INTRODUCTION. By Rev. Madison C. Peters, D. D.
THANKS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CONTENTS.
FOREWORD Some Personal Experiences
CHAPTER I WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE TOMBS
CHAPTER II AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS PRISON
CHAPTER III MODERN EXCUSES FOR CRIME
CHAPTER IV HOW CRIMINALS ARE MADE
CHAPTER V THE SCIENTIFIC CRIMINAL
CHAPTER VI SOME FAMOUS TOMBS PRISONERS
CHAPTER VII THE DANGEROUS EDUCATED CROOK
CHAPTER VIII LEAVES FROM THE HISTORY OF A CHECKERED CAREER
CHAPTER IX THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CROOK
CHAPTER X WANDERING STARS AND BUZZARDS OF THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XI NOTED EXPERTS IN FORGERY
CHAPTER XII CHANGING THE GRAND JURY INTO A BUREAU OF CRIMINAL EXPERTS
CHAPTER XIII SCHOOLS OF CRIME
CHAPTER XIV YOUTHFUL DELINQUENTS AND THE CHILDREN'S COURT
CHAPTER XV THE ROD AS A REFORMATIVE AGENT IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUTHFUL LAW BREAKERS
CHAPTER XVI CRIME AMONG WOMEN
CHAPTER XVII THE STEAL OR STARVE UNFORTUNATES
CHAPTER XVIII HOW YOUNG MEN BREAK INTO PRISON
CHAPTER XIX OUR POLICE GUARDIANS
CHAPTER XX THE DETECTIVE BUREAU
CHAPTER XXI THE ROGUES GALLERY AND THE THIRD DEGREE
CHAPTER XXII THE CITY GANGS
CHAPTER XXIII CRIMINAL TRIALS AND THE GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW
CHAPTER XXIV CRIMINAL BRANCH OF THE SUPREME COURT
CHAPTER XXV SCENES IN OUR POLICE COURTS
CHAPTER XXVI SHARKS AND SHYSTERS OF OUR CRIMINAL COURTS
CHAPTER XXVII CROOKED CROOKS IN PRISON
CHAPTER XXVIII SCENES DURING VISITING HOURS IN THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXIX DOES IMPRISONMENT REFORM?
CHAPTER XXX STRONG DRINK AND CRIME
CHAPTER XXXI THE ANGELS OF THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXXII WEDDINGS IN THE TOMBS PRISON
CHAPTER XXXIII AFTER SENTENCE, WHAT?
CHAPTER XXXIV THE INFLICTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXXV A VISIT TO THE DEATH HOUSE AT SING SING
CHAPTER XXXVI A TRAMP COLONY
CHAPTER XXXVII THE COST OF CRIME IN GREATER NEW YORK
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE AGE OF GRAFT.
Title: The New York Tombs Inside and Out!
Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present. A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison.
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John J. Munro
Ex-chaplain of the Tombs.
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New York Tombs
Inside and Out!
Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the
Present.—A Story Stranger Than Fiction,
With an Historic Account of
America’s Most Famous
Prison.
By
JOHN JOSIAH MUNRO,
Ex-Chaplain of the Tombs.
(Illustrated)
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
Printed and Published by the Author,
at 186 Ainslie Street.
PRICE, $1.50.
Copyrighted, 1909,
by
John J. Munro,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Thomas J. Blain, printer,
PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.
