Lesurques and the Robbery of the Lyons Mail--The Champignelles Mystery--Judge Garrow's Story--An Imposition practised at York Assizes--A Husband claimed by Two Wives--A Milwaukee Mystery--A Scottish Case--The Kingswood Rectory Murder--The Cannon Street Murder--A Narrow Escape.....95 CHAPTER III. PROBLEMATICAL ERRORS. Captain Donellan and the Poisoning of Sir Theodosius Boughton: Donellan's Suspicious Conduct: Evidence of John Hunter, the great Surgeon: Sir James Stephen's View: Corroborative Story from his Father--The Lafarge Case: Madame Lafarge and the Cakes: Doctors differ as to Presence of Arsenic in the Remains: Possible Guilt of Denis Barbier: Madame Lafarge's Condemnation: Pardoned by Napoleon III.--Charge against Madame Lafarge of stealing a School Friend's Jewels: Her Defence: Conviction--Madeleine Smith charged with Poisoning her _Fiancé_: "Not Proven": the Latest Facts--The Wharton-Ketchum Case in Baltimore, U.S.A.--The Story of the Perrys.....129 CHAPTER IV. POLICE MISTAKES. The Saffron Hill Murder: Narrow Escape of Pellizioni: Two Men in Newgate for the same Offence--The Murder of Constable Cock--The Edlingham Burglary: Arrest, Trial, and Conviction of Brannagan and Murphy: Severity of Judge Manisty: A new Trial: Brannagan and Murphy Pardoned and Compensated: Survivors of the Police Prosecutors put on their Trial, but Acquitted--Lord Cochrane's Case: His Tardy Rehabilitation.....169 Part III. POLICE--PAST AND PRESENT. CHAPTER V. EARLY POLICE: FRANCE. Origin of Police--Definitions--First Police in France--Charles V.--Louis XIV.--The Lieutenant-General of Police: His Functions and Powers--La Reynie: His Energetic Measures against Crime: As a Censor of the Press: His Steps to Check Gambling and Cheating at Games of Chance--La Reynie's Successors: the D'Argensons, Hérault, D'Ombréval, Berryer--The Famous de Sartines--Two Instances of his Omniscience--Lenoir and Espionage--De Crosne, the last and most feeble Lieutenant-General of Police--The Story of the Bookseller Blaziot--Police under the Directory and the Empire--Fouché: His Beginnings and First Chances: A Born Police Officer: His Rise and Fall--General Savary: His Character: How he organised his Service of Spies: His humiliating Failure in the Conspiracy of General Malet--Fouché's return to Power: Some Views of his Character.....191 CHAPTER VI. EARLY POLICE (_continued_): ENGLAND. Early Police in England--Edward I.'s Act--Elizabeth's Act for Westminster--Acts of George II. and George III.--State of London towards the End of the Eighteenth Century--Gambling and Lottery Offices--Robberies on the River Thames--Receivers--Coiners--The Fieldings as Magistrates--The Horse Patrol--Bow Street and its Runners: Townsend, Vickery, and others--Blood Money--Tyburn Tickets--Negotiations with Thieves to recover stolen Property--Sayer--George Ruthven--Serjeant Ballantine on the Bow Street Runners compared with modern Detectives.....219 CHAPTER VII. MODERN POLICE: LONDON.