Secret Service; or, Recollections of a City Detective

When he came out of the gaol, like a blackguard as he was, he said to me, "You must not let the case go off at the next examination, because both you and I ought to have some co...

This barber had acquired a degree of influence over sterling, honest working men by his reputed incorruptibility to an extent that he would not otherwise have gained, so that it...

It will be enough to further state that the old creature made application for admission into the union workhouse, and that the relieving-officer investigated her case; that a re...

A communication had been made to the latter "gentleman according to Act of Parliament," the night before. It was a letter written by the fair spectator in the gallery of the cou...

A brief investigation of overlooked circumstances informed me that Mr. Franklin had "protected" a young woman, who, in consequence thereof, bore him two children. This attachmen...

Messrs. Clockwork and Rigid were astonished. They had not received any such cheque, although they had expected to receive one for such an amount from Mr. Crapp. They also knew t...

I was once employed to track an absconding bankrupt and hand him over to the tender mercies of a criminal court. There was nothing in the case, as it appeared on my instructions...

The porters were less philosophical. All their domestic and personal arrangements were planned on the theory of a week's wages on Friday, and no other day. The wives might have...

Mr. Keeling, after receiving this telegram, was very anxious to see the _Times_, which arrived in due course about mid-day. He sent to the railway station two or three times, an...

After I had been a week engaged in the effort to track the double culprit--having, let me frankly say, no clue by which I hoped to discover him--I was getting weary of the task,...

Tommy and his wife resolved that no expense should be spared over the defence. Mr. Swelling, of Gosport, who had been so very successful on former occasions, was again instructe...

A few years ago, and about fifteen miles from London, a gentleman named Freeling, returning from the village of A---- to the village of B----, a distance of only four miles, had...

About twelve years ago there was an election anticipated in the Borough of N----. It was a notorious place for bribery, as I, who have been professionally concerned in many elec...

She had no very high respect for Mr. Green's character,--yet she had no aversion to him. He was, indeed, one of those easy-going, even-natured men, who neither arouse affection...

A confusion and panic seized the few persons in the lower part of the building, and terror paralysed their efforts for a while. Moreover, they did not know that any persons were...

The wretched young man declared that he had never before been guilty of a dishonest act. This was, he solemnly protested, his first offence. His whole career had been blasted by...

When we met we were a little embarrassed. She was startled by the success of her former _ruse_ and concealment. I was disconcerted, if not somewhat humbled, by the then evident...

The committee-room was broken into and ransacked, and no little glee was excited when the strong-box was discovered. A fitful gleam of savage hope took possession of the discove...

At length the town of N---- was reached. As quietly and mysteriously as possible the vehicle was driven by the strangers, its occupants, up to the hotel of our opponent; and, af...

That eminent old lawyer, Lord Tenterden, had been, many long years ago, at the pains to provide a statutory immunity for people like Downey and Grabble. Mr. Brown, as an English...