Tales of a Victorian Detective contains stories from the case-book of the celebrated real-life Victorian detective, Jerome Caminada.
It includes Caminada's accounts of some of his most notorious and interesting cases, including his long-running feud with the serial robber "Bob Horridge", and his most famous case "The Hansom Cab Murder".
Tales of a Victorian Detective is for anybody interested in true-life detective stories, particularly those full of authentic period detail from the Victorian era.
CONTENTS
THE HANSOM CAB MURDER
AN ARMED BURGLAR
A CONFIDENCE TRICK
CATCHING THIEVES
HOW I TRAPPED FOUR CARD-SHARPERS
MY BAPTISM OF BASE COINERS
OH! WHAT A SURPRISE
RACECOURSE THIEVES: A CHIEF CONSTABLE ROBBED
BANK NOTE FORGERS
"FLYING GIBB." A TROUBLESOME CUSTOMER
"SMASHERS" OR BASE COIN "PITCHERS"
GAMBLING HELLS. BETTING-HOUSE RAIDS
PROSECUTION OF THE ELLESMERE AND PRINCE OF WALES CLUBS
It includes Caminada's accounts of some of his most notorious and interesting cases, including his long-running feud with the serial robber "Bob Horridge", and his most famous case "The Hansom Cab Murder".
Tales of a Victorian Detective is for anybody interested in true-life detective stories, particularly those full of authentic period detail from the Victorian era.
CONTENTS
THE HANSOM CAB MURDER
AN ARMED BURGLAR
A CONFIDENCE TRICK
CATCHING THIEVES
HOW I TRAPPED FOUR CARD-SHARPERS
MY BAPTISM OF BASE COINERS
OH! WHAT A SURPRISE
RACECOURSE THIEVES: A CHIEF CONSTABLE ROBBED
BANK NOTE FORGERS
"FLYING GIBB." A TROUBLESOME CUSTOMER
"SMASHERS" OR BASE COIN "PITCHERS"
GAMBLING HELLS. BETTING-HOUSE RAIDS
PROSECUTION OF THE ELLESMERE AND PRINCE OF WALES CLUBS
