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ОглавлениеMigrates to the United States.
Settles in Philadelphia, and studies Law.
A Heart too soft for a Lawyer.
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.
Officer McWatters in the late Civil War: His Foresight.
First Seizure of Guns at the North.
Officer McWatters' Services through the Public Press.
"Riot Week," July, 1863: Officer McWatters in the Thick of the Fight.
Officer McWatters and his Literary Associates.
Officer McWatters as the Good Samaritan.
Ladies' Union Relief Association.
The Swindling Bounty Claim Agents.
Honorable Testimonials to Officer McWatters.
The Bellevue Hospital Iniquity.
TEN DOLLARS A MONTH: A STORY OF GRIEF AND JOY.
Where and how People are Lost.
The Horror of a Breaking Dawn.
A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER.
LEWELLYN PAYNE AND THE COUNTERFEITERS.
HATTIE NEWBERRY, THE VERMONT BEAUTY.
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.
A FORCED-MARRIAGE SCHEME DEFEATED.
THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER, AND THE WAY HE WAS TRACKED.
$1,250,000, OR THE PRIVATE MARK.
WILLIAM ROBERTS AND HIS FORGERIES.
COLONEL NOVENA, THE PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: A KNOT STILL UNTIED.
