Fighting the underworld / Philip S. Van Cise.

Author
Van Cise, Philip S. (Philip Sidney), 1884- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1936.
Description
xii, 369 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Harvard medicine preservation microfilm project. Part 3 ; 04909. [More in this series]
Notes
Includes index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • The underworld organized
  • Running for office
  • Crime viewed by a police chief
  • Protection
  • Gamblers
  • Federal activities
  • Kanavuts the Greek
  • Anonymous letters
  • Planning the campaign
  • The gang starts south
  • Analyzing the enemy
  • The first waves of the offensive
  • Spies
  • Fixing
  • Uncle Sam's expert
  • Blonger smells a rat
  • A Western Front observation post
  • Prostitutes, bootleggers, and police
  • Information on the 'big store'
  • The red lights put out
  • Feints
  • The 'big store' stays closed
  • The 1922 fishing season
  • Orders for the attack
  • the three-time sucker
  • Norfleet fixes 'D' day and 'H' hour
  • The attack gets under way
  • The gang goes to church
  • 'Mopping up'
  • Captured documents
  • Skirmishes
  • Defense tactics
  • The con-men make two assaults
  • Wives
  • The stool pigeon
  • The tie-up
  • The boob bites
  • The blow-off
  • The underworld fights the 'rap'
  • Dictaphone gems
  • The writer of the anonymous letters
  • Bribery and gun-play
  • High spots of the trial
  • The case goes to the jury
  • The underworld survives
  • Addenda : [District attorney's force ; Headquarters force ; Car drivers ; Subscribers to fund ; State rangers ; Names of confidence-men arrested]
  • Glossary of terms used by the underworld.
LCCN
^^^36006891^
OCLC
265010
RCP
H - S
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