Fifty Years a Detective

About this eBook

Author

Furlong, Thomas, 1844-

Title

Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

Credits

E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Detectives

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58576

Release Date

December 31, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — FIFTY YEARS A DETECTIVE
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.SIDE-LIGHTS ON THE BUSINESS.
4. 4.THE PRELLER MURDER CASE.
5. 5.THE BIG COTTON SWINDLE.
6. 6.A REMARKABLE CASE.
7. 7.TRACING TRAIN WRECKERS.
8. 8."MOONSHINING" IN THE OIL REGIONS.
9. 9.THE CAPTURE OF WESS WATTS.
10. 10.SOLVING A TRUNK MYSTERY.
11. 11.THE GLENCOE TRAIN ROBBERY.
12. 12.RUNNING DOWN THE REVOLUTIONISTS.
13. 13.A DALLAS MURDER AVENGED.
14. 14.THE TOUGHEST OF TOUGH TOWNS.
15. 15.THE ROHAN EXPRESS ROBBERY.
16. 16.ARREST OF LAWRENCE POYNEER.
17. 17.TICKET FORGERS RUN DOWN.
18. 18.CONVICTION OF JOHN COLLINS.
19. 19.FRED ERFERT'S FALL FROM GRACE.
20. 20.BATTLE WITH WOULD-BE BANDITS.
21. 21.THE GREAT PITTSBURG STRIKE.
22. 22.MURDER OF CONDUCTOR FRAZIER.
23. 23.FIGHT WITH A MANIAC.
24. 24.DECOYING A BAD MAN.
25. 25.TRAGIC DEATH OF BILL CASEY.
26. 26.SUBDUING A NOTORIOUS BULLY.
27. 27.A RUSE THAT WORKED.
28. 28.CHARLIE DALTON, OUTLAW.
29. 29.CONSPIRATORS HANDED A LEMON.
30. 30.THE BIG SOUTHWEST STRIKE.
31. 31.WHY I OPPOSE REWARDS.
32. 32.WHY I AM OPPOSED TO HANGING.
33. 33.A CROOKED DOCTOR'S CRIME.
34. 34.CAPTURE OF A CLEVER SWINDLER.
35. 35.LONG HUNT FOR A DEFAULTER.
36. 36.GEORGE HERSOGG'S DOWNFALL.
37. 37.CONTENTS

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