The Collect Pond of three generations ago—King William’s Experience—Agitation to fill up—How it came to be called the Tombs—Size of the old Tombs—Retrospect—The New Tombs—When Opened—The semiofficial characters. CHAPTER III MODERN EXCUSES FOR CRIME Page 38 Criminal instincts—Moral defectives—Inducing men to commit crime—Examples—The fair sex as tempters—The irresistible impulse—Drawing the line. CHAPTER IV. HOW CRIMINALS ARE MADE Page 45 Increase in crime—Fierce modern temptations—Strong drink as a crime maker—Immigration—Gladstone’s dictum—Finding the causes—Is there a remedy? CHAPTER V. THE SCIENTIFIC CRIMINAL Page 50 The criminal product of the 20th century—A crook’s outfit—Criminal character—Beating the law—Anthropology—Lombroso as an authority on crime—Crime and the Nation—Repressive measures. CHAPTER VI. SOME FAMOUS TOMBS PRISONERS Page 57 The irony of fate—The innocent and guilty—Monroe Edwards—Murderers’ Row—Scannel, Croker, Erastus Wyman, Ferdinand Ward, Buchanan, Carlyle Harris, Patrick and Thaw. CHAPTER VII THE DANGEROUS EDUCATED CROOK Page 62 The fallacy that education cures crime—Moral training necessary—John Howard and education—Industry and crime—Elmira’s experience—Where the educated crook is dangerous—Examples. CHAPTER VIII. LEAVES FROM THE HISTORY OF A CHECKERED Page 67 CAREER The remarkable confessions of one of the brightest, brainiest and smartest crooks of his day. How He Pardoned Himself Out of Prison Admits total depravity—His prayer—Serving time in a Coal Mine—Impersonating a clergyman—Feigning to be deaf and dumb—Bemoaning His sad condition. CHAPTER IX. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CROOK Page 75 How a Young Life Was Wrecked A New England ancestry—An indulgent mother—Idleness and bad company—The feelings of a guilty conscience—Work or crime, which?—State prison—Liberty—Again arrested—A new career in crime—Many burglaries. CHAPTER X