CHAPTER V.
| THE SCIENTIFIC CRIMINAL The criminal product of the 20th century—A crook’s outfit—Criminal character—Beating the law—Anthropology—Lombroso as an authority on crime—Crime and the Nation—Repressive measures. | Page [50] |
CHAPTER VI.
| SOME FAMOUS TOMBS PRISONERS The irony of fate—The innocent and guilty—Monroe Edwards—Murderers’ Row—Scannel, Croker, Erastus Wyman, Ferdinand Ward, Buchanan, Carlyle Harris, Patrick and Thaw. | Page [57] |
CHAPTER VII
| THE DANGEROUS EDUCATED CROOK The fallacy that education cures crime—Moral training necessary—John Howard and education—Industry and crime—Elmira’s experience—Where the educated crook is dangerous—Examples. | Page [62] |
CHAPTER VIII.
| LEAVES FROM THE HISTORY OF A CHECKERED CAREER The remarkable confessions of one of the brightest, brainiest and smartest crooks of his day. How He Pardoned Himself Out of Prison Admits total depravity—His prayer—Serving time in a Coal Mine—Impersonating a clergyman—Feigning to be deaf and dumb—Bemoaning His sad condition. | Page [67] |
CHAPTER IX.
| THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CROOK How a Young Life Was Wrecked A New England ancestry—An indulgent mother—Idleness and bad company—The feelings of a guilty conscience—Work or crime, which?—State prison—Liberty—Again arrested—A new career in crime—Many burglaries. | Page [75] |