Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . t. In the closing years of her mercantile career she was twicearrested for smuggling costly laces and jewelry into heradopted country, but escaped conviction in both instances, andcontinued to live in apparent affluence until her death in is doubtful if any fence has ever matched her in craft, andit is certain that few have been able to make such gains or tohold them even in exile. The portraits which we give on an accompanying page repre-sent four n
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . t. In the closing years of her mercantile career she was twicearrested for smuggling costly laces and jewelry into heradopted country, but escaped conviction in both instances, andcontinued to live in apparent affluence until her death in is doubtful if any fence has ever matched her in craft, andit is certain that few have been able to make such gains or tohold them even in exile. The portraits which we give on an accompanying page repre-sent four notorious and typical receivers. James H. Chaffee,who had in keeping the goods stolen by the burglar, Barrett,and fully described in a preceding chapter, represents that classof receivers who try to make money at both ends by imposingon honest purchasers and cheating the rogues who use them asagents. This practice might be lucrative if it was feasible, butit is apt to result, as in Chaffees case, in the exposure of theseknaves by the thieves as well as by the honest men. WhenBarrett became convinced that Chaffee was trying to pocket.
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