NY True Crime: Turn of the Century Cases

True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office tell of mayhem, corruption, forgery, murders, and other crimes that were going on in New York City in the late 19th and the early 20th century.Table of Contents:The Woman in the CaseFive Hundred Million DollarsThe Lost StradivariusThe Last of the Wire-TappersThe Franklin SyndicateA Study in FinanceThe "Duc De Nevers"A Finder of Missing HeirsA Murder ConspiracyA Flight into TexasA Case of Circumstantial EvidenceArthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt, a wily old lawyer who supported the common man and always had a trick up his sleeve to right the law's injustices. Train wrote a number of novels and short stories inspired by his parallel career as a lawyer in private practice and a New York County District Attorney.