William Russell PREFACE. CONTENTS. Part I. THE GAMBLER. Part II. GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? Part III. X. Y. Z. Part IV. THE WIDOW. Part V. THE TWINS. Part VI. THE PURSUIT Part VII. LEGAL METAMORPHOSES. Part VIII. THE REVENGE. Part IX. MARY KINGSFORD. Part X. FLINT JACKSON. Sketches OF THE LONDON DETECTIVE FORCE, FROM DICKENS' "HOUSEHOLD WORDS." Part XI. THE MODERN SCIENCE OF THIEF-TAKING. Part XII. A DETECTIVE POLICE PARTY. Part XIII. THREE "DETECTIVE" ANECDOTES. THE PAIR OF GLOVES. Part XIV. THE MARTYRS OF CHANCERY. Part XV. LAW AT A LOW PRICE. Part XVI. THE LAW. Part XVII. THE DUTIES OF WITNESSES AND JURYMEN. Part XVIII. BANK-NOTE FORGERIES. CHAPTER I. Part XIX. THE DOOM OF ENGLISH WILLS. CATHEDRAL NUMBER ONE. Part XX. DISAPPEARANCES. Part XXI. LOADED DICE. Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed. Archaic spellings (i.e. secresy, envelop, etc.) have been retained. Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text. (etext transcriber's note)

THE

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OF A

POLICEMAN.

BY

T H O M A S   W A T E R S,
AN INSPECTOR OF THE LONDON DETECTIVE CORPS.


BOSTON:
THAYER AND ELDRIDGE,
114 & 116 WASHINGTON STREET.
1860.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
WENTWORTH AND COMPANY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.