| Author | Furlong, Thomas, 1844- |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 12013872 |
| Title | Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories |
| Alternate Title | 50 Years a Detective: Thirty-five Real Detective Stories |
| Contents | Preface -- Sidelights on the business -- The Preller murder case -- The big cotton swindle -- A remarkable case -- Tracing train wreckers -- "Moonshining" in the oil regions -- The capture of Wess Watts -- Solving a trunk mystery -- The Glencoe train robbery -- Running down the revolutionists -- A Dallas murder avenged -- The toughest of tough towns -- The Rohan Express robbery -- Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer -- Ticket forgers run down -- Conviction of John Collins -- Fred Erfert's fall from grace -- Battle with would-be bandits -- The great Pittsburg strike -- Murder of conductor Frazier -- Fight with a maniac -- Decoying a bad man -- Tragic death of Bill Casey -- Subduing a notorious bully -- A ruse that worked -- Charlie Dalton, outlaw -- Conspirators handed a lemon -- The big southwest strike -- Why I oppose rewards -- Why I am opposed to hanging -- A crooked doctor's crime -- Capture of a clever swindler -- Long hunt for a defaulter -- George Hersogg's downfall. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare |
| Subject | Crime -- United States |
| Subject | Detectives |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 58576 |
| Release Date | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 59 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Price | $0.00 |
