The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . d 228 Tricks of Country Fair Fakers 247 Policy Shops and Their Haunts 253 Bung Loo, Chinese Lottery 256 Why Gambling Pays No One But the Gambler 259 The Pocket Roulette Wheel 268 Lotteries and Gift Enterprises 277 Gamblers Devices to Avoid Police Interference 272 Interests the Whole World 280 Honesty Is Not Machine Made 309 Where Woman Outshines Man 316 A Conspiracy Defeated 344 The Fake Employment Agent 348 Would Have Blown the Safe 356 Women Not Good Sleuths 359 Trimming Credulous Imbeciles 361 Get-Rich-Quick Enterprises Prosecuted 36
The grafters of America, who they are and how they work . d 228 Tricks of Country Fair Fakers 247 Policy Shops and Their Haunts 253 Bung Loo, Chinese Lottery 256 Why Gambling Pays No One But the Gambler 259 The Pocket Roulette Wheel 268 Lotteries and Gift Enterprises 277 Gamblers Devices to Avoid Police Interference 272 Interests the Whole World 280 Honesty Is Not Machine Made 309 Where Woman Outshines Man 316 A Conspiracy Defeated 344 The Fake Employment Agent 348 Would Have Blown the Safe 356 Women Not Good Sleuths 359 Trimming Credulous Imbeciles 361 Get-Rich-Quick Enterprises Prosecuted 368 Wire Tapping 379 The Bertillon System of Identification 403 The Finger-print System of Identification 413 Fake Doctors 423 Eye and Ear Quacks 431 Professional Safe-blowers and Their Methods of Work 439 Twice Stolen Property , 462 Charity Villainies ? 464 Ingenious Diamond Swindles 469 Humbug in Business 476 Counterfeit Money and Saw-dust Swindles .*? 479 A Colored Man Tells Judge and Jury a Thrilling Story of His Life 482 Forgery as a Profession 486. _ , OFFICE OP J. M. LONGENECKER, Attorney at Law. Chicago. February 26, R. Wooldridcr, Chicago. liL Dear Sir.—\ take great pleasure in say-ing that I have known you well, and duringmy term as states attorney of Cook county,there has never come to the courts a betterequipped police officer than you. I knowt that no man on the police force did his workwith as much zeal and efficiency as you, andthat you are a worthy man and officer in every respect and d«serve thecommendation of all good citizens. Very respectfully. LONCENECKRR. Q^r^uc^^^UM^ OFFICES OF KERN & BOTTUM,Attorneys. * Chicago. December 28, Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that 1 have knownClifton R. Wooldridge for seven years has been a police officer in the Chicagodepartment for a number of years, and duringmy term as states attorney of Cook county II have found him to be one of the most effi-cient officers in the department. He has
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