Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American DetectivesMcWatters, George S.
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Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives
McWatters, George S.
Detectives
("Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn")
McWATTERS--PATRICK O'BRIEN AND HIS SUFFERING FAMILY--LADIES'
UNION RELIEF ASSOCIATION--A STORM OF GRIEF QUELLED BY THE VOICE
OF TRUE CHARITY. 74
=MACK AND THE VETERAN.=
A TOUCHING TALE--THE POETRY AND PATHOS OF BARE FEET. 80
=LOST IN THE STREETS.=
OPERATIONS OF THE BUREAU FOR THE RECOVERY OF LOST
PERSONS--MISSING MEN AND WOMEN--TROUBLES ABOUT LOST
PEOPLE--WHERE AND HOW PEOPLE ARE LOST--LOST CHILDREN--THE DENS
OF MIDNIGHT--THE HORROR OF A BREAKING DAWN--MISERY, SHAME, AND
DEATH--FINIS. 89
=AMONG THE SHARKS.=
ADVENTURES OF A FALL RIVER WANDERER--HIS VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN
NEW YORK--CATCHING A FLAT. 97
=A SMART YOUNG MAN.=
AN AFTER-DINNER COLLOQUY, AND ITS RESULT--A FUNNY AFFAIR. 104
=A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER.=
ARRESTED--CHARGED WITH KILLING FOUR MEN: A GERMAN FOR HIS MONEY,
AND TWO SHERIFFS AND A DRIVER WHO WERE CONVEYING HIM TO PRISON. 107
=EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.=
SEIZURE OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SPURIOUS POSTAL
CURRENCY--ARREST OF THE COUNTERFEITER--HIS CONFESSION. 108
=THE GAMBLER'S WAX FINGER.=
CHARLES LEGATE--A FORGER--STUDYING HIM UP--FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
HIS "PRIZE"--DESCRIPTION OF LEGATE--NO TWO PERSONS EVER AGREE
IN DESCRIBING ANOTHER--A MARK HIT UPON--START FOR ST.
LOUIS--MUSINGS--CURIOUS INCIDENTS OF MY JOURNEY--A GENEALOGICAL
"DODGE"--ON LEGATE'S TRACK AT LAST--ST. LOUIS REACHED--OF MY
STAY THERE--LEAVE FOR NEW ORLEANS PER STEAMER--A GENIAL CROWD
OF MEN AND WOMEN ON BOARD--CHARACTERISTICS OF A MISSISSIPPI
"VOYAGE"--NAPOLEON, ARKANSAS--SOME CHARACTERS COME ON BOARD
THERE--A GAMBLING SCENE ON BOARD--ONE JACOBS TAKES A PART--A
PRIVATE CONFERENCE WITH JACOBS'S NEGRO SERVANT--A TERRIFIC
FIGHT ON BOARD AMONG THE GAMBLERS--JACOBS SET UPON, AND MAKES A
BRAVE DEFENCE--HOW I DISCOVERED "JACOBS" TO BE PROBABLY LEGATE,
IN THE MELEE--HE IS BADLY BRUISED--HIS LIFE DESPAIRED OF--WE
ARRIVE IN NEW ORLEANS--JACOBS'S IDENTIFICATION AS
LEGATE--LEGATE PROVES TO BE VERY RICH--CURIOUS VISIT TO AN
ITALIAN ARTIST'S STUDIO--A NOVEL MEDICINE ADMINISTERED TO
SIGNORE CANCEMI--HE GETS WELL AT ONCE. 113
=LOTTERY TICKET, No. 1710.=
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