This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...the down town districts of the very city in which I had made my sensational escape. No one would dream of my venturing so close in, nor would the city police, who were bent on my capture, think it worth while to scrutinize a passing stranger. In the outskirts of the city, where suburban officers have little else to do, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 Excerpt: ...the down town districts of the very city in which I had made my sensational escape. No one would dream of my venturing so close in, nor would the city police, who were bent on my capture, think it worth while to scrutinize a passing stranger. In the outskirts of the city, where suburban officers have little else to do, I was sure to be kept in mind, but as I was always on the alert, I cared not for them. If detected in the heart of the city. I believed, at that, I had an even chance, so long as I confined my visits to the evening hours. In the restaurant where I ate there were probably a hundred people, and although I kept a sharp lookout, I did not see or meet with anyone that I knew. The nearest I came to being detected, so far as I know, was this same evening and immediately after supper, when I stepped into a drug store to make a small purchase and was standing at the counter when an officer with whom I was well acquainted walked into the place and engaged a clerk in conversation. I had been watching the door and was prepared for an emergency, but not caring to court trouble, I placed myself in a position where I could watch his actions through a small mirror, without giving him an opportunity to discern my features. A moment later, when he left the store, I took my departure. Shortly thereafter, I took a street car for Worcester, some sixty miles from Boston, arriving there about eleven o'clock and engaging a room for the night. Here I remained two days, spending the morning hours in reading the newspapers, while my afternoons were occupied between the library and one of the billiard halls. On the evening of the second day after my arrival, I took the last car for Boston, arriving there about 1 o'clock a. m. I engaged a room in one of the down town lod...
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Very Good. Book VG brown hardcover. NO jacket. 2008. REPRINT of the original 1908 edition. NOTE-Pictures are poor reproductions. Pages all clean. Mild edge wear/bumping to covers. Clean/solid. 494 pp.
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