=A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER.=
ARRESTED--CHARGED WITH KILLING FOUR MEN: A GERMAN FOR HIS MONEY,
AND TWO SHERIFFS AND A DRIVER WHO WERE CONVEYING HIM TO PRISON. 107
=EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.=
SEIZURE OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SPURIOUS POSTAL
CURRENCY--ARREST OF THE COUNTERFEITER--HIS CONFESSION. 108
=THE GAMBLER'S WAX FINGER.=
CHARLES LEGATE--A FORGER--STUDYING HIM UP--FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
HIS "PRIZE"--DESCRIPTION OF LEGATE--NO TWO PERSONS EVER AGREE
IN DESCRIBING ANOTHER--A MARK HIT UPON--START FOR ST.
LOUIS--MUSINGS--CURIOUS INCIDENTS OF MY JOURNEY--A GENEALOGICAL
"DODGE"--ON LEGATE'S TRACK AT LAST--ST. LOUIS REACHED--OF MY
STAY THERE--LEAVE FOR NEW ORLEANS PER STEAMER--A GENIAL CROWD
OF MEN AND WOMEN ON BOARD--CHARACTERISTICS OF A MISSISSIPPI
"VOYAGE"--NAPOLEON, ARKANSAS--SOME CHARACTERS COME ON BOARD
THERE--A GAMBLING SCENE ON BOARD--ONE JACOBS TAKES A PART--A
PRIVATE CONFERENCE WITH JACOBS'S NEGRO SERVANT--A TERRIFIC
FIGHT ON BOARD AMONG THE GAMBLERS--JACOBS SET UPON, AND MAKES A
BRAVE DEFENCE--HOW I DISCOVERED "JACOBS" TO BE PROBABLY LEGATE,
IN THE MELEE--HE IS BADLY BRUISED--HIS LIFE DESPAIRED OF--WE
ARRIVE IN NEW ORLEANS--JACOBS'S IDENTIFICATION AS
LEGATE--LEGATE PROVES TO BE VERY RICH--CURIOUS VISIT TO AN
ITALIAN ARTIST'S STUDIO--A NOVEL MEDICINE ADMINISTERED TO
SIGNORE CANCEMI--HE GETS WELL AT ONCE. 113
=LOTTERY TICKET, No. 1710.=
A DIGNIFIED REAL ESTATE HOLDER, VERY WEALTHY, LOSES SEVEN
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS--OUR FIRST COUNCIL
AT THE HOWARD HOUSE--VISIT TO HIS HOUSE TO EXAMINE HIS SAFE AND
SERVANTS--A LOTTERY TICKET, NO. 1710, FOUND IN THE SAFE--HOW
CAME THIS MYSTERIOUS PAPER THERE?--CONCLUSIONS THEREON--VISIT
TO BALTIMORE, AND PLANS LAID IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOTTERY
AGENT TO CATCH THE THIEF--THE TICKET "DRAWS"--THE NEW YORK
AGENCY "MANAGED"--TRAP TO IDENTIFY THE THIEF--THE SECURITY AND
"SOLITUDE" OF A GREAT CITY--A NEW YORK BANKER--MR. LATIMER
VISITS A GAMBLING HOUSE IN DISGUISE--IDENTIFIES THE SUSPECTED
YOUNG MAN--THE AGENT AT BALTIMORE WAXES GLEEFUL--HIS PLAN OF
OPERATIONS OVERRULED--MEETING OF "INTERESTED PARTIES" AT THE
OFFICE IN BALTIMORE--A LITTLE GAME PLAYED UPON THE NEW YORK
AGENT--MR. WORDEN, THE THIEF, IDENTIFIES THE TICKET, AND FALLS
INTO THE TRAP OF A PRE-ARRANGED "DRAFT"--DISCLOSES SOME OF THE
IDENTICAL MONEY STOLEN--WE ARREST HIM--EXCITING SCRAMBLE--THE
MONEY RECOVERED--WORDEN'S AFTER LIFE. 131
=PAYNE AND THE COUNTERFEITERS.=
AN IDLE TIME--A CALL FROM MY OLD "CHIEF"--THE CASE IN HAND
OUTLINED--I DISCOVER AN OLD ENEMY IN THE LIST OF
COUNTERFEITERS, AND LAY MY PLANS--TAKE BOARD IN NINETEENTH
STREET, AND OPEN A LAW OFFICE IN JAUNCEY COURT--MAKE THE
ACQUAINTANCE OF MRS. PAYNE, LEWELLYN'S MOTHER, AND FINALLY GET
ACQUAINTED WITH HIM--HE VISITS MY LAW OFFICE--I AM INGRATIATED
IN HIS FAVOR--I TRACK HIM INTO MY ENEMY'S COMPANY, AND FEEL
SURE OF SUCCESS--LEWELLYN FINALLY CONFESSES TO ME HIS TERRIBLE
SITUATION--CERTAIN PLANS LAID--I MAKE "COLLINS'S"
ACQUAINTANCE--VISIT A GAMBLING SALOON WITH HIM--A HEAVY
WAGER--$15,000 AT HAZARD, PAYNE'S ALL--THE COUNTERFEITING
GAMBLERS CAUGHT TOGETHER--SEVERE STRUGGLE--PAYNE SAVED AT LAST,
AND HIS MONEY TOO--A REFORMED SON AND A HAPPY MOTHER--TWO
"BIRDS" SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY. 153
=THE GENEALOGICAL SWINDLERS.=
PRIDE OF ANCESTRY IN THE UNITED STATES--IT IS SOMETIMES MORE
PROFITABLE TO OTHERS THAN TO THOSE WHO INDULGE IT--"PROPERTY IN
CHANCERY"--A WESTERN MERCHANT, HIS STORY, AND HOW HE TOLD IT--A
FAMILY MEETING AT NEW HAVEN, AND WHAT A MEMBER LEARNED
THERE--THE GREAT "LORD, KING, & GRAHAM" SWINDLE--THE WAY IN
WHICH THE FRAUD WAS ACCOMPLISHED--A CUNNING LETTER FROM "WILLIS
KING," OF THE FIRM OF LORD, KING, & GRAHAM, TO ONE OF HIS
RELATIVES--THE CORRESPONDENCE OF THIS NOTED FIRM--THE
SEARCH--THE TRAP LAID--THE SHARPERS CAUGHT, AND FOUND TO BE
EDUCATED YOUNG MEN OF THE HIGHEST SOCIAL STATUS--THEY ARE MADE
TO DISGORGE--A PARADOX, WITH A MORAL IN IT. 176
=HATTIE NEWBERRY, THE VERMONT BEAUTY.=
"SOCIETY, FOR THE MOST PART, CREATES THE CRIMES WHICH IT
PUNISHES"--A BEAUTIFUL GIRL ON THE CARS FROM RUTLAND, VERMONT,
ON THE WAY TO BELLOWS' FALLS, BESET BY NEW YORK ROGUES--A
DETECTIVE RECOGNIZES IN HER THE FORMER PLAYMATE OF HIS OWN
DAUGHTER--HE ENCOUNTERS THE ROGUES AT BELLOWS' FALLS, AND
KNOCKS ONE OF THEM DOWN IN THE LADIES' ROOM--THEY ALL TAKE THE
NEXT TRAIN, AND MOVE SOUTHWARD, ON THEIR WAY TO NEW
YORK--INCIDENTS OF THE JOURNEY--A THIRD VILLAIN GETS ABOARD AT
HARTFORD, CONN.--WHY HATTIE WAS GOING TO NEW YORK--AN OLD
TALE--THE DETECTIVE GIVES HATTIE MUCH GOOD ADVICE--A SKILFUL
MAN[OE]UVRE, ON ARRIVING IN NEW YORK, TO PUT THE ROGUES OFF THE
TRACK--A PAINFUL DISCOVERY AT LAST--A DEEP, DEVILISH PLOT OF
THE VILLAINS DRIVES HATTIE TO DESPAIR, AND SHE IS RESCUED FROM
A SUICIDE'S GRAVE--THE ROGUES PROVE TO BE THE MOST HEARTLESS OF
VILLAINS, AND ARE CAUGHT, AND DULY PUNISHED--HATTIE RETURNS
EVENTUALLY TO VERMONT, AFTER HAVING MARRIED HER OLD LOVER--THIS
TALE IS ONE OF THE SADDEST, AS WELL AS THE MOST INTERESTING OF
EXPERIENCES, THROUGHOUT. 192
=ABOUT BOGUS LOTTERIES.=
HOW THEY ARE "GOT UP"--THEIR MODE OF OPERATIONS DETAILED--HOW
THEY MANAGE THE "DRAWN NUMBERS" BEFOREHAND--THE GREAT
SHREWDNESS OF THE OPERATORS--THE SOCIAL RESPECTABILITY OF
THESE--THE GREAT FIRM OF "G. W. HUNTINGTON & CO."--THE IMMENSE
CIRCULATION OF THEIR JOURNAL.--THEIR VICTIM, A MAINE FARMER,
WHO BELIEVED HE HAD "DRAWN" FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND
COUNSELLOR WHEATON, HIS LAWYER, A STORY TO THE POINT--WHO
INVEST IN LOTTERIES? CHILDREN, WIDOWS, CLERGYMEN, BANK
CASHIERS, ETC.--HOW THE FIRM OF "G. W. H. & CO." WAS
CAPTURED--NO. 23 WILLIAMS STREET, NEW YORK--THEIR PRETENDED
BANKING HOUSE--HOW A BOGUS LOTTERY COMPANY SWINDLED ITS OWN
AGENTS--A QUEER TALE. 225
=THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING.=
THE DETECTIVE OFFICER'S CHIEF "INCUBUS"--AT WINTER GARDEN
THEATRE--"HARRY DUBOIS"--AN EXPERT ROGUE EXAMINES HIS
PROSPECTIVE VICTIMS--SOME SOUTHERNERS--HARRY "INTRODUCES"
HIMSELF IN HIS OWN PECULIAR AND ADROIT WAY--HARRY AND HIS
FRIEND ARE INVITED TO THE SOUTHERNER'S PRIVATE BOX--HARRY
"BORROWS" MR. CLEMENS' DIAMOND RING, AND ADROITLY ESCAPES--MY
DILEMMA--VISIT TO HARRY'S OLD BOARDING MISTRESS--HIS
WHEREABOUTS DISCOVERED--ACTIVE WORK--A RAPID DRIVE TO PINE
STREET--A FORTUNATE LIGHT IN THE OFFICE OF THE LATE HON. SIMEON
DRAPER--A SUDDEN VISIT FOR A "SICK MAN" TO HARRY'S ROOM--HOW
ENTRANCE WAS EFFECTED--THE RING SECURED--HUNT FOR MR.
CLEMENS--A SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS LETTER--A HAPPY INTERVIEW. 257
=THE MYSTERY AT 89 ---- STREET, NEW YORK.=
"KLEPTOMANIA"--THE TENDENCY TO SUPERSTITION--AN OLD KNICKERBOCKER
FAMILY--A VERY "PROPER" OLD GENTLEMAN, A MR. GARRETSON--HE
CALLS ON ME AT MY OFFICE, AND FINDS A CURIOUS-LOOKING ROOM--HIS
STORY OF WONDERS--"EVERYTHING" STOLEN--TALK ABOUT DISEMBODIED
SPIRITS--THE MYSTERY DEEPENS--PROBABLE CONJECTURE
BAFFLED--VISIT TO MR. GARRETSON'S HOUSE--MRS. GARRETSON A
BEAUTIFUL AND CULTIVATED OLD LADY--WE SEARCH THE HOUSE--AN
ATTIC FULL OF OLD SOUVENIRS--WE LINGER AMONG THEM--MR.
GARRETSON'S DAUGHTER IS CONVINCED THAT DISEMBODIED SPIRITS ARE
THEIR TORMENTORS--SHE PUTS AN UNANSWERABLE QUESTION--A
DANGEROUS DOG AND THE SPIRITS--TEDIOUS AND UNAVAILING WATCHING
FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND NIGHTS--THE "SPIRITS" AGAIN AT
WORK--RE-CALLED--THE MYSTERY GROWS MORE WONDERFUL--THE "SPIRIT"
DISCOVERED, AND THE MYSTERY UNRAVELLED--THE FAMILY SENT
AWAY--THE ATTIC RE-VISITED WITH MR. G., AND ITS TREASURES
REVEALED--A RE-DISCOVERY OF THE "SPIRITS"--THE FAMILY REVIEW
THEIR LONG-LOST TREASURES FOUND--REFLECTIONS ON THE CAUSES OF
THE MYSTERY--A PROBLEM FOR THE DOCTORS. 273
=A SORCERESS' TRICK; HOW SHE WAS CAUGHT.=
CLASSIFICATION OF MEN--THE SUPERSTITIOUS ELEMENT IN MAN--THE
OLD CULTS CONTINUED IN THE NEW--FIRE WORSHIP--THE
SORCERERS--MY LEGAL FRIEND'S STORY A LAUGHABLE ONE
INDEED--THE DESPONDENT OLD MAID, THOUGH ENGAGED TO BE
MARRIED--AN AUNT ARRIVES IN "THE NICK OF TIME"--THEY HUNT UP
A FORTUNE-TELLER--MRS. SEYMOUR, THE SORCERESS, AND HER PRETTY
LITTLE "ORATORY"--THE "PRIE-DIEU"--THE OLD MAID MARRIES--MRS.
SEYMOUR'S PLAN FOR INSURING THE AFFECTION OF HUSBANDS--HER
POWERS AS A CHARMER--THE SACRED BOX AND ITS FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS CONTENTS--MRS. SEYMOUR IS LOST SIGHT OF--SEARCH FOR
HER IN BROOKLYN AND AT BOSTON--THE CHARMED BOX OPENED BY MR.
AND MRS. ----, AND THE CONTENTS FOUND TO HAVE CHANGED FORM
MATERIALLY--MY LEGAL FRIEND AND I LOOK AFTER MATTERS--A
PORTION OF THE TRANSFORMED VALUABLES FOUND--A MRS. BRADLEY, A
"MEDIUM" IN BOSTON, PROVES TO BE THE IDENTICAL MRS.
SEYMOUR--THE HIGH-TONED DEVOTEES OF BOSTON--SUDDEN
PROCEEDINGS TAKEN--MRS. SEYMOUR AND HER HUSBAND COME TO
TERMS--RESULTS--RESPECTABLE VICTIMS OF THE SORCERERS
NUMEROUS--DUPES IN THE "ATHENS OF AMERICA." 309
=DISHONEST CLERK AND FATAL SLIP OF PAPER.=
IN AN UGLY MOOD WITH MYSELF--A VISIT FROM A CINCINNATIAN--A LOSS
DETAILED--THE FATE OF A BANKING HOUSE RESTING ON "COLLATERALS"
STOLEN, WHICH MUST BE RECOVERED--A LAWYER FIGURES IN THE MATTER
AND IS BAFFLED--THE THIEVES SPECULATING FOR A SETTLEMENT--THE
SCHEME LAID FOR THEIR DETECTION--A BUSINESS VISIT TO THE
BANKING-HOUSE--THE CHIEF CLERK SENT TO CHICAGO ON BUSINESS--A
SEARCH REVEALING LOVE LETTERS AND A LOVELY LITERARY LADY--ON
TRACK OF MYSTERIOUS "PAPERS"--THE FATAL SLIP OF PAPER--THE WAY
THE STOLEN BONDS WERE RECOVERED--THE CHIEF CLERK, AND HOW HE
WAS "ENLIGHTENED"--A NOVEL AND QUIET ARREST IN A CARRIAGE--THE
CLERK'S CONFEDERATE CAUGHT--THE PROPERTY RESTORED--THE SCAMPS
DECAMP--THE INNOCENT LITERARY LADY'S EYES OPENED. 322
=THE THOUSAND DOLLAR LESSON.=
CHARLES PURVIS: TAKING HIM IN CHARGE AT A DISTANCE--HANGERS ON AT
THE ST. NICHOLAS AND OTHER HOTEL ENTRANCES--A COLLOQUY, SPICED
WITH REMINISCENCES OF "OLD SAM COLT," OF THE "REVOLVER," IN HIS
GAY DAYS; A PARTY AT THE "OLD CITY HOTEL," HARTFORD, CONN., AND
OTHER THINGS--TRINITY COLLEGE BOYS--"GEORGE ELLSWORTH"--PURVIS
AND HE START ON A WALK--"WHERE CAN THEY BE GOING?"--GOING TO
SEE ELLSWORTH'S "FRIEND"--AN EXCHANGE OF COATS--A SURVEY
TAKEN--A FIRST-CLASS GAMBLING SALOON--A NEW MAN IN THE
GAME--PURVIS DRUGGED--HIS "FRIENDS" TAKE HIM "HOME," BUT
WHERE?--PURVIS IS RETURNED TO HIS HOTEL IN A STATE OF
STUPEFACTION; IS AROUSED; MISSES A THOUSAND DOLLARS--PLANS LAID
TO CATCH HIS LATE FRIENDS--WILLIAMS FOUND BY ACCIDENT, AND
QUIETLY CAGED--THE OLD IRISH WOMAN'S APPEAL--WILLIAMS
"EXPLAINS," AFTER PROPER INDUCEMENT--MOST OF THE MONEY
RECOVERED--SUPPLEMENTS. 341
=THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.=
THE ANTIQUITY OF THAT SHEEP'S SKIN AND ITS PIOUS USEFULNESS--A
LARGE LOSS OF SILKS, SATINS, LACES, AND OTHER GOODS--A
CONSULTATION--A LONG STUDY--THE VARIOUS CHARACTERS OF SEVERAL
CLERKS, WHAT THEY DID, AND HOW THEY KILLED "SPARE
TIME"--INFLUENCE OF THE CITY ON MORALS--NEW YORK CENTRAL
PARK--A MOST WONDERFUL SERIES OF THEFTS--THE MATTER,
INEXPLICABLE AT FIRST, GROWS MORE SUBTLE--A GLEAM OF LIGHT AT
LAST--A BRIGHT ITALIAN BOY PLAYS A PART--A LADY FOLLOWED--MORE
LIGHT--AN EXTEMPORIZED SERVANT OF THE CROTON WATER BOARD GETS
INSIDE A CERTAIN HOUSE--SARAH CROGAN AND I--HOW A HOUSE IN
NINETEENTH STREET DELIVERED UP ITS TREASURES--"WILLIAM BRUCE,"
ALIAS CHARLES PHILLIPS--A VERY STRANGE DENOUEMENT--A MEEK MAN
TRANSFORMED; HIS RAGE--A DELIVERY UP, WITH ACCOMPANYING
JEWELS--A "WIDOW" NOT A WIDOW REMOVES--WHAT SARAH CROGAN
THOUGHT. 358
=A FORCED MARRIAGE SCHEME DEFEATED.=
GOSHEN, CONN.--A LADY STRANGER THERE--A PILGRIMAGE TO GOSHEN, VIA
THE FAR-FAMED MOUNTAIN TOWN OF LITCHFIELD--THE BEAUTIFUL
WIDOW--AN UNPLEASANT REMINISCENCE OF DR. IVES, LATE BISHOP OF
NORTH CAROLINA--MORE ABOUT THE WIDOW--SHE LEAVES FOR NEW
YORK--AT THE "MANSION HOUSE," LITCHFIELD--A MARKED CHARACTER
ENCOUNTERED THERE--MR. "C. B. LE ROY" STUDIED AND WEIGHED--THE
BEAUTIFUL WIDOW AND LE ROY MEET--HER FACE DISCLOSES CONFLICTING
EMOTIONS--MR. LE ROY AND THE BEAUTIFUL WIDOW, MRS. STEVENS,
TAKE A WALK DOWN SOUTH STREET, IN THE "PARADISE OF
LOAFERS"--SYMPATHIES SILENTLY EXCHANGED--WE ALL START FOR THE
"STATION"--THE STAGE-COACH "TURNS OVER"--THE AFFRIGHTED LE ROY
REVEALS HIS MANNERS--A PECULIAR SCENE IN THE CARS--AT
BRIDGEPORT I PRESENT MYSELF TO MRS. STEVENS--AT NEW YORK
AGAIN--A TALE OF COMPLICATIONS--MRS. STEVENS IN DEEP TROUBLE--A
FRIEND OF HERS SEEKS ME--REVELATIONS--A FEARFUL STORY--A SECRET
MARRIAGE AND UNHAPPY CONSEQUENCES--THE WRETCH LE ROY WANTS THE
WIDOW'S MONEY--A TRAP SET FOR LE ROY--HE FALLS INTO IT--WEDDING
SCENE DISARRANGED--THE WIDOW SAVED, AND THE INTENDED FORCED
MARRIAGE DEFEATED. 387
=THE MARKED BILLS.=
A LITTLE KEY BEARING A MONOGRAM SHAPES THE DESTINY OF AN
INTELLIGENT MAN--HOW THIS MAN CAME TO BE INVOLVED IN THE MATTER
OF WHICH THIS TALE DISCOURSES--MY PARTNER AND I--FAR-OFF
MYSTERIES MAY SOLVE NEARER ONES--A CONSULTATION--A COMMITTEE
"SEEK LIGHT," AND FIND CONSOLATION--BURGLARIES AND HIGHWAY
ROBBERIES BY THE WHOLESALE--MY PARTNER LEAVES FOR EUROPE--A
TOWN IN OHIO INFESTED--A "DOCTOR HUDSON" APPEARS IN THE
TOWN--HE MAKES A PROFESSIONAL VISIT TO ONE MR. PERKINS--A
COLLOQUY; SEEKING LIGHT--A CALLOUS HAND, AND A CLEW TO
MYSTERIES--"DOCTOR HUDSON" EXTENDS HIS ACQUAINTANCESHIP--HE
MAKES A NIGHT'S VISIT OUT OF TOWN, AND GETS WAYLAID AND ROBBED,
BUT MANAGES TO CREATE THE FATAL EVIDENCE HE WANTS OF THE
ROBBERS' IDENTITY--A COUNCIL OF PRINCIPAL CITIZENS--"DOCTOR
HUDSON" MAKES A DISCLOSURE--A SCHEME LAID--A "MILITARY
INVESTMENT" OF A DOMESTIC FORTRESS; AN EXCITING HOUR--BREAKING
INTO A HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT AND SURPRISING A SLEEPER--THE THIEF
LEAVES TOWN TO GO TO CINCINNATI TO STUDY MEDICINE WITH "DOCTOR
HUDSON"--A SUICIDE--PURITANIC MERCILESSNESS--THE MUSIC
TEACHER'S INGENIOUS LETTER TO HIS LADY LOVE. 414
=THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER.=
A SUDDEN CALL--GREAT CONSTERNATION AT THE ---- BANK IN WALL
STREET--TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD STOLEN--A HARD, INSOLUBLE
CASE--"TRY," THE SOUL OF SUCCESS--BANKS COMPELLED TO GREATEST
CAUTIOUSNESS--NO ESPRIT DE CORPS AMONG MONEY-CHANGERS--THE WAY
I "CREATED" DETECTIVES--RAG-PICKERS MADE USEFUL ABOVE THEIR
CALLING--AN UP-TOWN CARRIAGE HOUSE, AND ITS TREASURES--A
LAUGHING COACHMAN--A PRESENT--COMPLICATED EVIDENCE
UNRAVELLED--AN OLD OFFICE-WOMAN INVOLVED IN THE MYSTERY--A BIT
OF FUN FURNISHES THE DESIRED "KEY"--"SMOUCHING," AND WHAT CAME
OF IT--EXTENDING MY ACQUAINTANCESHIP--THE THIEF FOUND--A WALL
STREET BROKER--STUDYING HIM--HIS CLERK WILED AWAY--GOOD USE OF
THEATRE TICKETS--THE SCHEME OF IDENTIFICATION--A PLOT WITHIN A
PLOT--THE BROKER WORSTED--HE STRUGGLES WITHIN HIMSELF; GROWS
PALE--HOW HE EXECUTED THE ROBBERY--THE TERRIBLE "FORCE OF
EXAMPLE" SOMETIMES--THE THIEF BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE COMMON
COUNCIL--A SALUTARY WARNING TO OTHER THIEVES. 442
=$1,250,000, OR THE PRIVATE MARK.=
MONEY-GETTING AS RELATED TO CRIME--A VERY STRANGE HISTORY--THE
MOST WONDROUS PURSUIT OF A MAN BY HIS ENEMY WHICH EVER
(PROBABLY) WAS KNOWN IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD--JAMES WILLIAM
HUBERT ROGERS AND "NED" HAGUE, TWO ENGLISHMEN--"DAMON AND
PYTHIAS" IN EARLY LIFE--A CHANGE COMES--A DEPARTED AND
CONSIDERATE UNCLE DESCRIBED, ONCE A PROTEGE OF THE EMPEROR OF
AUSTRIA--OLIVER CROMWELL HAGUE, A RICH INDIA MERCHANT--A
MARVELOUS SEARCH FOR A LOST MAN--A MAN FOUND AND IDENTIFIED BY
NUMEROUS FRIENDS AS THE ONE IN QUESTION--PLOTTING AND
COUNTER-PLOTTING--A SHREWD VERMONT "LAWYER" MAKES A THOUSAND
POUNDS STERLING--THE INDEFATIGABLE ROGERS COMES TO AMERICA IN
HIS SEARCH--LOST IN THE VASTNESS OF THE COUNTRY--WE MEET, AND
DEPART FOR ST. LOUIS--TROUBLES, AND AN ENLIGHTENING DREAM--A
WICKED LAWYER--THE RIGHT TO REPENT--A SPIRITED COLLOQUY WITH
THE LAWYER--AN ENEMY FOUND AND SET TO WORK--THE GRASPING LAWYER
OUTWITTED--THE LOST FOUND IN A TERRIBLE CONDITION--A LITTLE
PRIVATE FUN OVER THE LAWYER'S DISCOMFITURE--A SHARP EXAMINATION
AND CROSS-EXAMINATION--LAWYER OUTWITTED, AND LOSES FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS--MR. ROGERS DEPARTS WITH THE "LOST ONE," BOUND FOR
ENGLAND--DROWNING OF THE LATTER AT SEA--THE CHERISHED VICTORY
OF YEARS VANISHES--OUT, WITH A LAUGH. 461
=WILLIAM ROBERTS AND HIS FORGERIES.=
A MAN OF THE OLDEN TYPE--HIS SAD STORY ABOUT HIS WIFE AND
HIMSELF--THEY ADOPT A BRIGHT BOY--THE WIFE'S PROPHET
SPECULATIONS ABOUT THE BOY--THE BOY GROWS UP AND GOES TO
COLLEGE--A PLEASANT YEAR--HE LEARNS CERTAIN MYSTERIES OF
LIFE--STUDENTS' PITCHED BATTLE WITH THE FACULTY OF THE
COLLEGE--OF THE "WHITE HORSE"--A WHILE IN A LAWYER'S
OFFICE--BECOMES A MERCHANT--MAKING MONEY TOO FAST--A FATAL
HOUR--THE VORTEX OF WALL STREET--SUNDRY FORGERIES--A STRANGE
CAREER--AN IMPORTANT WITNESS LOST, AND FOUND IN THE INSANE
RETREAT, HARTFORD, CONN.--A TERRIBLE COMPLICATION OF AFFAIRS;
LAWYERS AND ALL BAFFLED--I AM CALLED IN TO WORK UP THE
CASE--DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED--FATE INTERPOSES--WENTWORTH, THE
INSANE WITNESS, RECOVERS--A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLACK INK
AND BLUE INK--DYING OF GRIEF--AN UNHAPPY HOUSEHOLD. 492
=OLD MR. ALVORD'S LAST WILL.=
THE DESTRUCTIVE GREED OF GAIN--A WEIRD, WONDROUS TALE--"WHAT IF
THEY BUT KNEW"--TELLING STORIES AWAY FROM HOME--REVELATIONS--AN
OLD MAN OF THE HIGH MORAL TYPE--CURIOUS NOTION ABOUT THE SIZE
OF A FAMILY--THE MYSTIC NUMBER THREE--PORTRAITS OF A FAMILY; A
PERFECT WOMAN--DEATH AND INTRIGUES--A "FAITHFUL SERVANT"--OLD
WILLS AND NEW--LEGAL COMPLICATIONS--THE LAST WILL MISSING--A
CRAFTY LAWYER--A THOROUGH SEARCH--A DIABOLICAL COURTSHIP, AND
FIERCE STRUGGLE THROUGH THREE YEARS--A DETECTIVE AT LAST CALLED
INTO THE MATTER--A PLOT LAID TO FOIL OLD BOYD, AN UNSCRUPULOUS
LAWYER--DID IT SUCCEED?--THE READER PERMITTED TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION FOR HIMSELF--A VITAL DISCOVERY--MORE PLOTTING--A
BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY MAKES A DIVERSION IN THE PLANS--OLD ANDREW
WILCOX'S FUNNY LETTERS SEARCHED AND A TREASURE "FOUND" AMONG
THEM--OLD BOYD'S CONSTERNATION--THE LAST WILL FINALLY CARRIED
OUT--"NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE"--A FORTUNE TOO LARGE TO BE LAUGHED
AT--A CUNNING WIFE LEADS HER HUSBAND A CURIOUS LIFE--A BIT OF
COMFORT, PERHAPS. 509
=THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.=
THE INNOCENT OFTEN SUFFER WITH THE GUILTY--THE DETECTIVES'
"KEYS"--REGRETS--LEONARD SAVAGE, A YOUNG MAN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
AND HIS FAMILY STOCK--RICHARD BROOKS, A WEALTHY NEW YORK
MERCHANT--HIS VISIT TO YOUNG SAVAGE'S FATHER--RESULTS--PARTIAL
BIOGRAPHY OF MR. BROOKS, IN WALL STREET AND ELSEWHERE--A SLAVE
TO FORTUNE--A FATHER'S PRIDE--MR. BROOKS' FEARFUL DREAM--MR.
BROOKS IN THE OLD HOME OF HIS CHILDHOOD--HOW A TRUE MAN TREATS
HIS WIFE--FAMILY ASPIRATIONS--THE LOVE OF YOUNG MEN--COUNTRY
AND CITY TEMPTATION--A "NEW SUIT," AND A TRIP TO THE
MOUNTAINS--A SURPRISING PRESENT--A HAPPY SEASON--A FEARFUL
CHANGE COMES--TERRIBLE RESULTS OF AN UNJUST JUDGMENT--STRANGEST
THING EVER KNOWN--A CATHOLIC PENITENT AN ACTOR IN THE
SCENES--REMORSE--UNRAVELLINGS IN AN UNEXPECTED WAY--A SPEEDY
VOYAGE TO EUROPE TO RESTORE THE WRONGED TO HIS RIGHT PLACE. 542
=THE PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS.=
THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCE--A NIGHT AT THE GIRARD HOUSE,
PHILADELPHIA--AN INOFFENSIVE GENTLEMAN, MY ROOM-MATE--I
DISTURB HIS SLEEP--A QUEER TALE--NELLIE WILSON AND HER
UNCLE--WILLIAM WILSON, NELLIE'S DISSOLUTE COUSIN--FEARFUL
LOVE-MAKING--A RESCUE--A CALL TO DUTY--A DEAD MAN'S WILL
MISSING--STUDYING UP THE CASE WITH THE GREAT CRIMINAL LAWYER,
JUDGE S.--FATE INTERPOSES--A MYSTERIOUS AND PECULIAR
ADVERTISEMENT--AT THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL, WAITING AND
WATCHING--AN "APPEARANCE"--WILLIAM WILSON AGAIN--AN UPPER
ROOM, AND THE VILLAINS THEREIN--A PRIVATE CONFERENCE NOT ALL
SECRET--A FLASH OF VICTORY BEFORE UTTER DEFEAT--NOTES AND
DOCUMENTS EXCHANGED--BASE REJOICINGS--FATAL NEGLECT--THE
SURPRISE--COMPLETE DISCOMFITURE--END ACCOMPLISHED--"COALS OF
FIRE," BUT THEY DO NO GOOD--VIOLENT DEATH--HAPPY
CONSEQUENCES--PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS UNRAVELLED. 571
=COL. NOVENA, PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN.=
THE CONFIDENCE MAN, PAR EXCELLENCE; A REAL "ARTIST"--"COL.
NOVENA," "COUNT ANTONELLI," "GEN. ALVEROSA," "SIR RICHARD
MURRAY," MAKES A VISIT--A MAN OF GREAT NATURAL ABILITY, WITH "A
SCREW LOOSE"--A BIT OF "PHILOSOPHY"--THE MAN DESCRIBED,
VERSATILE, AGILE, BRAVE, DARING--THE COLONEL AS A
GALLANT--CURIOUS TALE ABOUT TWO SISTERS AND COL.
NOVENA--PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, PROFESSOR HENRY, GEN. FREMONT, AND
MR. SEWARD OF THE NUMBER OF HIS FRIENDS--DISHONEST WAYS OF
DOING "LEGITIMATE BUSINESS"--A SHOCKING BAD MEMORY--THE COLONEL
AS A PHILANTHROPIST--COMES TO GRIEF--AT WASHINGTON, D.
C.--SARATOGA TEMPTS THE COLONEL.--HIS SUCCESSES THERE--A CHANGE
OF CIRCUMSTANCES--A VALUABLE DIAMOND NECKLACE LOST--THE GREAT
MYSTERY--HISTORIC CHARACTER OF THE NECKLACE--THOROUGH
SEARCHING--THE SHREWDEST SCAMPS GENERALLY HAVE BETTER
REPUTATION THAN MOST PEOPLE--TOO GOOD A "CHARACTER" A MATTER OF
SUSPICION--"MR. HENRY INMAN, ARTIST," IS CREATED--HEADWAY
MADE--THE NECKLACE COMES TO LIGHT IN THE POSSESSION OF A MOST
REMARKABLE WOMAN--GOODNESS IN BAD PLACES--A LIVING MORAL
PARADOX--AN "UNFORTUNATE" GOOD SAMARITAN--THE GENERAL'S SENSE
OF HONOR WOUNDED--TO CANADA--DOWN THE RAPIDS OF THE ST.
LAWRENCE--A TOMB IN GREENWOOD--RENDERING TO WOMAN HER DUE--A
BLESSED CHARITY--WALL STREET CORRUPTS THE MORALS OF THE NATION. 589
=CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.=
A ROBBERY--ONE OF THE FEMALE ATTACHÉS OF THE GREAT KOSSUTH--A
WIDOW LADY OF RANK IN HUNGARY--KOSSUTH'S SISTER--A
BOARDING-HOUSE AT NEWARK, N. J., AND ITS INMATES--SUNDRY FACTS
AND CONSIDERATIONS--BEAUTY WINS--AN INVESTIGATION--SERVANTS
EXAMINED--THE PATENT-ROOF MAKER--"TRACING" A MAN--A HOLLOW
WALKING-STICK WITH MONEY IN IT--NO CLEW YET--A PATHETIC
BLUNDER--REVELATIONS IN DREAMS--A BIT OF PAPER TELLS A
STORY--IDENTIFICATION--THIEF ARRESTED--CONDITIONAL
SETTLEMENT--TRIUMPHAL VISIT TO THE WIDOW--"WHITE LIE," AND
ANNOUNCEMENT--DOUBTING--PERFECT EVIDENCE SOMETIMES
IMPERFECT--UNSOLVED PROBLEM; WHO DID THE ROBBERY? 610
=THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATORS.=
"MONEY"--THE COUNTERFEITERS' MORAL PHILOSOPHY--THE CUNNING OF
BANK BILLS--NO VALID BANK BILLS ISSUED--A TRICK OF THE BANKS TO
EVADE THE LAW--SWINDLING UNDER "COLOR OF LAW," AND IN DEFIANCE
THEREOF; A VAST DISTINCTION--COUNTERFEITERS AS "PUBLIC
BENEFACTORS"--THE REGULAR COUNTERFEITERS EMBARRASSED BY THE
BOGUS ONES--MR. "FERGUSON'S" MARVELLOUS LETTER--COUNTLESS
COMPLAINTS--THE "HONEST FARMER" OF VERMONT, AND HIS SPECULATION
WITH THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY MEN--WHAT HE SENT FOR, AND WHAT HE
GOT--A SECURELY DONE-UP PACKAGE--A "DOWN-CELLAR" SCENE--THE
"HONEST FARMER'S" CONFUSION--A BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY RELATING TO
THOMASTON, CONN.--THE HONEST OYSTER DEALER THERE, AND THE
NINETY DOLLARS "C. O. D."--A QUESTION UNSETTLED--HOW THE
"HONEST FARMER" OF VERMONT CHEATED ME AT LAST. 626
=THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM.=
THE NECESSITY OF THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM GENERALLY DISCUSSED--STATE
OF SOCIETY WHICH CREATED IT--REGULAR AND IRREGULAR ROBBERS--THE
YOUNG MAN OF INTELLIGENCE ENTERING UPON ACTIVE LIFE, A
PICTURE--HE NATURALLY ALLIES HIMSELF TO THE TYRANT AND ROBBING
CLASSES--NO HONESTY IN TRADE--TRADE RULES; AND ALL ARE
CORRUPT--NO CONSCIENCE AMONG TRAFFICKERS--LYING A FINE ART--ALL
VILLAINS, BUT NONE INDIVIDUALLY AT FAULT--THE DETECTIVE BELONGS
TO THE CORRUPT GOVERNING CLASSES--WEIGHING HIM--GREAT
THIEVES--"THE PURVEYORS OF HELL"--THE ETERNAL TALKERS, AND WHAT
THEY AMOUNT TO--THE USE FOR DETECTIVES AN INCIDENT; "CATCHING A
FLAT"--THE DETECTIVE'S VOCATION FURTHER CONSIDERED--HOW THE
DETECTIVES PROTECT SOCIETY--ILLUSTRATIVE INCIDENTS--A GREAT
DETECTIVE DESCRIBED--STRATAGEMS--WHAT THE PHILOSOPHERS SAY--IS
THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM FROM ABOVE OR BELOW? 643
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