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

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A former metropolitan police officer compiles memoirlike tales and case studies drawn from his own career and from trusted colleagues, detailing undercover operations and encounters with swindlers, counterfeiters, burglars, gamblers, and criminals who operate within respectable circles. Interspersed biographical sketches and practical descriptions of investigative techniques illustrate the development of police detection into a more systematic practice. Throughout, the narrator offers reflections on social causes of crime and cautious appeals for reform and broader public understanding.

 
1. PORTRAIT OF GEO. S. McWATTERS, Frontispiece.
 
2. McWATTERS' SPECTACLE CASE, To face page 33
 
3. "TEN DOLLARS A MONTH," 79
 
4. McWATTERS AND THE VETERAN, 87
 
5. THE BOND OPERATOR, 103
 
6. THE WAX FINGER DISCOVERED, 127
 
7. SEIZURE OF YOUNG WORDEN IN BALTIMORE, 149
 
8. ATLANTIC BEER GARDEN.—PAYNE AND COLLINS' RENDEZVOUS, 165
 
9. DESCENT UPON BLANCHARD AND THE GAMBLERS, 173
 
10. PROTECTING THE INNOCENT, 201
 
11. RESCUE OF HATTIE NEWBERRY, 215
 
12. RESTELL AT SING SING, 221
 
13. THE BOGUS LOTTERY OFFICE, 237
 
14. SURPRISING THE BOGUS LOTTERY DEALERS, 249
 
15. RECOVERING THE DIAMOND RING, 267
 
16. THE OLD KNICKERBOCKER IN THE DETECTIVE'S OFFICE, 279
 
17. DISCOVERING THE "SPIRITS" AT NO. 89 —— STREET, NEW YORK, 291
 
18. "KETCH HIM AND HOULD HIM!"—WILLIAMS' ARREST, 355
 
19. THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, 383
 
20. BREAK-DOWN ON LITCHFIELD HILL, 399
 
21. THE CEREMONY DEFEATED, 409
 
22. DR. HUDSON'S STRATAGEM WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN, 433
 
23. THE MISSOURI LAWYER OUTWITTED, 489
 
24. A RASH COURTSHIP, 521
 
25. FEARFUL DREAM OF OLD MR. BROOKS, 549
 
26. RESCUE OF NELLIE WILSON, 577
 
27. RESCUE OF THE WILL, 585
 
28. THE TWO SISTERS COURTING COL. NOVENA IN HIS LIBRARY, 595
 
29. THE "HONEST" COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATOR, 639
 
30. CATCHING A FLAT, 659