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CONTENTS.

Col. H. C. Whitley—Sketch of the life of . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Pete McCartney—King of Western Counterfeiters. . . . . . . . . 43

Fred Biebusch—The Great South-western Koniacker. . . . . . . . 63

Bill Gurney—alias "Big Bill," the Queersman. . . . . . . . . . 78

Bill Dow—The wholesale New England "Boodle Carrier". . . . . . 90

Jim Boyd—A lively member of the Coney Ring. . . . . . . . . . 103

Wm. Brockway—Connecticut Forger and Plate-printer. . . . . . 112

Thos. E. Lonergan—Operative, U. S. Secret Service, West. . . 123

"Old Lame Sam"—and his mysterious Cane. (Sam Brown). . . . . 125

Sam Felker—or, Treason in the Detective Service. . . . . . . 136

Startling Romance in Crime; a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. . . . . . 144

I. C. Nettleship—Chief Assistant to Col. H. C. Whitley. . . . 160

"Cranky Tom" Hale—Forger, and Counterfeiter. . . . . . . . . 165

The Maniac, King—and his grand New York fiasco . . . . . . . 174

"Doctor Blake"—The exploits of a hypocritical thief. . . . . 180

Wal Crosby—Bank Burglar and Coney-man. . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Wm. W. Applegate—Chief Operative S. S., N. E. District. . . . 213

The Widow Roberts—a noted Cincinnati Coney Woman. . . . . . . 217

Frontier Smugglers—on the Derby Line, Canada. . . . . . . . . 230

"Mysterious Bob"—an extraordinary Criminal. . . . . . . . . 241

The Skeleton Witness. Fate of a Counterfeiting Family. . . . . . 246

A Brace of ripe "Confidence Men". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Harry G. Blanchard—Operative S. S. Division, Detroit. . . . 259

Jewel and Silk Smugglers—from over the seas. . . . . . . . . 265

John Williams—Smuggler, Burglar, and Thief. . . . . . . . . 271

A. B. Newcomb—Chief Operative, S. S., N. Y. District. . . . 278

Diamond Cut Diamond. The Detective vs the Jew. . . . . . . . . . 286

The Female Spy of the Rebellion; Lady Monteith. . . . . . . . . 290

Charles E. Anchisi—Operative U. S. Secret Service. . . . . . 301

The Fort Wayne Gang. A wholesale smash-up. . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Staten Island Gang. U. S. Rev. Stamp Counterfeiters. . . . . . . 316

"Easy Roberts," of Ohio—the Sanctimonious. . . . . . . . . . 325

Simeon B. Benson—Chief Operative S. S Dist of Penn'a. . . . . 338

The Great Philadelphia $5 "Boodle Game". . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Col. Henry F. Finnegass—Chief Operative S. S California. . . 353

Mary Brown—a shrewd Female Counterfeiter. . . . . . . . . . 356

Eli Brown, of Chicago, and the "Woman in Yellow". . . . . . . . 367

Grand Raid on the New York Centre St. Coney-men. . . . . . . . . 374

Smuggling Extraordinary .... An effective recipe. . . . . . . . 380

Mad Lulu—the Counterfeit Engraver's Wife. . . . . . . . . . 389

Ex-Mayor Adams, and "Old Kelley," the Miser. . . . . . . . . . . 400

Players at the "Sawdust Game" ... How not to do it. . . . . . . 404

The Tempters and the Tempted. Manufacturing Criminals. . . . . . 412

Joshua D. Miner—the Autocrat of American Coney-men. . . . . 420

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