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Why Crime Does Not Pay
Table of Contents
- Introduction 9
- Chapter I 15
- How I Began My Career Of Crime 15
- Arrested For Picking Pockets 18
- A Thief From The Cradle 21
- My Escape From Sing Sing 26
- I See Why Crime Does Not Pay 31
- For My Children's Sake 36
- A Mother's Love Wins At Last 39
- How I Planned A Bank Robbery 48
- What Delayed Our Plans 52
- We Get Our Plunder 58
- Chapter II 63
- Raymond's First Crimes 67
- Ambitious To Be A Bank Burglar 70
- Robbing The Boylston Bank 73
- Robbing The Boylston Bank 75
- Raymond's Great Disappointment 80
- Planning The Gainsborough Robbery 84
- How The Great Masterpiece Was Stolen 89
- Pat Sheedy's Part 96
- Raymond And His Yacht 100
- Raymond's Expert On Safe Cracking 103
- Treachery And Tragedy 108
- Chapter III 112
- Planning Lyons's Escape 115
- "Red" Leary Lends Aid 119
- The Prison Bell Sounds Alarm 125
- Ned Lyons In Disguise 130
- An Easy Bank Robbery 138
- How Bullard Got Out 143
- "Sheeney Mike's" Escape 148
- Horrors Worse Than Death 157
- Chapter IV 163
- Women Criminals Of Extraordinary Ability With Whom I Was In Partnership 163
- We Plan To Start A Bank 166
- I Enter "High Finance" 170
- How We Fooled The Public 176
- Our Banking Bubble Bursts 182
- How I Escaped Arrest 189
- Mrs. Gardner's Clever Scheme 195
- Swindling One Doctor A Day 201
- There Stood A Splendid Carriage Drawn By A Pair Of Prancing Horses 206
- Our Experience In London 209
- Chapter V 218
- How I Faced Death, How My Husband Was Shot, And Some Narrow Escapes Of My Companions 218
- How We Robbed A Store 223
- My Husband Is Shot 227
- What Came Of Our Crimes 233
- A Banker Hires Us To Rob 238
- Boring Into The Bank Vault 244
- My Comrade's Narrow Escape 249
- We Get The Bank's Money 253
- Facing A Lynching Mob 256
- How I Saved Tom's Life 261
- Chapter VI 270
- Stalking The Watchman 274
- Nugent, The Policeman-burglar 281
- Opening The Great Vault 287
- A Tip To The Police 290
- The Night Before 295
- Consultation In The Dark 298
- Fooling The Patrolman 304
- The Janitor's Escape 309
- The Weak Spot 312
- The Watchman's Confession 317
- The Stolen Securities 318
- Hunting Down The Gang 320
- Chapter VII 323
- Soon After Midnight A Strange Scene Was Enacted 335
- Chapter VIII 345
- Queen Of The Thieves 348
- Encouraging Pickpockets 352
- Robbing Tiffany 362
- Dry Goods Store Thieves 367
- The Secret Of The Chimney 370
- "Mother's" Glass House 373
- Grady The Daring 378
- Steam-drill Burglary 381
- Grady's Romantic Death 386
- Creed Of The "Fences" 389
- Shinburn And The "Fence" 393
- He Turns Burglar Again 395
- Chapter IX 399
- Surprising Methods Of The Thieves Who Work Only During Business Hours And Walk Away With Thousands Of Dollars Under The Very Eyes Of The Bank Officials 400
- Posing As A Wealthy Crippled Old Widow 413
- Chapter X 422
- Surprised By A Sleep Walker. 435
- As The Door Opened Stain And Barron Came Face To Face 442
- Chapter XI 447
- I Felt A Hand On My Shoulder 462
- Chapter XII 467
- Good Deeds Which Criminals Do And Which Show That Even The Worst Thief Is Never Wholly Bad 468
- Sophie Lyons. 490
- An Interview With Sophie Lyons 491
- Sophie Lyons Aids Evicted Family 496
- Sophie Lyons Returns 501
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