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- Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World.
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
- WORDS OF COMMENDATION.
- SHERLOCK HOLMES IN REAL LIFE.
- CLIFTON R. WOOLDRIDGE AMERICA'S FOREMOST DETECTIVE.
- Born in Kentucky.
- AN UNPARALLELED RECORD.
- Cannot Be Bribed.
- Tremendous Amount of Work Done.
- Life History of Wooldridge.
- Numberless Hair-Breadth Escapes.
- Saves Women and Children in Fire.
- Rides to Station on Prisoner's Back.
- Hangs on Window Sill.
- A Plot to Kill Detective Wooldridge.
- Detective Wooldridge Roughly Handled.
- Fine Work in a Thieves' Resort.
- Makes High Dive.
- Story Rivals Poe's "Black Cat."
- On Duty in Great Strike.
- Remarkable Work as a Ragpicker.
- Hero of Some Fierce Fights.
- Crooked Gambling Trust.
- Try to Corrupt Schoolboys.
- Detective Wooldridge Secures Evidence in Novel Way.
- Acts as Vendor of Fighting "Chickens."
- Bribery Tactics of No Avail.
- GRAFT NATION'S WORST FOE.
- THE REIGN OF GRAFT.
- ARE YOU A GRAFTER?
- Graft is Overlord.
- Scores of Proud Names Smirched.
- Life of Nation Imperiled.
- Nation, States and Cities Aroused.
- President Leads Foes of Graft.
- Forces of Graft Hard Pressed.
- Hideous Peril is Revealed.
- Idols Covered with Slime.
- The Unconscious Grafter.
- War on Graft Just Beginning.
- Wholesale Swindling Grafters.
- Religious Graft Pays.
- Financial Yields Are Large.
- Mysticism Draws Many Converts.
- American Faker Gets the Coin.
- Faith in Charlatan Strong.
- Pawn Tickets on Diamonds.
- Victim Anxious for Interest.
- New Law Badly Needed.
- Postage Stamp Grafter.
- The Clerk Grafter.
- Plays on Tardy Victim.
- Fall Guy Takes Bait.
- Sucker Digs Out Coin.
- Graft is Overlord.
- Scores of Proud Names Smirched.
- Life of Nation Imperiled.
- Nation, States and Cities Aroused.
- President Leads Foes of Graft.
- Forces of Graft Hard Pressed.
- Hideous Peril is Revealed.
- Idols Covered with Slime.
- The Unconscious Grafter.
- War on Graft Just Beginning.
- Wholesale Swindling Grafters.
- Religious Graft Pays.
- Financial Yields Are Large.
- Mysticism Draws Many Converts.
- American Faker Gets the Coin.
- Faith in Charlatan Strong.
- Pawn Tickets on Diamonds.
- Victim Anxious for Interest.
- New Law Badly Needed.
- Postage Stamp Grafter.
- The Clerk Grafter.
- Plays on Tardy Victim.
- Fall Guy Takes Bait.
- Sucker Digs Out Coin.
- FLEECING INVALIDS AND CRIPPLES.
- Write Smooth Letters.
- Rob Bed-Ridden Women.
- "Operators" Cringing Cowards.
- Write Smooth Letters.
- Rob Bed-Ridden Women.
- "Operators" Cringing Cowards.
- SHARKS RUIN BUSINESS MEN.
- New Line of Financial Graft.
- Offer of Cash Arouses Interest.
- Gets $800 for $1,000.
- Begins to Show His Teeth.
- Loses His 20 Per Cent.
- Trade Statements to Customer.
- New Line of Financial Graft.
- Offer of Cash Arouses Interest.
- Gets $800 for $1,000.
- Begins to Show His Teeth.
- Loses His 20 Per Cent.
- Trade Statements to Customer.
- SHREWD BEGGAR GRAFT.
- Paralytic a Bad Actor.
- Easy Money From Kind Hearts.
- For the Benefit of the Heathen.
- Gave the Money to Canvas Boss.
- Worked the Game Once a Month.
- In Name of Charity.
- This One Made Fortune.
- Often Worth the Price.
- Raffles Bank Robbery.
- How Skin Raffle is Worked.
- Popular Game in Saloons.
- Raffle is Lottery by Law.
- Raffles That Are Steals.
- Graft of Train Butcher Easy.
- What Was Hidden Under Seat.
- How Three Book Monte Is Played.
- Shows Corner of Bill.
- All Suckers Not in Day Coaches.
- Country Town "Sport" Easiest Mark.
- Women Victims of Old Coupon Scheme.
- The Old "Wareroom" Tale.
- Paralytic a Bad Actor.
- Easy Money From Kind Hearts.
- For the Benefit of the Heathen.
- Gave the Money to Canvas Boss.
- Worked the Game Once a Month.
- In Name of Charity.
- This One Made Fortune.
- Often Worth the Price.
- Raffles Bank Robbery.
- How Skin Raffle is Worked.
- Popular Game in Saloons.
- Raffle is Lottery by Law.
- Raffles That Are Steals.
- Graft of Train Butcher Easy.
- What Was Hidden Under Seat.
- How Three Book Monte Is Played.
- Shows Corner of Bill.
- All Suckers Not in Day Coaches.
- Country Town "Sport" Easiest Mark.
- Women Victims of Old Coupon Scheme.
- The Old "Wareroom" Tale.
- BOOK LOVERS EASY PREY OF FRAUDS.
- Bogus Art Works Fine Graft.
- Miserable Little Short Measure Thieves.
- Crime a Fine Art.
- Cities Breeding Spots of Crime.
- America's Educated Criminal Class.
- Refined Criminals Most Dangerous.
- Prison Poor Cure for Crime.
- Maconochie's Experiment.
- Faces Portray Character.
- Criminal Heads Not Extraordinary.
- Bogus Art Works Fine Graft.
- Miserable Little Short Measure Thieves.
- Crime a Fine Art.
- Cities Breeding Spots of Crime.
- America's Educated Criminal Class.
- Refined Criminals Most Dangerous.
- Prison Poor Cure for Crime.
- Maconochie's Experiment.
- Faces Portray Character.
- Criminal Heads Not Extraordinary.
- DETECTIVE CLIFTON R. WOOLDRIDGE'S "Never-Fail" System
- The Best Rules for Health, Happiness and Success.
- PRIDE COSTS MORE THAN HUNGER, THIRST AND COLD.
- COINING CUPID'S WILES.
- How Matrimonial Agencies Prey on the Public—Their Degeneration Into the Worst Forms of Crime.
- Human Derelicts Are Dupes.
- Matrimonial Agents' Methods.
- No Trust Here.
- Working the Double Cross.
- Two Well-Defined Forms.
- Human Derelicts Are Dupes.
- Matrimonial Agents' Methods.
- No Trust Here.
- Working the Double Cross.
- Two Well-Defined Forms.
- CONCRETE EXAMPLES.
- Type No. 1.
- Commits Suicide.
- Secondary Types.
- Matrimonial Agencies' Stock Letters Under the Guise of Ministry.
- Wanted a Rich Husband.
- Matrimonial Agency Under the Guise of an Attorney-at-Law.
- Matrimonial Agency Under the Guise of Employment Exchange.
- A Persistent Offender.
- Bobs Up Again.
- Turns Clairvoyant.
- Agents of the Underworld a Nest of Pole-Cats.
- Sheriff Duped—Attempts Role of Lothario.
- Type No. 1.
- Commits Suicide.
- Secondary Types.
- Matrimonial Agencies' Stock Letters Under the Guise of Ministry.
- Wanted a Rich Husband.
- Matrimonial Agency Under the Guise of an Attorney-at-Law.
- Matrimonial Agency Under the Guise of Employment Exchange.
- A Persistent Offender.
- Bobs Up Again.
- Turns Clairvoyant.
- Agents of the Underworld a Nest of Pole-Cats.
- Sheriff Duped—Attempts Role of Lothario.
- BIGAMY AND THE BUREAU.
- Where the Professional Bigamists Find Wives.
- The Case of Count Larisch.
- Witzhoff's Confession—Bought Fifteen Wives From One Agent—Takes $4,000 From His First Wife.
- Deserts Wife After the First Day.
- Identified in Chicago; Wedding Stopped.
- Where the Professional Bigamists Find Wives.
- The Case of Count Larisch.
- Witzhoff's Confession—Bought Fifteen Wives From One Agent—Takes $4,000 From His First Wife.
- Deserts Wife After the First Day.
- Identified in Chicago; Wedding Stopped.
- BREAKING INTO THE NOBILITY.
- How Titled Rakes Use the Agencies.
- Woes of Count Larisch.
- Lord Bertie Cavendish—Champion Matrimonialist.
- Market for American Heiresses.
- Government Officials Roused to Many Frauds by the Matrimonial Agencies and Bureaux Throughout the Country, "Agencies" to Put Under Ban the Swindling Operations.
- Mrs. Jennie Scott, Arrested by Postal Inspectors, Tells Secrets of Her Matrimonial Agency.
- Same Literature Used as in Marion Grey Case.
- Clients All Wealthy; Take Their Word for It.
- Witnesses Need a Shepherd.
- Nice Letters Lack Rich Tone.
- Southern Beauty Sends $2.
- How Titled Rakes Use the Agencies.
- Woes of Count Larisch.
- Lord Bertie Cavendish—Champion Matrimonialist.
- Market for American Heiresses.
- Government Officials Roused to Many Frauds by the Matrimonial Agencies and Bureaux Throughout the Country, "Agencies" to Put Under Ban the Swindling Operations.
- Mrs. Jennie Scott, Arrested by Postal Inspectors, Tells Secrets of Her Matrimonial Agency.
- Same Literature Used as in Marion Grey Case.
- Clients All Wealthy; Take Their Word for It.
- Witnesses Need a Shepherd.
- Nice Letters Lack Rich Tone.
- Southern Beauty Sends $2.
- THE HORRIBLE GUNNESS FARM.
- The Ripened Fruit of the Matrimonial Agency.
- Lombroso Discusses Monster.
- List of the Victims.
- The Ripened Fruit of the Matrimonial Agency.
- Lombroso Discusses Monster.
- List of the Victims.
- IN LIGHTER VEIN.
- Could Live and Die on Love.
- Not a Flirt.
- LOVELORN WAILS.
- Her Ideal Husband.
- This One Is Real Frank.
- Could Live and Die on Love.
- Not a Flirt.
- LOVELORN WAILS.
- Her Ideal Husband.
- This One Is Real Frank.
- ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.
- Swift Courtship by Edwards.
- The Festive Farm Hand Frivols.
- Swift Courtship by Edwards.
- The Festive Farm Hand Frivols.
- THE FAKER AND THE PRESS.
- Some Newspapers Are Buncoed, While Others Willingly Assist Rascals.
- Some Newspapers Are Buncoed, While Others Willingly Assist Rascals.
- MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES' ADVERTISEMENTS FOR RICH WIVES AND HUSBANDS.
- Same Thing Nearer Home.
- Same Thing Nearer Home.
- How Matrimonial Agencies Prey on the Public—Their Degeneration Into the Worst Forms of Crime.
- THE GREAT MISTAKE. OUR PENAL SYSTEM IS A RELIC OF EARLY SAVAGERY.
- Intelligence in Punishing Crime.
- The "Silent System" is a Crime Against Criminals.
- Extreme Methods Faulty.
- Jails Make 50,000 Criminals a Year.
- Crime Based on Suggestion.
- Suggests Great Prison Farm.
- Improving the Public Health.
- Road Work for Convicts.
- Solves "Good Roads" Problem.
- Extend the Parole System.
- VAGRANTS; WHO AND WHY.
- WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE VAGRANT AND TRAMP?
- Tramp a Railroad Problem.
- Better Lodgings for Homeless Men.
- Tramps Like Jail.
- Hobos Classified by Races.
- New Foreigner Not a Hobo.
- Jew Recruit in Trampdom.
- Talks of the Tramp—Why Dilapidated Gentleman Does Not Give Up Wandering and Settle Down—Likes the Care-Free Life—Mingles Among the People and Gets to Know Them Well—Changes in Community.
- Get Out Among the People.
- Barns Now Locked.
- Victims of Fakers.
- Hardened by Losses in "Prosperity" Times.
- His Feelings Hurt.
- Driven to the Cities.
- Things Are Changed Now.
- Farmers Down on Tramps.
- Suspicious of Caller.
- Hobo Looks Like Business Man.
- Tramp An Artist.
- Tramp a Railroad Problem.
- Better Lodgings for Homeless Men.
- Tramps Like Jail.
- Hobos Classified by Races.
- New Foreigner Not a Hobo.
- Jew Recruit in Trampdom.
- Talks of the Tramp—Why Dilapidated Gentleman Does Not Give Up Wandering and Settle Down—Likes the Care-Free Life—Mingles Among the People and Gets to Know Them Well—Changes in Community.
- Get Out Among the People.
- Barns Now Locked.
- Victims of Fakers.
- Hardened by Losses in "Prosperity" Times.
- His Feelings Hurt.
- Driven to the Cities.
- Things Are Changed Now.
- Farmers Down on Tramps.
- Suspicious of Caller.
- Hobo Looks Like Business Man.
- Tramp An Artist.
- COLONIES FOR TRAMPS.
- Teaching Vagrants a Trade.
- Teaching Vagrants a Trade.
- WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE VAGRANT AND TRAMP?
- THE YOUNG CRIMINAL HOW HE IS BRED IN CHICAGO.
- Preventing Crime Better Than Cure.
- The End of the Gamin.
- Chicago Has Her Children.
- Graduate of the Streets.
- 10,000 Boys Worse Than Homeless.
- Schools for Pickpockets.
- Modern Boys Are Gamblers.
- Remedies Suggested by Some.
- Failure to Rule Children Makes Criminals.
- Respect Rights of Others.
- Reformatory After First Crime.
- Guide Child of Fifteen Carefully.
- Child Like a Plant.
- Rear Child in Love.
- The Greatest Reform Movement of the Day Is the Chicago Juvenile Court.
- Illinois in the Lead.
- WILES OF FORTUNE TELLING.
- FORTUNE TELLERS HAVE EXISTED SINCE RECORDS OF EVENTS BEGAN TO BE KEPT.
- Panderers to Depravity.
- Prognostications Are Vague.
- Predicts Like a Spellbinder.
- Warned of the Enemy.
- Predictions Change Little.
- Make Enough to Retire.
- Answers Questions for a Dollar.
- Married Two Wives; What Will Happen?
- Roomful of Patrons.
- Gets Pointers from Customer.
- Panderers to Depravity.
- Prognostications Are Vague.
- Predicts Like a Spellbinder.
- Warned of the Enemy.
- Predictions Change Little.
- Make Enough to Retire.
- Answers Questions for a Dollar.
- Married Two Wives; What Will Happen?
- Roomful of Patrons.
- Gets Pointers from Customer.
- SPOOKS RAIDED. DETECTIVES WOOLDRIDGE AND BARRY DESCEND ON A WEST SIDE MEDIUM'S PLACE.
- Plans Are Well Laid.
- Detectives Attend Service.
- Calling Up the Spirits.
- Spirits Begin to Move.
- Keys Up the Spectators.
- Wooldridge Takes a Hand.
- Women Refuse to Talk.
- Wooldridge Makes Ghost Walk in Police Court.
- "Spook" Wooldridge Demonstrates.
- Arrest South Side Mediums.
- Officer Serves Papers.
- Plans Are Well Laid.
- Detectives Attend Service.
- Calling Up the Spirits.
- Spirits Begin to Move.
- Keys Up the Spectators.
- Wooldridge Takes a Hand.
- Women Refuse to Talk.
- Wooldridge Makes Ghost Walk in Police Court.
- "Spook" Wooldridge Demonstrates.
- Arrest South Side Mediums.
- Officer Serves Papers.
- FORTUNE TELLERS HAVE EXISTED SINCE RECORDS OF EVENTS BEGAN TO BE KEPT.
- WIFE OR GALLOWS? PREFERS HANGING TO LIVING WITH HIS WIFE.
- Woman Was Robbed and Murdered.
- Devel Confesses to the Crime.
- Police Learn He is Not Guilty.
- Searching for Motive of Confession.
- A CLEVER SHOPLIFTER. DETECTIVE WOOLDRIDGE FINDS A FAIR CRIMINAL.
- Sleeps All Day; Makes Night Hideous.
- Stole $1,000 Worth of Goods in Two Days.
- Kept at South Bartonville Without Locks.
- History of "Fainting Bertha."
- Criticises the Linen Purchased by the State.
- Bertha Says Gunther Promised To Marry Her.
- Most Unruly Prisoner in Joliet.
- Penitentiary Glad to Be Rid of Her.
- Pale Blue Color Scheme of Bertha's Ward.
- Delighted at Chance of Going to Town.
- Took Pie and Candy Back "Home."
- Detention Record of "Fainting Bertha."
- FRONT.
- Stanley Field's Buggy.
- Fake Pride Leads to Crime.
- LAST CHANCE GONE.
- IDENTIFICATION BUREAU AIDED BY NATURE.
- Perfected in London.
- Perfected in London.
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING FINGER PRINTS.
- Scotland Yard Method.
- Most Positive Identification.
- Applied to Immigrants.
- Keep Bad Men Out of Service.
- Secure Prints of All Criminals.
- Finger Print System Furnishes Complete Identification.
- Broken Glass Proves Guilt.
- Important in Will Contests.
- How to Detect a Forger.
- Used in Ancient Times.
- Safeguard on Seals of Letters and Money Packages.
- Identifying Strangers.
- Signing Bonds and Stocks.
- Objects to Having Finger Impressions Recorded.
- Murder Revealed by Finger Prints.
- Sent to Gallows by Bloody Thumb Print.
- Government to Keep Watch on Criminals.
- Scotland Yard Method.
- Most Positive Identification.
- Applied to Immigrants.
- Keep Bad Men Out of Service.
- Secure Prints of All Criminals.
- Finger Print System Furnishes Complete Identification.
- Broken Glass Proves Guilt.
- Important in Will Contests.
- How to Detect a Forger.
- Used in Ancient Times.
- Safeguard on Seals of Letters and Money Packages.
- Identifying Strangers.
- Signing Bonds and Stocks.
- Objects to Having Finger Impressions Recorded.
- Murder Revealed by Finger Prints.
- Sent to Gallows by Bloody Thumb Print.
- Government to Keep Watch on Criminals.
- IDENTIFICATION BUREAU AIDED BY NATURE.
- BURGLARY A SCIENCE.
- ELECTRICITY NOW A FACTOR.
- Old-Time Strong Box.
- Jimmy Is Necessary.
- Scientific Burglary.
- Invent New Devices.
- Melts Hardest Steel.
- Tests with Electricity.
- Some Concrete Examples. Burglars Use Acetylene Flame to Open Safe Door.
- The Bank Sneak.
- Circus Day Brings a Harvest.
- Blinding Victim with Molasses.
- Rarely Use Pistols.
- The Lord Bond Robbery.
- One Man's Bold Operations.
- Hire a Band to Help Them.
- Importance of Being on Guard.
- Looked Like Coleman's Work.
- Diamonds Buried in Jar.
- Joe Killoran's Smooth Work.
- The Hotel Sneak. The Use of False Keys.
- Old-Time Strong Box.
- Jimmy Is Necessary.
- Scientific Burglary.
- Invent New Devices.
- Melts Hardest Steel.
- Tests with Electricity.
- Some Concrete Examples. Burglars Use Acetylene Flame to Open Safe Door.
- The Bank Sneak.
- Circus Day Brings a Harvest.
- Blinding Victim with Molasses.
- Rarely Use Pistols.
- The Lord Bond Robbery.
- One Man's Bold Operations.
- Hire a Band to Help Them.
- Importance of Being on Guard.
- Looked Like Coleman's Work.
- Diamonds Buried in Jar.
- Joe Killoran's Smooth Work.
- The Hotel Sneak. The Use of False Keys.
- ELECTRICITY NOW A FACTOR.
- CELL TERMS FOR "CON" MEN.
- FOUR ARE SENTENCED FOR LONG "GRAFT" RECORDS.
- Triumph for Wooldridge.
- Triumph for Wooldridge.
- FOUR ARE SENTENCED FOR LONG "GRAFT" RECORDS.
- PANEL HOUSE THIEVES.
- Must Have Pretty Woman.
- Male Accomplices Get Busy.
- The Photographic Catch.
- Scare Money Out of Victim.
- Blackmail the Wife as Well.
- "Bogus Detective" Game.
- Storekeeper Scamps.
- How Fake "Journalists" Work.
- Few "Beats" Among Reporters.
- The New York Way.
- Male Accomplices Get Busy.
- The Photographic Catch.
- Scare Money Out of Victim.
- Blackmail the Wife as Well.
- "Bogus Detective" Game.
- Storekeeper Scamps.
- How Fake "Journalists" Work.
- Few "Beats" Among Reporters.
- The New York Way.
- Must Have Pretty Woman.
- GAMBLING AND CRIME.
- BEST CURE FOR GAMBLING: TEACH PUPILS IN SCHOOL LAWS OF CHANCE.
- Why Gambling Makes Men Commit Crimes.
- No Basis for Livelihood.
- Temptation to Embezzle.
- How Commerce Condones Crime.
- Wherein Speculation Differs.
- When it Will Cease.
- Gambling Don't Pay.
- How to End Race-Track Gambling.
- Learn Early Not to Gamble; Teach Pupils Law of Chance.
- Public Lax; Gamblers Active.
- Are We Following Rome to the Pit?
- Fate's Cards Always Stacked.
- Children Throw Away Money.
- Confederates Used.
- Cheating Device in a Slot Machine.
- Why Gambling Makes Men Commit Crimes.
- No Basis for Livelihood.
- Temptation to Embezzle.
- How Commerce Condones Crime.
- Wherein Speculation Differs.
- When it Will Cease.
- Gambling Don't Pay.
- How to End Race-Track Gambling.
- Learn Early Not to Gamble; Teach Pupils Law of Chance.
- Public Lax; Gamblers Active.
- Are We Following Rome to the Pit?
- Fate's Cards Always Stacked.
- Children Throw Away Money.
- Confederates Used.
- Cheating Device in a Slot Machine.
- HOLD OUTS.
- Marked Cards.
- Cards Marked With Finger Nails.
- The Double Discard.
- Check Signs.
- Uses to Which a Pack of Cards May be Put.
- The Bill Hand.
- Toothpick or Cigar Signs.
- Marked Cards.
- Cards Marked With Finger Nails.
- The Double Discard.
- Check Signs.
- Uses to Which a Pack of Cards May be Put.
- The Bill Hand.
- Toothpick or Cigar Signs.
- GAMBLING DEVICE SWINDLE IN ARMY AND NAVY.
- Try to Corrupt School Boys.
- Forts Infected by Evil.
- Many Victims Suicides.
- Try to Corrupt School Boys.
- Forts Infected by Evil.
- Many Victims Suicides.
- KING DEATH.
- An Average of 200 Suicides a Year at Monte Carlo—Many Bodies Are Secretly Thrown Into Sea by Authorities of This, the World's Greatest Gambling House.
- Bodies Thrown in Ocean.
- Banish the Dead Broke.
- Bonapartes Big Stockholders.
- Prince Owns no Stock.
- Receives Enormous Income.
- Gambling Kings Go Broke; Often Die in the Poorhouse.
- Must Have Fortune to Invest.
- Story of One Gambler King.
- Dice, Faro and Roulette.
- More Nerve to Win Than Lose.
- An Average of 200 Suicides a Year at Monte Carlo—Many Bodies Are Secretly Thrown Into Sea by Authorities of This, the World's Greatest Gambling House.
- Bodies Thrown in Ocean.
- Banish the Dead Broke.
- Bonapartes Big Stockholders.
- Prince Owns no Stock.
- Receives Enormous Income.
- Gambling Kings Go Broke; Often Die in the Poorhouse.
- Must Have Fortune to Invest.
- Story of One Gambler King.
- Dice, Faro and Roulette.
- More Nerve to Win Than Lose.
- IT'S UP TO YOU, YOUNG MAN.
- BEST CURE FOR GAMBLING: TEACH PUPILS IN SCHOOL LAWS OF CHANCE.
- A HEARTLESS FRAUD.
- Swindler Jumps Bail.
- THE BOGUS MINE.
- Promoter's Word Valueless.
- Investigation Necessary.
- Keep Lists of Suckers.
- Pecksniffian Tears Delude.
- Difficult to Convict.
- Power of Uncle Sam.
- Wooldridge Finds Smooth Scheme.
- "Holy Moses" Rises?
- "Holy Moses" Falls.
- First Principles in Mining Purchases.
- A GIANT SWINDLE.
- Chicago Concerns Are Victims.
- Loses All of Savings.
- One Capitalized at $1,000,000.
- Sheriff in Charge of Affairs.
- List of Bogus Firms.
- Opened Many Bank Accounts.
- Offer Bond in a Settlement.
- Five Men Are Arrested by Detectives Wooldridge and Barry.
- Tool Tells Truth—Usher of Church in Crime Cloud.
- Cunningham Tells the Story.
- Bank Account Overdrawn.
- Offer of Bribe Alleged.
- Check "Kiters" Heavily Fined—George F. Johnston and C. F. McGuire Assessed $2,000 Each.
- QUACKS.
- Physic to the Dogs.
- Unnecessary Operations.
- Sleek and Unctuous Church Member.
- The "Optician" Fake.
- Consumption Cures.
- Human Ghouls.
- The Morphine Cure.
- Encouraging the Morphine Habit.
- The Cancer Cure.
- Patients from Everywhere.
- The Rupture Cure.
- Female Diseases.
- The Electric Belt Fraud.
- The Varicocele Cure.
- The "Nervous Debility Specialist."
- A Monumental Swindle.
- Blackmail an Adjunct.
- Swindler a "Dope" Fiend.
- Just Plain Fraud.
- FABULOUS LOSSES IN BIG TURF FRAUDS.
- "INVESTMENT" COMPANIES OF LAST FEW YEARS NETTED $10,162,000.
- Gigantic Turf Swindle.
- Get-Rich-Quick Schemes.
- Here Are Plausible Arguments.
- The Police, Aroused by Turf Swindlers, Raid and Close Up Their Places.
- Gigantic Turf Swindle.
- Get-Rich-Quick Schemes.
- Here Are Plausible Arguments.
- The Police, Aroused by Turf Swindlers, Raid and Close Up Their Places.
- FAKE TURFMEN INDICTED.
- Prey on Chicago Teachers.
- How Arnold Inspired Confidence.
- Prey on Chicago Teachers.
- How Arnold Inspired Confidence.
- "INVESTMENT" COMPANIES OF LAST FEW YEARS NETTED $10,162,000.
- FAKE DRUG VENDORS.
- A MOST DANGEROUS FORM OF RASCALITY.
- WHAT THE TEST SHOWED.
- DANGER TO THE PATIENT.
- HASTENED McKINLEY'S DEATH.
- LETTER FROM EDWARD A. KUEHMSTED, THE PRINCIPAL DEALER IN SPURIOUS DRUGS; IT IS SELF-EXPLANATORY.
- THE STATE LAWS COVERING THE FRAUDULENT ADULTERATION OF DRUGS AND MEDICINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE, READS AS FOLLOWS.
- BUCKET-SHOP.
- "Speculation" an Unmeaning Term.
- "Board of Trade" Falsely Blamed.
- What is a Bucket Shop.
- Ready to Make All Deals.
- Name Coined in London.
- Game Neatly Fixed.
- How the Suckers Are Skinned.
- Other "Fakes" "Boost" the Game.
- Big Dividend Promises False.
- "Outsider" Has No Chance.
- On Level with Lottery and Faro Bank.
- Open Gambling Under Ban.
- Open Door to Ruin.
- ON "SURE THINGS."
- HOW TO LEARN THEIR REAL CHARACTER.
- All "Brite & Fair."
- Dodge Uncle Sam and Conspiracy Laws.
- Wildcats Give Good Reference.
- HUGE SWINDLES BARED.
- $300,000,000 Capital.
- Did Heavy Business.
- Scheme of the Company.
- The Guarantee Co. Methods.
- Good Advice on "Guarantee."
- Do Booming Business.
- THE SOCIAL EVIL.
- America Follows Old Lines.
- Only Burned Orphan Asylum.
- Give All Honest Chance.
- Average Evil Life Very Short.
- Argument Against Segregation.
- Evil Not Necessary.
- Nobler Womanhood the Goal.
- SUPPRESS MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS—THEY ARE A CONSTANT MENACE TO LIFE AND GOOD ORDER.
- MADE SOLELY FOR UNLAWFUL USE—ENGENDER CRIME, INCREASE ACCIDENTS AND MAKE SUICIDE EASY—CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS A VICIOUS AND INEXCUSABLE HABIT.
- QUEERS THE TOWN.
- GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
- HOW THE WORTHLESS CERTIFICATE WORKS.
- Trying Their Hand at Life Insurance.
- Assurance Given Investors.
- Purchases "Guaranteed."
- WANT AD. FAKERS.
- THE PETTY DOLLAR SWINDLERS PUT OUT OF BUSINESS IN CHICAGO BY DETECTIVE CLIFTON R. WOOLDRIDGE.
- Home Work Scheme Catches Many.
- Money Charged for Fake "Outfits."
- A Smooth Scheme.
- Financial "Journal" Frauds.
- MILLIONAIRE BANKER AND BROKER ARRESTED.
- List of Branch Offices.
- Exclusive Offices for Lady Speculators.
- On the "Oil Exchange."
- Reasons Which Caused Investigation, Raid and Arrest.
- Wooldridge's Raid.
- Offices Filled with Patrons.
- Names of Prisoners Arrested.
- Crowd Gathers.
- "Red Letter" Well Known. Patrons Told They Would Not Lose If Advice Was Followed.
- Sullivan Has Record.
- DORA McDONALD.
- MILLION-DOLLAR GAMBLER'S WIFE ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
- Important Dates in Mrs. McDonald's Life Tragedy.
- Important Dates in Mrs. McDonald's Life Tragedy.
- No Witnesses of Killing.
- Woman Cut by Broken Glass.
- Mystery Too Much for Coroner.
- Friends Get Busy Quickly.
- Guerin's Life Story.
- Dora McDonald Divorced Wife of "Sam" Barclay.
- Beauty of West Side.
- Boy of 14 Enters.
- Stole Him as a Boy, Slew Him as a Man, Says Archie Guerin.
- Mike McDonald Deluded by Wife.
- Provides for the Defense.
- Dramatic Meeting of McDonald and First Wife.
- Trial Begins.
- Names of the Jury.
- Packed Courtroom.
- Dramatic Scene in Courtroom.
- Bloom Gone From Cheek.
- No Madness in Her Eyes.
- Traces of Siren Left.
- A "Sappho" and "Salome."
- Tragedy of a Soul in Poems of Passion by Dora McDonald.
- Written as Tragedy Approached.
- Poem Written on Date of the Guerin Tragedy.
- Tragedy of a Soul in Poems of Passion by Dora McDonald.
- Written as Tragedy Approached.
- Poem Written on Date of the Guerin Tragedy.
- "Kill Me If You Will," She Says in a Verse.
- Pearls Before Swine.
- Another Poem of Passion.
- Never Again.
- Pearls Before Swine.
- Another Poem of Passion.
- Never Again.
- Sought Vindication to Spare Her Aged Mother.
- Strong Defense by Lewis.
- Strikes Hard at Archie Guerin.
- O'Donnell Moves to Tears.
- Quotes the Gospel.
- Acquittal Creates Thrilling Scenes.
- Suspense Frightful.
- McDonald Jurors Tell of the Verdict.
- Woman Serene as Verdict is Read.
- The Vampire.
- MILLION-DOLLAR GAMBLER'S WIFE ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
- MIKE McDONALD.
- Begins Life as "Candy Butcher."
- Patriotic for a Price.
- Solved Gambling Problem.
- Once Ruled All Chicago.
- Near to Penitentiary.
- Case Finally "Fixed."
- Rises in His Profession.
- Throne in "The Store."
- The Big Courthouse "Job."
- Domestic Life Rough.
- Sam Barclay Tells "How Mike McDonald's Coin Won Dora Away."
- Opens Saloon in Chicago.
- Likely Lad of 200 Pounds.
- Nothing Like Real Love.
- Day of Harrison Funeral.
- Deep Game Well Played.
- Wife Gets Divorce.
- Second Wedding in Milwaukee.
- Induces Husband to Disinherit Son.
- The Sting and Curse of Ill-Gotten Money.
- WIFE NO. 1, WIDOW; NO. 2, REPUDIATED.
- Burial of "Mike" McDonald Serves to Open New Chapter in His Troubles—Old Scandals Denied.
- Mary Noonan Now Claims Innocence and Fights to Prove Divorce Illegal.
- First Wife Denies Charges.
- Repudiation of Second Wife.
- Church Not Interested in Will.
- Mrs. Mary McDonald Changed.
- Tells Her Story at Last.
- Says Charges Were Invented.
- No Chapel in House.
- Leaves Husband; Goes to Sister.
- Pawns Her Diamonds.
- Driven to Hide Identity.
- Opposed by Documents.
- Joint Letters in Evidence.
- Burial of "Mike" McDonald Serves to Open New Chapter in His Troubles—Old Scandals Denied.
- Mary Noonan Now Claims Innocence and Fights to Prove Divorce Illegal.
- First Wife Denies Charges.
- Repudiation of Second Wife.
- Church Not Interested in Will.
- Mrs. Mary McDonald Changed.
- Tells Her Story at Last.
- Says Charges Were Invented.
- No Chapel in House.
- Leaves Husband; Goes to Sister.
- Pawns Her Diamonds.
- Driven to Hide Identity.
- Opposed by Documents.
- Joint Letters in Evidence.
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