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George S. McWatters. 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
Table of Contents
PREFACE
PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTION
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
THE ORGAN-GRINDERS
TEN DOLLARS A MONTH: A STORY OF GRIEF AND JOY
MACK AND THE VETERAN
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
AMONG THE "SHARKS."
A SMART YOUNG MAN
A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER
EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING
THE GAMBLER'S WAX FINGER
LOTTERY TICKET, No. 1710
LEWELLYN PAYNE AND THE COUNTERFEITERS
THE GENEALOGICAL SWINDLERS
HATTIE NEWBERRY, THE VERMONT BEAUTY
ABOUT BOGUS LOTTERIES
THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING
THE MYSTERY AT NO. 89—— STREET, NEW YORK
THE SORCERESS' TRICK, AND HOW SHE WAS CAUGHT
THE DISHONEST CLERK, AND THE FATAL SLIP OF PAPER
THE THOUSAND DOLLAR LESSON
THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
A FORCED-MARRIAGE SCHEME DEFEATED
THE MARKED BILLS
THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER, AND THE WAY HE WAS TRACKED
$1,250,000, OR THE PRIVATE MARK
WILLIAM ROBERTS AND HIS FORGERIES
OLD MR. ALVORD'S LAST WILL
THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK
THE PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS
COLONEL NOVENA, THE PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: A KNOT STILL UNTIED
THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATORS
THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM
