Chapter L: I. ZIEGLER, Superintendent, Cincinnati, O

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J. E. SMITH, Superintendent, Houston, Tex.

Correspondents and Resident Operatives in all the principal cities
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This Company furnishes competent and reliable operatives to
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legitimate detective work.

We do not handle divorce cases or work for rewards.

CONTENTS

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Preface 3

Sidelights on the Business 5

The Preller Murder Case (_Illustrated_) 9

The Big Cotton Swindle 39

A Remarkable Case (_Illustrated_) 66

Tracing Train Wreckers (_Illustrated_) 76

"Moonshining" in the Oil Regions (_Illustrated_) 91

The Capture of Wess Watts (_Illustrated_) 98

Solving a Trunk Mystery (_Illustrated_) 123

The Glencoe Train Robbery (_Illustrated_) 130

Running Down the Revolutionists 137

A Dallas Murder Avenged 148

The Toughest of Tough Towns (_Illustrated_) 162

The Rohan Express Robbery 180

Arrest of Lawrence Poyneer (_Illustrated_) 190

Ticket Forgers Run Down 193

Conviction of John Collins (_Illustrated_) 198

Fred Erfert's Fall From Grace 207

Battle With Would-Be Bandits 219

The Great Pittsburg Strike 229

Murder of Conductor Frazier 238

Fight With a Maniac 249

Decoying a Bad Man (_Illustrated_) 252

Tragic Death of Bill Casey 269

Subduing a Notorious Bully 279

A Ruse That Worked 285

Charlie Dalton, Outlaw 293

Conspirators Handed a Lemon 297

The Big Southwest Strike (_Illustrated_) 306

Why I Oppose Rewards 328

Why I Am Opposed to Hanging 330

A Crooked Doctor's Crime 332

Capture of a Clever Swindler 336

Long Hunt for a Defaulter 343

George Hersogg's Downfall 349

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