TO MY DEAR OLD MOTHER
AND
TO THE MEMORY OF MY SAINTED WIFE
THIS BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

PREFACE A KANSAS HELL CHAPTER I. MY INITIATION AND CRIME
CHAPTER II. THE COAL MINES
CHAPTER III. THE COAL MINES (Continued)
CHAPTER IV. THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE PRISON
CHAPTER V. SUNDAY IN THE PRISON
CHAPTER VI. SCENES IN THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER VII. ESCAPES FROM PRISON
CHAPTER VIII. THE PRISONERS
CHAPTER IX. FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN HELL
CHAPTER X. STOLEN HORSES
CHAPTER XI. CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE
CHAPTER XII. A DARK HOUR
CHAPTER XIII. FREEDOM
A MISSOURI HELL CHAPTER XIV. THE CONVICT'S HOME
CHAPTER XV. THE WORK OF THE CONVICT
CHAPTER XVI. THE MISSOURI PRISONERS
CHAPTER XVII. THE MISSOURI PRISONERS—(Continued)
CHAPTER XVIII. PRISON DISCIPLINE
CHAPTER XIX. NOTED CONVICTS
CHAPTER XX. THE EX-CONVICT