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Fighting the underworld / Philip S. Van Cise.
Author
Van Cise, Philip S. (Philip Sidney), 1884-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1936.
Description
xii, 369 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
Crime
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Colorado
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Denver
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Criminals
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Colorado
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Denver
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Series
Harvard medicine preservation microfilm project. Part 3 ; 04909.
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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.
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LCCN
^^^36006891^
OCLC
265010
RCP
H - S
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