“cena de sangue”: o homicídio na imprensa carioca na primeira década do século XX

Abstract

This dissertation seeks to analyze the reports about the homicides perpetrated in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the first decade of the twentieth century. With this aim, we will research the main newspapers of the federal capital of the period. In addition, we will collate the newspaper reports with the documents produced by the police and judicial authorities. In this sense, we intend to observe the similarities and disparities among our main sources of research, that is, Rio’s newspapers and criminal processes. To do so, we will analyze the murder of a police soldier in Morro da Favela. In the first place, we will see how the different newspapers reported the conflict involving several public security agents. Next, we will analyze the testimonies of the witnesses and protagonists of his murder.