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

Author: George S. McWatters

Release date: July 17, 2014 [eBook #46306]
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Language: English

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KNOTS UNTIED:
OR,
WAYS AND BY-WAYS
IN THE
HIDDEN LIFE
OF
AMERICAN DETECTIVES.

BY
Officer GEORGE S. McWATTERS,
LATE OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE,
NEW YORK.
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A NARRATIVE OF MARVELLOUS EXPERIENCES AMONG ALL CLASSES
OF SOCIETY,—CRIMINALS IN HIGH LIFE, SWINDLERS, BANK
ROBBERS, THIEVES, LOTTERY AGENTS, GAMBLERS,
NECROMANCERS, COUNTERFEITERS, BURGLARS,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
—————
HARTFORD:
J. B. BURR AND HYDE.
1871.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by
J. B. BURR AND HYDE,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Electrotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry,
No. 19 Spring Lane.