The New York Tombs Inside and Out!
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John Josiah Munro. The New York Tombs Inside and Out!
The New York Tombs Inside and Out!
Table of Contents
FOREWORD. Some Personal Experiences
CHAPTER I. WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE TOMBS
Whiskey, Gambling and Other Privileges
Steerage
The Prison Food
Abusing the Unfortunates
Special Privileges
The Grand Jury
Politics and the Prisons
CHAPTER II. AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS PRISON
Retrospect
The New City Prison
CHAPTER III. MODERN EXCUSES FOR CRIME
CHAPTER IV. HOW CRIMINALS ARE MADE
CHAPTER V. THE SCIENTIFIC CRIMINAL
CHAPTER VI. SOME FAMOUS TOMBS PRISONERS
CHAPTER VII. THE DANGEROUS EDUCATED CROOK
CHAPTER VIII. LEAVES FROM THE HISTORY OF A CHECKERED CAREER
CHAPTER IX. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CROOK
CHAPTER X. WANDERING STARS AND BUZZARDS OF THE TOMBS
The Untruthful Crook
Dark Records
Kahn, The Black-Hearted Syrian
A Crook Whose Specialty Was Knock-Out Drops
A Young Man Whose Craze Was In Slashing Ladies’ Dresses
CHAPTER XI. NOTED EXPERTS IN FORGERY
Three of a Kind
The King of Forgers
CHAPTER XII. CHANGING THE GRAND JURY INTO A BUREAU OF CRIMINAL EXPERTS
Board of Criminal Experts
How I Would Classify Criminals
CHAPTER XIII. SCHOOLS OF CRIME
CHAPTER XIV. YOUTHFUL DELINQUENTS AND THE CHILDREN’S COURT
The Children’s Court
The Origin of the Children’s Court
CHAPTER XV. THE ROD AS A REFORMATIVE AGENT IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUTHFUL LAW BREAKERS
CHAPTER XVI. CRIME AMONG WOMEN
The Cadet System
(2) The Women of The Tombs
(3) The Modern Shoplifter
CHAPTER XVII. THE STEAL OR STARVE UNFORTUNATES
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW YOUNG MEN BREAK INTO PRISON
CHAPTER XIX. OUR POLICE GUARDIANS
The Policeman and His Work
CHAPTER XX. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU
The Stool Pigeon
CHAPTER XXI. THE ROGUES GALLERY AND THE THIRD DEGREE
The Third Degree
CHAPTER XXII. THE CITY GANGS
CHAPTER XXIII. CRIMINAL TRIALS AND THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW
Greasing the Machinery of the Law
Crooks at the Bar of Justice
Noted Criminal Lawyers
Strange Sentences
CHAPTER XXIV. CRIMINAL BRANCH OF THE SUPREME COURT
The Court of General Sessions
CHAPTER XXV. SCENES IN OUR POLICE COURTS
CHAPTER XXVI. SHARKS AND SHYSTERS OF OUR CRIMINAL COURTS
CHAPTER XXVII. CROOKED CROOKS IN PRISON
Bold Counterfeiters in Auburn Prison
CHAPTER XXVIII. SCENES DURING VISITING HOURS IN THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXIX. DOES IMPRISONMENT REFORM?
CHAPTER XXX. STRONG DRINK AND CRIME
CHAPTER XXXI. THE ANGELS OF THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXXII. WEDDINGS IN THE TOMBS PRISON
CHAPTER XXXIII. AFTER SENTENCE, WHAT?
Prison Classification
A Real Prison Reformer
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE INFLICTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXXV. A VISIT TO THE DEATH HOUSE AT SING SING
CHAPTER XXXVI. A TRAMP COLONY
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE COST OF CRIME IN GREATER NEW YORK
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE AGE OF GRAFT
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John Josiah Munro
Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present. A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison
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CHAPTER XVI CRIME AMONG WOMEN
The Cadet System
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