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Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives

Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives

by George S. McWatters

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Author
McWatters, George S.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject
Detectives
Category
Text
eBook-No.
46306
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46306
Release Date
July 17, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.KNOTS UNTIED: OR, WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE HIDDEN LIFE OF AMERICAN DETECTIVES.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.List of Illustrations.
  5. 5.PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6.BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. — OFFICER GEORGE S. McWATTERS. — Where he was born and reared. — REMOVES TO LONDON — Migrates to the United States. — Settles in Philadelphia, and studies Law. — A Heart too soft for a Lawyer. — Departs for California. — Back in New York. — Mr. McWatters as Agent and Lecturer. — Anecdote of Lola Montez and Laura Keene. — Mr. McWatters solving Social Problems. — Our Subject and the Public Press. — Mr. McWatters enters the Metropolitan Police Force. — Personal Incidents. — Officer McWatters in the late Civil War: His Foresight. — First Seizure of Guns at the North. — Officer McWatters' Services through the Public Press. — Kindly and Wise Providence. — "Riot Week," July, 1863: Officer McWatters in the Thick of the Fight. — Officer McWatters and his Literary Associates. — Officer McWatters as the Good Samaritan. — McWatters and the Soldiers. — Ladies' Union Relief Association. — The Swindling Bounty Claim Agents. — Honorable Testimonials to Officer McWatters. — The Bellevue Hospital Iniquity. — Conclusion.
  7. 7.THE ORGAN-GRINDERS. — TEN DOLLARS A MONTH: A STORY OF GRIEF AND JOY.
  8. 8.MACK AND THE VETERAN.
  9. 9.LOST IN THE STREETS. — Missing Men and Women. — Troubles about Lost People. — Where and how People are Lost. — Lost Children. — The Dens of Midnight. — The Horror of a Breaking Dawn. — Misery, Shame, and Death. — Finis.
  10. 10.AMONG THE "SHARKS."
  11. 11.A SMART YOUNG MAN.
  12. 12.A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER.
  13. 13.EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.
  14. 14.THE GAMBLER'S WAX FINGER.
  15. 15.LOTTERY TICKET, No. 1710.
  16. 16.LEWELLYN PAYNE AND THE COUNTERFEITERS.
  17. 17.THE GENEALOGICAL SWINDLERS.
  18. 18.HATTIE NEWBERRY, THE VERMONT BEAUTY.
  19. 19.ABOUT BOGUS LOTTERIES.
  20. 20.THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING.
  21. 21.THE MYSTERY AT NO. 89 —— STREET, NEW YORK.
  22. 22.THE SORCERESS' TRICK, AND HOW SHE WAS CAUGHT.
  23. 23.THE DISHONEST CLERK, AND THE FATAL SLIP OF PAPER.
  24. 24.THE THOUSAND DOLLAR LESSON.
  25. 25.THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.
  26. 26.A FORCED-MARRIAGE SCHEME DEFEATED.
  27. 27.THE MARKED BILLS.
  28. 28.THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER, AND THE WAY HE WAS TRACKED.
  29. 29.$1,250,000, OR THE PRIVATE MARK.
  30. 30.WILLIAM ROBERTS AND HIS FORGERIES.
  31. 31.OLD MR. ALVORD'S LAST WILL.
  32. 32.THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.
  33. 33.THE PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS.
  34. 34.COLONEL NOVENA, THE PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN.
  35. 35.CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: A KNOT STILL UNTIED.
  36. 36.THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATORS.
  37. 37.THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM.
  38. 38.Transcriber's Note

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