Arthur Griffiths

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

CHAPTER I THE GAOL FEVER

CHAPTER II THE REBUILDING OF NEWGATE

CHAPTER III CELEBRATED CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

CHAPTER IV NEWGATE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

CHAPTER V PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS

CHAPTER VI THE BEGINNING OF PRISON REFORM

CHAPTER VII INTERESTING INSTANCES

CHAPTER VIII NEWGATE NOTORIETIES

CHAPTER IX LATER RECORDS

CHAPTER X THE TOWER OF LONDON

The History and
Romance of
Crime

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES
TO THE PRESENT DAY

THE GROLIER SOCIETY

LONDON

by
MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
Late Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain

Author of
"The Mysteries of Police and Crime"
"Fifty Years of Public Service," etc.

In Two Volumes
Volume II

THE GROLIER SOCIETY

Limited to one thousand registered and numbered sets.

NUMBER 307