to suppress crime or track a criminal, and have often given him assistance in the way of suggestions. He now submits his work and his record to the public, hoping it will give him a kindly reception. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Preface 7-8 Testimonials 11 Biography of the Author 27 Graft Nation's Worst Foe 51 The "Never-Fail" System to Beat the Get-Rich-Quick Swindles 112 The Best Rules for Health 116 Matrimonial Agents Coining Cupid's Wiles 119 The Great Mistake. Our Penal System is a Relic of Early Savagery 192 Vagrants, Who and Why 204 The Young Criminals and How They Are Bred in Chicago 230 Wiles of Fortune Telling 246 Wife or Gallows 267 A Clever Shop Lifter (Fainting Bertha) 272 Front 284 The Criminal's Last Chance Gone 288 Burglary a Science 311 Cell Terms for "Con" Men 341 Panel-House Thieves 348 Gambling and Crime 358 A Heartless Fraud 401 The Bogus Mine 409 A Giant Swindle 418 Quacks 426 Fabulous Losses in Big Turf Frauds 448 Fake Drug Vendors 462 Bucket-Shop 471 On "Sure Things." How to Learn Their Real Character 482 Huge Swindles Bared 487 The Social Evil 500 Suppress Manufacture and Sale of Dangerous Weapons 508 Getting Something for Nothing 517 Want Ad. Fakers 527 Millionaire Banker and Broker Arrested 533 Dora McDonald 551 Mike McDonald 581 PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.