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