansas Charley is well written and a sad situation where a child that could not find a place in society had slipped through the cracks of the government that should of protected him.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2003-11-25
Summary: "A compelling historical drama"

Kansas Charlie's life is a great reality check for someone who's read too many Horatio Alger books. I read this book very quickly. Dr. Brumberg tells the story well - the prose is lean and engaging, the historical details are perfect. (I can imagine a movie or documentary of this book). The book stayed with me long after I read it. What's remarkable is how little has changed in the last 110 years. Troubled, impulsive boys with access to guns still kill. Prosecutors' and politicians' desire for the death penalty for juvenile murderers is still politically motivated.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2003-11-25
Summary: "This is an excellent book"

Kansas Charley is a fascinating book which ably combines American social and cultural history, developmental psychology, and legal studies. The book traces the story of an orphaned yboy who descends into impoverished and desperate circumstances. He ends up killing two other youths and is ultimately put to death. Kansas Charley recounts this history, but does more. The book paints a fascinating picture of 19th century social life and places Charley in context. It also does an excellent job of connecting modern day attitudes towards juvenile crime and punishment with their historical roots. This book is very timely given current debates over the fate of Lee Boyd Malvo and other children who kill. I'm a professor of U.S. cultural history and think this is a wonderful addition to the scholarship on the history of childhood and the history of American social life.