Mysteries of Police and Crime

About this eBook

Author

Griffiths, Arthur, 1838-1908

Title

Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Police

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46846

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46846

Release Date

September 12, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Mysteries OF Police and Crime — CONTENTS.
2. 2.Part I. A GENERAL SURVEY OF CRIME AND ITS DETECTION. — I.—THE CAUSES OF CRIME. — II.—THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED. — III.—THE PRESS AN AID TO THE POLICE. — IV.—THE IMPORTANCE OF SMALL CLUES. — V.—“LUCK” FOR AND AGAINST CRIMINALS. — VI.—THE TRACKING INSTINCT IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES. — VII.—THE SHORTSIGHTEDNESS OF SOME CRIMINALS. — VIII.—SOME UNAVENGED CRIMES. — IX.—A GOOD WORD FOR THE POLICE.
3. 3.Part II. JUDICIAL ERRORS. — CHAPTER I. WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS. — JUDGE CAMBO OF MALTA. — THE D’ANGLADES. — LADY MAZEL. — WILLIAM SHAW. — THE SAILMAKER AND THE BOATSWAIN. — BRUNELL THE INNKEEPER. — DU MOULIN’S CASE. — CALAS. — A GROSS PERVERSION OF JUSTICE AT NUREMBERG. — “THE BLUE DRAGOON.” — CHAPTER II. CASES OF DISPUTED OR MISTAKEN IDENTITY. — LESURQUES. — THE CHAMPIGNELLES MYSTERY. — JUDGE GARROWS STORY. — A CASE AT YORK. — HOAG OR PARKER? — A MILWAUKEE MYSTERY. — A SCOTTISH CASE. — KARL FRANZ. — THE CANNON STREET CASE. — A NARROW ESCAPE. — CHAPTER III. PROBLEMATICAL ERRORS. — CAPTAIN DONELLAN. — MADAME LAFARGE. — THE STOLEN JEWELS. — MADELEINE SMITH. — The Wharton-Ketchum Case. — THE STORY OF THE PERRYS. — CHAPTER IV. POLICE MISTAKES. — PELLIZIONI. — WILLIAM HABRON. — THE EDLINGHAM BURGLARY. — LORD COCHRANE.
4. 4.Part III. POLICE—PAST AND PRESENT. — CHAPTER V. EARLY POLICE: FRANCE. — La Reynie. — Hérault. — D’Ombréval. — Berryer. — M. de Sartines. — Lenoir. — De Crosne. — Fouché. — Savary. — Fouché Again. — CHAPTER VI. EARLY POLICE ( continued ): ENGLAND. — GAMBLING. — RIVER THIEVES. — “ Fences. ” — COINERS. — The Fieldings. — THE BOW STREET RUNNERS. — CHAPTER VII. MODERN POLICE: LONDON. — CHAPTER VIII. MODERN POLICE ( continued ): PARIS. — CHAPTER IX. MODERN POLICE ( continued ): NEW YORK. — CHAPTER X. MODERN POLICE ( continued ): RUSSIA. — CHAPTER XI. MODERN POLICE ( continued ): INDIA. — CHAPTER XII. THE DETECTIVE, AND WHAT HE HAS DONE. — THE CASE OF LADY IVY. — A LAWYER TURNED DETECTIVE. — HOW DENOVAN RAN DOWN MACKOULL. — VIDOCQ. — CHAPTER XIII. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN DETECTIVES.
5. 5.Part IV. CAPTAINS OF CRIME. — CHAPTER XIV. SOME FAMOUS SWINDLERS. — HATFIELD. — COLLET. — COGNARD. — MAJOR SEMPLE. — CHAPTER XV. SWINDLERS OF MORE MODERN TYPE. — RICHARD COSTER. — WALTER SHERIDAN. — JACK CANTER. — ALLMAYER. — PARAF. — TAMMANY FRAUDS. — BURTON, ALIAS THE COUNT VON HAVARD. — DR. VIVIAN. — MOCK CLERGYMEN. — HARRY BENSON. — MAX SHINBURN. — CHAPTER XVI. SOME FEMALE CRIMINALS. — “MOTHER M——.” — THE “GERMAN PRINCESS.” — JENNY DIVER. — THE BARONESS DE MENCKWITZ. — EMILY LAWRENCE. — LOUISA MILES. — MRS. GORDON-BAILLIE. — A VIENNESE IMPOSTOR. — BIG BERTHA.

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