Criminals

duckdecoy

Clever Prison Escapes [published Feb. 24, 1884]

jpkntz October 16, 2023

The late darin’ escape and subsequent recapture of...

forgery

Huntington the Forger’s Moral Insanity [published Feb. 6, 1881]

jpkntz October 11, 2023

It is no doubt pretty nearly forgotten, that...

rulloff-brain-1

The Mind of Edward Ruloff, Polyglot Murderer [published Mar. 29, 1885]

jpkntz September 20, 2023

Irvin’ recently acted here in New York in...

eberhardfaber

The Robbery of Luther C. Bryant [published Apr. 12, 1885]

jpkntz September 18, 2023

Years ago there used to stand in front...

flogging

Spence Pettis, Dishonored Among Thieves [published Dec. 25, 1881]

jpkntz September 7, 2023

I have mentioned in the course of these...

heathscounterfeitdetector-1

Counterfeiter Drury Outwits His Double-Crossing Associate, Marcus Cicero Stanley [published July 12, 1885]

jpkntz August 24, 2023

Marcus Cicero Stanley, the mysterious, has gone to the...

lightbrigade

Col. Reeves of the Charge of the Six Hundred (charged) [published Aug. 7, 1881]

jpkntz August 21, 2023

Years ago, there lived a man in Brooklyn...

grandjury2

Reminiscences of the Grand Jury Room [published Feb. 18, 1883]

jpkntz August 10, 2023

Accordin’ to the latest developments, men, especially rich...

whiskeybarrel

A Mystery of the Old Brewery [published Sep. 16, 1883]

jpkntz July 31, 2023

The Old Brewery, in the old Five Points,...

billy1

Muddying the Origins of Billy the Kid [published July 31, 1881]

jpkntz July 27, 2023

Some fifteen years ago, while passin’ one day...