Excerpt from Criminals of America, or Tales of the Lives of Thieves: Enabling Every One to Be His Own Detective; With Portraits, Making a Complete Rogue's Gallery

What they look like, and how they work - The solo, duet, trio, and quartet distresing case - How a mother lost her only picture of a dead soldier-son - A robbery that cost a life.

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