Arthur Griffiths - Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3)

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Crime Distinguished from Law-breakingThe General Liability to CrimePreventive AgenciesPlan of the WorkDifferent Types of Murders and RobberiesCrime Developed by CivilisationThe Police the Shield and Buckler of SocietyDifficulty of Disappearing under Modern ConditionsThe Press an Aid to the Police: the Cases of Courvoisier, Mller, and LefroyThe Importance of Small CluesMan Measurement and Finger-PrintsStrong Scents as CluesVictims of Blind Chance: the Cases of Troppmann and PeaceSuperstitions of CriminalsDogs and other Animals as Adjuncts to the PoliceAustralian Blacks as Trackers: Instances of their Almost Superhuman SkillHow Criminals give themselves Away: the Murder of M. Delahache, the Stepney Murder, and other InstancesCases in which there is Strong but not Sufficient Evidence: the Great Coram Street and Burdell Murders: the Probable Identity of Jack the RipperUndiscovered Murders: the Rupprecht, Mary Rogers, Nathan, and other Cases: Similar Cases in India: the Button Crescent Murder: the Murder of Lieutenant RoperThe Balance in Favour of the Police

CHAPTER I.
Wrongful Convictions.

Judge Cambo, of MaltaThe DAngladesThe Murder of Lady MazelExecution of William Shaw for the Murder of his DaughterThe Sailmaker of Deal and the alleged Murder of a BoatswainBrunell, the InnkeeperDu Moulin, the Victim of a Gang of CoinersThe Famous Calas Case at ToulouseGross Perversion of Justice at NurembergThe Blue Dragoon

CHAPTER II.
Cases of Disputed or Mistaken Identity.

Lesurques and the Robbery of the Lyons MailThe Champignelles MysteryJudge Garrows StoryAn Imposition practised at York AssizesA Husband claimed by Two WivesA Milwaukee MysteryA Scottish CaseThe Kingswood Rectory MurderThe Cannon Street MurderA Narrow Escape

CHAPTER III.
Problematical Errors.

Captain Donellan and the Poisoning of Sir Theodosius Boughton: Donellans Suspicious Conduct: Evidence of John Hunter, the great Surgeon: Sir James Stephens View: Corroborative Story from his FatherThe Lafarge Case: Madame Lafarge and the Cakes: Doctors differ as to Presence of Arsenic in the Remains: Possible Guilt of Denis Barbier: Madame Lafarges Condemnation: Pardoned by Napoleon III.Charge against Madame Lafarge of stealing a School Friends Jewels: Her Defence: ConvictionMadeleine Smith charged with Poisoning her Fianc: Not Proven: the Latest FactsThe Wharton-Ketchum Case in Baltimore, U.S.A.The Story of the Perrys

CHAPTER IV.
Police Mistakes.

The Saffron Hill Murder: Narrow Escape of Pellizioni: Two Men in Newgate for the same OffenceThe Murder of Constable CockThe Edlingham Burglary: Arrest, Trial, and Conviction of Brannagan and Murphy: Severity of Judge Manisty: A new Trial: Brannagan and Murphy Pardoned and Compensated: Survivors of the Police Prosecutors put on their Trial, but AcquittedLord Cochranes Case: His Tardy Rehabilitation

CHAPTER V.
Early Police: France.

Origin of PoliceDefinitionsFirst Police in FranceCharles V.Louis XIV.The Lieutenant-General of Police: His Functions and PowersLa Reynie: His Energetic Measures against Crime: As a Censor of the Press: His Steps to Check Gambling and Cheating at Games of ChanceLa Reynies Successors: the DArgensons, Hrault, DOmbrval, BerryerThe Famous de SartinesTwo Instances of his OmniscienceLenoir and EspionageDe Crosne, the last and most feeble Lieutenant-General of PoliceThe Story of the Bookseller BlaziotPolice under the Directory and the EmpireFouch: His Beginnings and First Chances: A Born Police Officer: His Rise and FallGeneral Savary: His Character: How he organised his Service of Spies: His humiliating Failure in the Conspiracy of General MaletFouchs return to Power: Some Views of his Character

CHAPTER VI.
Early Police (continued): England .

Early Police in EnglandEdward I.s ActElizabeths Act for WestminsterActs of George II. and George III.State of London towards the End of the Eighteenth CenturyGambling and Lottery OfficesRobberies on the River ThamesReceiversCoinersThe Fieldings as MagistratesThe Horse PatrolBow Street and its Runners: Townsend, Vickery, and othersBlood MoneyTyburn TicketsNegotiations with Thieves to recover stolen PropertySayerGeorge RuthvenSerjeant Ballantine on the Bow Street Runners compared with modern Detectives

CHAPTER VII.
Modern Police: London.

The New Police introduced by PeelThe System supported by the Duke of WellingtonOpposition from the VestriesBrief Account of the Metropolitan Police: Its Uses and ServicesThe River PoliceThe City PoliceExtra Police ServicesThe Provincial Police

CHAPTER VIII.
Modern Police (continued): Paris .

The Spy System under the Second EmpireThe Manufacture of DossiersM. Andrieux receives his own on being appointed PrefectThe Clerical Police of ParisThe Sergents de VilleThe Six Central BrigadesThe Cabmen of Paris, and how they are kept in OrderStories of Honest and of Dishonest CabmenDetectives and SpiesNewspaper Attacks upon the PoliceTheir General Character

CHAPTER IX.
Modern Police (continued): New York .

Greater New YorkDespotic Position of the MayorConstitution of the Police ForceDr. Parkhursts IndictmentThe Lexow Commission and its ReportPolice Abuses: Blackmail, Brutality, Collusion with Criminals, Electoral Corruption, the Sale of Appointments and PromotionsExcellence of the Detective BureauThe Black Museum of New YorkThe Identification DepartmentEffective Control of Crime

CHAPTER X.
Modern Police (continued): Russia .

Mr. Salas Indictment of the Russian PoliceTheir Wide-reaching FunctionsInstances of Police StupidityWhy Sala Avoided the PoliceVon H and his SpoonsHerr Jerrmanns ExperiencesPerovsky, the Reforming Minister of the InteriorThe Regular PoliceA Rural Policemans Visit to a Peasants HouseThe State PoliceThe Third SectionAttacks upon Generals Mezentzoff and DrentelnThe Paris Box of PillsSympathisers with Nihilism: An Invaluable AllyLeroy Beaulieu on the Police of RussiaIts Ignorance and Inadequate PayThe Case of Vera ZassoulichThe Passport System: How it is Evaded and Abused: Its Oppressiveness