The New York Tombs Inside and Out! Scenes and Reminiscences Coming Down to the Present. A Story Stranger Than Fiction, with an Historic Account of America's Most Famous Prison.

CHAPTER XXI.

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THE ROGUES’ GALLERY AND THE THIRD DEGREE Page 179

The Gallery—Measurement of crooks—Clippings—Up to date records—Arrests last year—Curiosities of crime—Mugging crooks—The third degree, what is it—Inspector Byrnes and Jake Sharp—The third degree in Germany.