CHAPTER XXV
| SHARKS AND SHYSTERS OF OUR CRIMINAL COURTS Fallen on evil days—Robbing clients—Examples—Steerers and policemen—The City and District prisons—Grafting around Courts. | Page [206] |
CHAPTER XXVI.
| SCENES IN OUR POLICE COURTS The sorting Criminal Bureau—How crooks are gathered in the pens—The Magistrates’ Court—The shyster and ward heeler—The power of a pull—Examples—Mike Maguire—The drunks—Sunday morning at the Tombs Court—Small justice—Good Judges. | Page [213] |
CHAPTER XXVII.
| CROOKED CROOKS IN PRISONS Crime Committed in Penal Institutions Brilliant men in prison—Bold crooks—Dr. Robertson’s experience with crooks—Shep of New York—A big undertaking—His success—Counterfeiters in Auburn—Big discovery—Sent to Clinton Prison. | Page [219] |
CHAPTER XXVIII
| SCENES DURING VISITING HOURS IN THE TOMBS A polyglot assembly—Many nationalities—Pathetic scenes—The guilty son—The young woman—Mothers kneeling—The newsboy—Murderers’ Row—Negroes—Italians—Germans—The prisoner’s plaint. | Page [226] |
CHAPTER XXIX.
| DOES IMPRISONMENT REFORM? A hard question—Changing character—Cure for crime—Brooding over the past—Born crooks—Lines of circumvallation—Efforts made to reform—Evolution of prison reform—Needed reforms to-day—The greatest barrier. | Page [236] |