The New York Tombs Inside and Out!

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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