Minor punctuation errors have been silently corrected. Some
illustrations have descriptions added for the benefit of the plain
text version readers.
Title Page: Changed "COVICTIONS" to "CONVICTIONS."
(Orig: 200 PENITENTIARY COVICTIONS)
Title Page: Changed "CRIMINAL" to "CRIMINALS."
(Orig: AN ARMY OF 600,000 CRIMINAL AT WAR WITH SOCIETY AND RELIGION)
Table of Contents: Added listings for the last 15 chapters.
Changed "Wails" to "Wiles" and "Tellers" to "Telling" to match the
chapter title: "Wiles of Fortune Telling."
(Orig: Wails of Fortune Tellers)
Page 28: Changed "acomplished" to "accomplished."
(Orig: it was acomplished successfully.)
Page 28: Changed "connetion" to "connection."
(Orig: he severed his connetion with the railroad)
Page 32: Women's names omitted in original book after the sentence:
(Orig: The following are the names of the women arrested:)
Page 38: Changed "rerevolver" to "revolver."
(Orig: he pushed his rerevolver in Wooldridge's face.)
Page 46: Changed "Woolridge" to "Wooldridge."
(Orig: One of the last exploits of Detective Woolridge)
Page 51: Opening quotes retained; no closing quotes in original.
(Orig: "A 'grafter' is one who makes his living (and sometimes his
fortune) by 'grafting.')
Page 71: Retained "salonkeepers," possible typo for "saloonkeepers."
(Orig: salonkeepers and others that buy them)
Page 92: Changed "phychological" to "psychological."
(Orig: what he considers the right phychological moment,)
Page 97: Changed "knowns" to "knows."
(Orig: it isn't because the public knowns any more than)
Page 110: Retained "senualist;" possibly a typo for "sensualist."
(Orig: it is the senualist whose vice is read in his lips,)
Page 114: Changed "POSSSESED" to "POSSESSED."
(Orig: THE BANKER WILL END LIFE POSSSESED OF WEALTH)
Page 115: Changed "OFERED" to "OFFERED."
(Orig: IN WHICH THEY WERE MAILED ARE OFERED WITH THEM.)
Page 125: Changed "allegitimate" to "illegitimate."
(Orig: he was in an allegitimate business,)
Page 134: Changed "weathy" to "wealthy."
(Orig: ten or twelve weathy ladies,)