PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

List of Illustrations.

PUBLISHERS' INTRODUCTION.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.

THE ORGAN-GRINDERS.

MACK AND THE VETERAN.

LOST IN THE STREETS.

AMONG THE "SHARKS."

A SMART YOUNG MAN.

A SUSPECTED CALIFORNIA MURDERER.

EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEITING.

THE GAMBLER'S WAX FINGER.

LOTTERY TICKET, No. 1710.

LEWELLYN PAYNE AND THE COUNTERFEITERS.

THE GENEALOGICAL SWINDLERS.

HATTIE NEWBERRY, THE VERMONT BEAUTY.

ABOUT BOGUS LOTTERIES.

THE BORROWED DIAMOND RING.

THE MYSTERY AT NO. 89 STREET, NEW YORK.

THE SORCERESS' TRICK, AND HOW SHE WAS CAUGHT.

THE DISHONEST CLERK, AND THE FATAL SLIP OF PAPER.

THE THOUSAND DOLLAR LESSON.

THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING.

A FORCED-MARRIAGE SCHEME DEFEATED.

THE MARKED BILLS.

THE COOL-BLOODED GOLD ROBBER, AND THE WAY HE WAS TRACKED.

USD1,250,000, OR THE PRIVATE MARK.

WILLIAM ROBERTS AND HIS FORGERIES.

OLD MR. ALVORD'S LAST WILL.

THE CONFIDENTIAL CLERK.

THE PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS.

COLONEL NOVENA, THE PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: A KNOT STILL UNTIED.

THE COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATORS.

THE DETECTIVE SYSTEM.

Transcriber's Note

Transcriber's Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.