The autobiography of a thief

Hutchins Hapgood

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LIBRARYTHE OF UNIVERSITYTHE CALIFORNIAOF ANGELESLOS Digitized by tine Internet Arciiive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation littp://www.arcliive.org/details/autobiograpliyoftOOIiapgiala The Autobiography a Thief.of TheAutobiographyqf a Thief Recorded by HAPGOODHUTCHINS Author The Spirit the Ghetto," etc.of" of NEW YORK FOX, DUFFIELD ^ COMPANY 1903 Copyright, By1903, DuFFiELD & CompanyFox, Library Congress, IVashington, U. S. A.Entered at the of Stationers' Hall, London, England.Entered at Published May, 190). ^ V\N " happy he who can still hope to emerge thisO^, from " sea error Iof Faust. " There is no man doth a wrong the wrong'sfor sake, but thereby to purchase himselfprofit, or pleasure, or hon- shouldour, or the like ; therefore why I be angry with a man lovingfor himself better than me 1 And any manif should do wrong merely out ill-nature, why, yet it is butof like the thorn or briar, whichprick and scratch because they can do no other Bacon. [5] ^^ 1344269 CONTENTS. PageChapter Note.Editor's 9 Early CrimeI. Boyhood and 15 FallII. My First 34 Life in the Fourth andIII. Mixed Ale Seventh Wards .... 50 When the Graft Was GoodIV. 73 Mamie and the Negotiable Bonds 89V. What the Burglar Faces 107VI. In Stir 132VII. . (Continued)VIII. In Stir 154 and Out . 182IX. In Stir 202At the Graft AgainX. 228Back to PrisonXI. Outside AgainXII. On the 255 Mad-House . 300XIII. In the XIV. Out of Hell . 332 PostscriptEditor's 348 [7J Editor's Note.

Sujets

• Theft

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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LIBRARYTHE
OF
UNIVERSITYTHE
CALIFORNIAOF
ANGELESLOSDigitized by tine Internet Arciiive
in 2007 with funding from
IVIicrosoft Corporation
littp://www.arcliive.org/details/autobiograpliyoftOOIiapgialaThe Autobiography a Thief.ofTheAutobiographyqf
a Thief
Recorded by
HAPGOODHUTCHINS
Author The Spirit the Ghetto," etc.of" of
NEW YORK
FOX, DUFFIELD ^ COMPANY
1903Copyright, By1903,
DuFFiELD & CompanyFox,
Library Congress, IVashington, U. S. A.Entered at the of
Stationers' Hall, London, England.Entered at
Published May, 190).