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index
1776 35, 240
1861 Republican convention, the 45
1876 Centennial Exhibition, the 12, 35, 36, 38, 47, 59, 69, 72, 127, 133, 134, 149-151, 161, 162, 210, 211, 234-239, 247, 259
Adams Express Company, the 225
Albany 81, 84, 102, 120, Allentown, Pennsylvania 78
Associated Press, the 83
Astoria 119, 153
Atlantic City 23, 29, 30, 39, 41, 42, 55, 121, 268, 283
Aunt Susie 21
Barnum, P. T. 259
Battle of Germantown 17
Bay Ridge 172, 179, 187, 190, 191, 204, 237
Bazaar of Nations, the 239
Bend, The 89
Berrian’s Island 112
Blair, Gustave 260
Bleecker Street 171
Board of the Police, the 95
Boston 105, 150, 152, 204, 205
Boston Harbor 172
Bowery, the 169, 171
Brewster, Benjamin A. 37, 47
Broadway 89, 171
Broome Street 154
Brown, Newton 242
Bryant Park 59
Buchanan, Lieutenant Alexander 25-27, 30
Bullitt, John C. 146 “Button Joe” 65
Callahan, Peter 18, 19, 21, 176-178
Camden, New Jersey 113, 231
Cameron, Simon 45, 210
Canada 72, 79, 105, 192, 260
Canal Street 89
Cannon, James 205, 215-217
Carton, Francis 151, 152
Carton, Mary Elizabeth 151, 152
Centennial 12, 35, 36, 38, 47, 59, 69, 72, 127, 133, 134, 149, 150, 161, 162, 210, 211, 234-239, 247, 259
Center City 56, 150, 233, 235, 247, 257
Chester, Illinois 175, 181-183
Chestnut Street 26, 30, 33, 83, 175, 176, 189, 225, 260, 263
Chicago 66
Children’s Aid Society 102
Childs, George W. 58
City Council, the 33, 134, 149, 152, 210, 234
Civil War, the 17, 25, 32, 35, 38, 41, 47, 50, 57, 83, 100, 106, 142, 159, 210, 217, 245, 260, 261
Coffin, Elizabeth 67
Coffin, May 67
Collis, Charles 68, 69, 71
Commercial Exchange, the 145
Common Council, the 68
Congress 38, 45, 134, 159, 161
Conroy, Patsy “the Barber” 111
copycat crimes 50, 60, 69, 73, 185
Crystal Palace Exhibition 59, 133
Daybreak Boys, the 112
Declaration of Independence, the 35
Delaware Indians 17
Delaware River 28, 39, 47, 247
Democrats 34, 159-161, 210, 211
Denver, Colorado 101
domestic crimes, domestic violence 235
Douglas, Joseph 12, 13, 112-115, 117-119, 130, 137, 150, 153, 154, 156, 164, 169-174, 176-180, 185-197, 199-201, 205, 217, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 230, 232, 238, 242, 243, 250-254, 261
Downer, Franklin P. 212
Dusenbury, Detective 178
East River 111, 119, 156, 191
East Washington Lane 18, 67, 258, 260, 261,
Eastern Penitentiary, the 246, 248, 249
Elcock, Judge 245, 249
Eldridge, Frank 163
ethnic (tension, riots) 34, 35, 93, 94, 159
Europe 17, 50, 59, 123, 154, 183, 231, 248, 285
Evening Bulletin, The 51, 59, 66, 71, 103, 104, 127, 128, 133, 135, 136, 144, 145, 151, 152, 187, 204, 224, 234, 235, 238
Exhibition, the 12, 37, 59, 93, 133, 149, 150, 152, 234, 236, 239, 259
Fairmount Park 134, 235, 259
Fifth Avenue Hotel, the 165, 170, 224
Five Points, the 13, 91, 92, 112, 116, 117, 137, 154, 156, 169, 171
Ford, Joseph 242, 243
Foulke, C.M. 56
founding fathers, the 35
Fourteenth Precinct, the 24
Frank, Herman 195, 196
Franklin Institute, the 150
Franklin, Benjamin 33, 79, 125-127, 150, 212
Germantown 17, 18, 23-28, 33, 39-41, 45, 53, 78, 84, 123, 139, 163, 170, 203, 204, 252, 257-259, 261, 263, 264, 288
Germantown Avenue 17, 18, 24-28, 39, 40, 123, 257, 258
Girard Avenue Bridge, the 36
Grand Central Station 84, 192
Grant, Ulysses S. 34, 58, 159, 161, 210
Great Depression, the 257
Green Point 111
Green, Robert M. 150
gypsy, gypsies 30, 42, 50, 63, 81, 83, 232
Haight, David Henry 135, 136
Haines Street 25
Hamburg 81, 83
Harlen, Joe 102
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 26, 145, 160
Hartman, Henry 90, 91, 243
Hartranft, Governor John Frederick 259
Haviland, John 248, 249
Hay, John 22, 28
Hedden, Captain Henry 95, 97, 109, 110, 117-119, 186, 190
Heins, Captain William 13, 26, 27, 30, 42, 97, 123, 128, 137, 138, 149, 151, 154-156, 164, 175, 176, 178, 204, 211, 212, 222, 224-227, 238, 241-243, 253, 258
Henderson, Charley 56, 116
Henderson, Georgie 116
Henderson, Martha 116
Henderson, Willie 116
Herkey 173, 174
Hoboken, New Jersey 175
Holmes, Samuel T. 106
Honey Run 109
Horticultural Hall 239
Howe, General 17
Howlet, William 111, 112
Hudson River, the 81, 84, 155, 276
Illustrated New Age 73
immigrant community, the 17, 34, 94, 231, 257
Independence Hall 26, 33, 38, 58, 160, 213
Jay Cooke Bank, the 23
Johnson house, the 17
Jones, Jimmy 39
Jones, Police Chief Kennard 47, 127
Jones, Police Chief Kenneth 30
Joyce, Officer Etwein 27
Kaercher, Officer 81, 83
Kelso, Superintendent James 186
Kenney, Father 136
Kensington 22, 25, 27, 28, 56, 151, 178, 203, 252
Kidder, Mary 24
Kidder, Walter 24-26
Lachmueller, Henry 182, 183
Lachmueller, Henry Sr. 183
Lambert, James V. 145
Leslie, George 77
Lewis, Frank 26, 28, 30, 31, 42, 43, 46, 84, 165,
Lewis, Henry 11, 26, 30, 46, 83, 141, 146, 163, 164, 165, 193, 194, 204, 205, 217, 224, 230, 233
Lewis, Joseph 11, 26, 30, 46, 83, 141, 163, 164, 165, 204, 205, 217, 224, 225, 227, 230, 233
libel 11, 57, 144, 145, 147, 203
Lincoln, Abraham 45, 100, 165
Long Island 13, 134, 1
55, 172, 191, 237
Long Island Sound 112, 171, 176, 189
Machinery Hall 240
Madden, Saul 111
Main Street 18, 21, 22, 39, 41, 67
Manayunk 233, 234
Marriott Lane 138
McCarthy, Cowlegged Sam 111
McGuire, Patrick 178-180, 197
McKean, William V. 12, 58, 103, 104, 176, 224, 225, 237
Memorial Hall 133, 239
Mennonites 17
Metropolitan Hotel, the 176
Middletown, Pennsylvania 26, 176
Midwest, the 105, 182, 183
Monmouth County Jail 113
Monroe Street 55, 137, 170, 250, 252
Morgan, Kate 115, 116, 251-253
Morrow (Morris), Madame 114, 154, 181, 197, 211, 254
Mosher, Clinton “Gil” 13, 95-97, 111, 113-115, 118, 130, 155, 156, 170, 177, 178, 180, 186, 190, 199-201, 226, 253, 258
Mosher, Ellsworth 258
Mosher, Martha 115, 116, 153, 154, 170, 177, 192, 196-201, 219, 233, 237, 252-255, 258
Mosher, William 12, 13, 95-97, 109-119, 123, 126, 130, 137, 150, 153-156, 164, 169-174, 176-180, 185-193, 195-201, 203, 205, 215, 217, 219, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 230, 232, 233, 237, 238, 241-243, 250-255, 248, 260, 261
Mott Street 90, 115, 117
Moyamensing Prison 65, 73, 227, 237, 241, 249
Mulberry Street 89, 117, 136, 165, 213, 225
Munn 197
Neville, John 175
New Britain, Connecticut New England 150, 152, 162, 239, 248
New Jersey 42, 81, 84, 112, 113, 169, 175, 212, 221, 222, 231, 239, 260, 276
New York Advertiser, The 149, 150
New York Herald, The 14, 58, 60, 77, 79, 86, 115, 116, 120, 129, 130, 138, 139, 143, 147, 157, 158, 161, 162, 165, 179, 186, 187, 195, 196, 199, 203, 219, 233,237, 252, 280, 281, 283, 285, 286, 288, 290, 291, 293
New York Times, The 14, 77, 136
New York Tribune, The 58, 231, 258
Newark, New Jersey 212, 219, 221, 222
Newburg, New York 147, 156, 288
Newport, Rhode Island 102, 136
Newspaper Row 89
O’Connor, Daniel 215-217
O’Leary, Mary 115, 116
Odell, Illinois 101
Order of Masons, the 37, 261
“orphan trains” 102
Painter, William 67
Panic of 1873, the 23, 34, 46, 54, 94
Patterson, John 102
Peacock, Henry 25, 27
Penn, William 17, 37, 261
Pennsylvania Detective Bureau, the 78, 99, 124
Pennsylvania Railroad, the 239