Front matter
Reading edition
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THE BARREL MYSTERY
BY WILLIAM J. FLYNN Chief of the United States Secret Service Author of "The Eagle's Eye"
NEW YORK THE JAMES A. McCANN COMPANY 1919
Copyright 1919, by THE JAMES A. McCANN COMPANY All Rights Reserved
Printed in the U. S. A.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Barrel Murder 1
II. What Was the Motive for the Murder? 18
III. Organized Terrorism 23
IV. Counterfeit Bills Appear 31
V. The Greenhorn's Story 44
VI. Don Pasquale, Black-Hand Skirmisher 51
VII. The Plant of the Counterfeiters 65
VIII. The Cow That Caused a Double Murder 83
IX. The Society 85
X. Meeting the Arch-Bandit 88
XI. The Black-Hander's Police Protection 97
XII. A Knock at the Door at 2 A. M. 110
XIII. The Black-Handers in Session 117
XIV. Printing the Bad Money 130
XV. Some "After-Dinner" Confessions 140
XVI. Evading the Gang in Vain 148
XVII. Caught Again! 157
XVIII. Pinching the Greenhorn 169
XIX. The "Black-Hand" Doctor 172
XX. The "Black-Hand" Testament 199
XXI. "The Vermilion Flower on the Big Toe" 203
XXII. The Gentle Art of Writing "Black-Hand" Letters 206
XXIII. Five Hundred Dollars for a Badly Written Letter 215
XXIV. Methods of Blackmailing 221
XXV. Tracing a Letter 226
XXVI. "Black-Hand" Propaganda 239
XXVII. The Watchword of the "Black-Handers" 262
THE BARREL MYSTERY