Punctuation and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unpaired quotation marks were retained.
Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
This book spelled "Belle Starr" as "Belle Star".
The text always uses the surname "Tarnowska", but for men, it should be "Tarnowski".
Page 10: "complicated" was misprinted as "compliothed" in this copy of the original book, but was printed correctly in another copy.
Page 44: "dust-strained" was printed that way.
Page 144: "bookmaker" was printed that way.
Page 288: "Diamond Robbery, Great" was misprinted as "Diamond Robert, Great".
The book cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.