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by David J. Cook

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  1. 1Epigraph — General David J. Cook
  2. 2Chapter I — An Interesting Bit of Colorado History Never Before Pri…
  3. 3Chapter II — The Whole Country Aroused…
  4. 4Chapter III — They Are Started to Fort Lyon…
  5. 5Chapter IV
  6. 6Chapter V — Bold, Reckless, Johnny van Pelt Assists a Friend to Esc…
  7. 7Chapter VI — Two Drunken Negro Holdups Murder Street Car Driver Joe…
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Italian Murders…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Pursuit of the Italian Murderers by the Detective As…
  10. 10Chapter IX — On Gallotti’s Track…
  11. 11Chapter X — The Italian Murderers Tell the Story of the Crime…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Trials of the Italians…
  13. 13Chapter XII
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Feeling Aroused by the Robbery of Judge Brooks…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Lynching of Musgrove by the Denver Populace…
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Last of the Musgrove Gang…
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Robbery of the Exchange Bank…
  18. 18Chapter XVII
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Chasing the Hayward Murderers…
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Seminole’s Confession…
  21. 21Chapter XX — Stirring Close of the Hayward Story…
  22. 22Chapter XXI
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Detective Arnold “Smells a Mice”…
  24. 24Chapter XXIV — A Foul Murder on Dry Creek, in Douglas County…
  25. 25Chapter XXV — The Mystery Unraveling…
  26. 26Chapter XXVI — Wight’s Complicity Fully Established…
  27. 27Chapter XXVII
  28. 28Chapter XXIII — C. P. Judd, Thief and Jailbird, Pulls the Wool Over…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — L. P. Griswold and His Denver Experience…
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Arrest of Griswold…
  31. 31Chapter XXX
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Lively Times of ’76…
  33. 33Chapter XXXII
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Big Sums of Money Carried Through Thief-Infested D…
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Theodore Meyers and the Tragedy of 1871-3…
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — On the Track of the Assassin…
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Mrs. Newton’s Astonishing Recovery…
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Saeger Appears in Denver Under an Assumed Name…
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Fred Welcome, a Fugitive Criminal From Utah, Appear…
  41. 41Chapter XL — Investigating the Turner Murder…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Brought to Justice at Last…
  43. 43Chapter XLII — A San Juan Fiddler in the Role of Romeo…
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — Horse-Stealing in the Early Days…
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — The Fugitives Surprised…
  46. 46Chapter XLV — A Georgetown Sensation…
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — Schamle’s Return to Georgetown…
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — Charles H…
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — The Officers in Charge of Foulk Stopped by a Local…
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — A Tragedy on the Union Pacific in ’68…
  51. 51Chapter L — A Long and Perilous Ride…
  52. 52Chapter LI — Gen. Cook Deals Out Justice to Both the Strikers and T…
  53. 53Chapter LII
  54. 54Chapter LIII — John Doen, a Deserter, Steals a Horse From Rufus Cla…
  55. 55Chapter LIV — Bill White, a Canada Crook, and “Handsome” Larnigan A…
  56. 56Chapter LV — White’s Escape to Denver…
  57. 57Chapter LVI — The Murder of “Cheap John” in Denver in 1866…
  58. 58Chapter LVII — Wholesale Thieving From the Kansas Pacific Railroad…
  59. 59Chapter LVIII — A Murderer From Mississippi in Colorado…
  60. 60Chapter LIX
  61. 61Chapter LX — The Story of Clodfelter and Johnson, Who Shot Officer…
  62. 62Chapter LXI — The Assassins Still at Large…
  63. 63Chapter LXII — Spotting the Fugitives…
  64. 64Chapter LXIII — A Strange and Startling Dream Which Proved True…
  65. 65Chapter LXIV — More of Mrs…
  66. 66Chapter LXV
  67. 67Conclusion

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