Author: James H. Collins
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A gripping retelling of an actual crime committed in New York city and first published in 1912. In the years between Sherlock Holmes and the the roaring 20s or prohibition era comes a true story told with bravado. We get insights into the new police methods being employed and an understanding of the growing problem of organised crime.
Wonderful insights into police procedure and politics of the early years of modern police detectives.
From the preface:
"There are several reasons for this little book, but the best of all is the main reason--that it is a cracking good story, and right out of life. The characters will be found interesting, and they are real people, every one of them. The incidents are full of action and color. The plot has mystery, surprise, interplay of mind and motive--had a novelist invented it, the reader might declare it improbable.
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The story gives an insight into real police methods. These are very different from the methods of the fiction detective, and also from the average citizen's idea of police work. They ought to be better known. When the public understands that there is nothing secret, tyrannical or dangerous in good police practice, and that our laws safeguard even the guilty against abuses, there will be helpful public opinion behind officers of the law, and we shall have a higher degree of order and security."
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