Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Author's Note xi
Chapter 1 Riot! 1
Chapter 2 The Gruesome Murder of Helen Jewett 26
Chapter 3 Extra! Extra! The Penny Press Chases Crime 41
Chapter 4 The Magnificent City and the Malignant Crime Wave 54
Chapter 5 Crime Everywhere 68
Chapter 6 Lydia Child, Grime, and Chaos 97
Chapter 7 Faith in the Constables Frays as the City Implodes 106
Chapter 8 Amateur Police Walk the Beat of a Raucous City 119
Chapter 9 Prostitution, Gambling, and Drinking: The Backbone of the Crime Surge and Downfall of the Police 133
Chapter 10 Five Points and the Boundaries of Hell 170
Chapter 11 The Brutal Murder of the Beautiful Cigar Girl 179
Chapter 12 Out with the Old, In with the New 190
Chapter 13 Police Brutality Raises Its Ugly Head 219
Chapter 14 Blood in the Streets 244
Chapter 15 The Fabulous Fernando Wood 263
Chapter 16 Blue Blood: The 1857 Police Riots 288
Epilogue 306
Notes 313
Bibliography 343
Index 353