CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I EARLY LIFE

CHAPTER II BEGINNING A CAREER

CHAPTER III PERSISTING IN MISDEEDS

CHAPTER IV EFFECTS OF GAMBLING

CHAPTER V THE REFORM SCHOOL

CHAPTER VI ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE

CHAPTER VII DISCIPLINE

CHAPTER VIII LIFE IN PRISON

CHAPTER IX PRISON EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER X CRIMINAL CLASSES

CHAPTER XI SOME TYPES OF CROOKS

CHAPTER XII MORALS IN THE UNDERWORLD

CHAPTER XIII SYSTEMATIC LAWLESSNESS

CHAPTER XIV BETRAYAL AND ARREST

CHAPTER XV PECULIARITIES OF "YEGGS"

CHAPTER XVI CONCERNING PRISON MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER XVII MISTAKES OF A CHAPLAIN

CHAPTER XVIII CONTRACT LABOR

CHAPTER XIX PARDONED

CHAPTER XX DIFFICULTIES OF THE EX-PRISONER

CHAPTER XXI REFORMATION

CHAPTER XXII COMPARISONS

CHAPTER XXIII A PLEA FOR DISCHARGED PRISONERS

BY
WELLINGTON SCOTT

INTRODUCTION BY
LYNN HAROLD HOUGH

Copyright, 1916, by
WELLINGTON SCOTT