German and Austrian Prisons Prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary; the Fortresses of Magdeburg and Spielberg

Two barons Von der Trenck--Friedrich a cornet of the Gardes du Corps--Favoured by the Princess Amelia--Incurs the displeasure of Frederick the Great--Sent to the fortress of Gla...

James Thalreuter or the “False Prince”--A notorious swindler--His early life and education--Adopted by the Stromwalters--Pledges their credit and robs their safe--Forges letter...

Karl Grosjean alias Grandisson--His residence in Heidelberg--Occupation unknown--Suspicion aroused--Letters seized by the postal authorities--Grosjean arrested in Berlin and imp...

The Bruchsal in Baden--The Moabit in Berlin, the prison Stein--Penal methods in force--Adoption of solitary confinement not universally accepted--Bruchsal opened in 1848--Penal...

Andrew Bichel, the German “Jack the ripper,” murders many women for their clothes--John Paul Forster murders a corn-chandler in Nürnberg and his maid-servant--Mysterious circums...

The biography of a German tramp--Miserable and neglected childhood--Becomes a professional beggar and thief--Committed to an industrial school--Joins a fraternity of beggars and...

Extracts from the experiences of a Bavarian prison chaplain--Life history of a notorious criminal, Joseph Schenk--Early crimes--Kaiserslautern, “The Crescent Moon” prison--Schen...

Famous female poisoners--This crime not so prevalent in Germany as in southern countries--Frau Ursinus--Her early history--Mysterious deaths of her husband and aunt--Attempted m...

Brigandage a great scourge in Eastern Europe--The Hungarian brigand a popular hero--The “poor fellows” and the “betyars” or brigands on a large scale--Their methods and appearan...

Spielberg for many centuries Imperial State prison--Its situation--Originally the castle of the ruling lords of Moravia--Silvio Pellico imprisoned there--Also Franz von der Tren...