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Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World

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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CELL TERMS FOR "CON" MEN.
- FOUR ARE SENTENCED FOR LONG "GRAFT" RECORDS.
  - Triumph for Wooldridge.
- Triumph for Wooldridge.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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