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MYSTERIES OF POLICE
AND CRIME
Mysteries
OF
Police and Crime
BY
Major ARTHUR GRIFFITHS
FORMERLY ONE OF H.M. INSPECTORS OF PRISONS; JOHN HOWARD GOLD
MEDALLIST; AUTHOR OF “MEMORIALS OF MILLBANK,” “CHRONICLES OF
NEWGATE,” ETC.
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I.
SPECIAL EDITION
CASSELL AND COMPANY, Limited
LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS.
[Part I]. | |
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Crime Distinguished from Law-breaking—The General Liability to Crime—PreventiveAgencies—Plan of the Work—Different Types of Murders and Robberies—CrimeDeveloped by Civilisation—The Police the Shield and Buckler of Society—Difficultyof Disappearing under Modern Conditions—The Press an Aid to the Police: theCases of Courvoisier, Müller, and Lefroy—The Importance of Small Clues—“ManMeasurement” and Finger-Prints—Strong Scents as Clues—Victims of BlindChance: the Cases of Troppmann and Peace—Superstitions of Criminals—Dogsand other Animals as Adjuncts to the Police—Australian Blacks as Trackers:Instances of their Almost Superhuman Skill—How Criminals give themselvesAway: the Murder of M. Delahache, the Stepney Murder, and other Instances—Casesin which there is Strong but not Sufficient Evidence: the Great Coram Streetand Burdell Murders: the Probable Identity of “Jack the Ripper”—UndiscoveredMurders: the Rupprecht, Mary Rogers, Nathan, and other Cases: Similar Casesin India: the Button Crescent Murder: the Murder of Lieutenant Roper—TheBalance in Favour of the Police | |
[Part II]. | |
Judge Cambo, of Malta—The D’Anglades—The Murder of Lady Mazel—Execution ofWilliam Shaw for the Murder of his Daughter—The Sailmaker of Deal and thealleged Murder of a Boatswain—Brunell, the Innkeeper—Du Moulin, the Victimof a Gang of Coiners—The Famous Calas Case at Toulouse—Gross Perversionof Justice at Nuremberg—The Blue Dragoon | |
Lesurques and the Robbery of the Lyons Mail—The Champignelles Mystery—JudgeGarrow’s Story—An Imposition practised at York Assizes—A Husband claimed byTwo Wives—A Milwaukee Mystery—A Scottish Case—The Kingswood RectoryMurder—The Cannon Street Murder—A Narrow Escape | |
Captain Donellan and the Poisoning of Sir Theodosius Boughton: Donellan’s SuspiciousConduct: Evidence of John Hunter, the great Surgeon: Sir James Stephen’sView: Corroborative Story from his Father—The Lafarge Case: Madame Lafargeand the Cakes: Doctors differ as to Presence of Arsenic in the Remains: PossibleGuilt of Denis Barbier: Madame Lafarge’s Condemnation: Pardoned by NapoleonIII.—Charge against Madame Lafarge of stealing a School Friend’s Jewels: HerDefence: Conviction—Madeleine Smith charged with Poisoning her Fiancé: “NotProven”: the Latest Facts—The Wharton-Ketchum Case in Baltimore, U.S.A.—TheStory of the Perrys | |
The Saffron Hill Murder: Narrow Escape of Pellizioni: Two Men in Newgate for thesame Offence—The Murder of Constable Cock—The Edlingham Burglary: Arrest,Trial, and Conviction of Brannagan and Murphy: Severity of Judge Manisty:A new Trial: Brannagan and Murphy Pardoned and Compensated: Survivors ofthe Police Prosecutors put on their Trial, but Acquitted—Lord Cochrane’s Case:His Tardy Rehabilitation | |
[Part III]. | |
Origin of Police—Definitions—First Police in France—Charles V.—Louis XIV.—TheLieutenant-General of Police: His Functions and Powers—La Reynie: HisEnergetic Measures against Crime: As a Censor of the Press: His Steps to CheckGambling and Cheating at Games of Chance—La Reynie’s Successors: theD’Argensons, Hérault, D’Ombréval, Berryer—The Famous de Sartines—Two Instancesof his Omniscience—Lenoir and Espionage—De Crosne, the last and mostfeeble Lieutenant-General of Police—The Story of the Bookseller Blaziot—Policeunder the Directory and the Empire—Fouché: His Beginnings and First Chances:A Born Police Officer: His Rise and Fall—General Savary: His Character:How he organised his Service of Spies: His humiliating Failure in the Conspiracyof General Malet—Fouché’s return to Power: Some Views of his Character | |
Early Police in England—Edward I.’s Act—Elizabeth’s Act for Westminster—Acts ofGeorge II. and George III.—State of London towards the End of the EighteenthCentury—Gambling and Lottery Offices—Robberies on the River Thames—Receivers—Coiners—TheFieldings as Magistrates—The Horse Patrol—Bow Streetand its Runners: Townsend, Vickery, and others—Blood Money—Tyburn Tickets—Negotiationswith Thieves to recover stolen Property—Sayer—George Ruthven—SerjeantBallantine on the Bow Street Runners compared with modern Detectives | |
The “New Police” introduced by Peel—The System supported by the Duke ofWellington—Opposition from the Vestries—Brief Account of the MetropolitanPolice: Its Uses and Services—The River Police—The City Police—Extra PoliceServices—The Provincial Police | |
The Spy System under the Second Empire—The Manufacture of Dossiers—M. Andrieuxreceives his own on being appointed Prefect—The Clerical Police of Paris—TheSergents de Ville—The Six Central Brigades—The Cabmen of Paris, and how theyare kept in Order—Stories of Honest and of Dishonest Cabmen—Detectives andSpies—Newspaper Attacks upon the Police—Their General Character | |
Greater New York—Despotic Position of the Mayor—Constitution of the Police Force—Dr.Parkhurst’s Indictment—The Lexow Commission and its Report—PoliceAbuses: Blackmail, Brutality, Collusion with Criminals, Electoral Corruption, theSale of Appointments and Promotions—Excellence of the Detective Bureau—TheBlack Museum of New York—The Identification Department—Effective Controlof Crime | |
Mr. Sala’s Indictment of the Russian Police—Their Wide-reaching Functions—Instancesof Police Stupidity—Why Sala Avoided the Police—Von H—— and hisSpoons—Herr Jerrmann’s Experiences—Perovsky, the Reforming Minister of theInterior—The Regular Police—A Rural Policeman’s Visit to a Peasant’s House—TheState Police—The Third Section—Attacks upon Generals Mezentzoff andDrenteln—The “Paris Box of Pills”—Sympathisers with Nihilism: An InvaluableAlly—Leroy Beaulieu on the Police of Russia—Its Ignorance and Inadequate Pay—TheCase of Vera Zassoulich—The Passport System: How it is Evaded andAbused: Its Oppressiveness | |
The New System Compared with the Old—Early Difficulties Gradually Overcome—TheVillage Police in India—Discreditable Methods under the Old System—Torture,Judicial and Extra-Judicial—Native Dislike of Police Proceedings—Cases of MenConfessing to Crimes of which they were Innocent—A Mysterious Case of Theft—Trumped-upCharges of Murder—Simulating Suicide—An Infallible Test ofDeath—The Paternal Duties of the Police—The Native Policeman Badly Paid | |
The Detective in Fiction and in Fact—Early Detection—Case of Lady Ivy—ThomasChandler—Mackoull, and how he was run down by a Scots Solicitor—Vidocq:his Early Life, Police Services, and End—French Detectives generally—AmicableRelations between French and English Detectives | |
English Detectives—Early Prejudices against them Lived Down—The late Mr. Williamson—InspectorMelville—Sir C. Howard Vincent—Dr. Anderson—Mr.Macnaghten—Mr. McWilliam and the Detectives of the City Police—A CountryDetective’s Experiences—Allan Pinkerton’s first Essay in Detection—The PrivateInquiry Agent and the Lengths to which he will go | |
[Part IV]. | |
Recurrence of Criminal Types—Heredity and Congenital Instinct—The Jukes andother Families of Criminals—John Hatfield—Anthelme Collet’s Amazing Careerof Fraud—The Story of Pierre Cognard: Count Pontis de St. Hélène: Recognisedby an old Convict Comrade: Sent to the Galleys for Life—Major Semple: Hismany Vicissitudes in Foreign Armies: Thief and Begging-Letter Writer: Transportedto Botany Bay | |
Richard Coster—Sheridan, the American Bank Thief—Jack Canter—The FrenchmanAllmayer, a typical Nineteenth Century Swindler—Paraf—The Tammany Frauds—Burton,alias Count von Havard—Dr. Vivian, a bogus Millionaire Bridegroom—MockClergymen: Dr. Berrington: Dr. Keatinge—Harry Benson, a Prince ofSwindlers: The Scotland Yard Detectives suborned: Benson’s Adventures afterhis Release: Commits Suicide in the Tombs Prison—Max Shinburn and hisFeats | |
Criminal Women Worse than Criminal Men—Bell Star—Comtesse Sandor—MotherM——, the Famous Female Receiver of Stolen Goods—The “German Princess”—JennyDiver—The Baroness de Menckwitz—Emily Lawrence—Louisa Miles—Mrs.Gordon-Baillie: Her Dashing Career: Becomes Mrs. Percival Frost: theCrofters’ Friend: Triumphal Visit to the Antipodes: Extensive Frauds on Tradesmen:Sentenced to Penal Servitude—A Viennese Impostor—Big Bertha, the“Confidence Queen” | |
Part I.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF CRIME AND ITS DETECTION.
Crime Distinguished from Law-breaking—The General Liability to Crime—Preventive Agencies—Plan of the Work—Different Types of Murders and Robberies—Crime Developed by Civilisation—The Police the Shield and Buckler of Society—Difficulty of Disappearing under Modern Conditions—The Press an Aid to the Police: the Cases of Courvoisier, Müller, and Lefroy—The Importance of Small Clues—“Man Measurement” and Finger-Prints—Strong Scents as Clues—Victims of Blind Chance: the Cases of Troppmann and Peace—Superstitions of Criminals—Dogs and other Animals as Adjuncts to the Police—Australian Blacks as Trackers: Instances of their Almost Superhuman Skill—How Criminals give themselves Away: the Murder of M. Delahache, the Stepney Murder, and other Instances—Cases in which there is Strong but not Sufficient Evidence: the Burdell and Various Other Murders: the Probable Identity of “Jack the Ripper”—Undiscovered Murders: the Rupprecht, Mary Rogers, Nathan, and other Cases: Similar Cases in India: the Burton Crescent Murder: the Murder of Lieutenant Roper—The Balance in Favour of the Police.