The Molly Maguires and the detectives
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- THE Molly Maguires AND THE DETECTIVES.
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- CHAPTER I. AN EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSITION.
- CHAPTER II. THE MAN FOR THE WORK.
- CHAPTER III. THE DETECTIVE SEEKS THE HAUNTS OF THE MOLLIES.
- CHAPTER IV. STIRRING UP A WASP’S NEST.
- CHAPTER V. COLD COMFORT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
- CHAPTER VI. POTTSVILLE AND THE SHERIDAN HOUSE.
- CHAPTER VII. BLOODY RECORD OF THE MOLLIE MAGUIRES.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE DETECTIVE SINGS, FIGHTS, AND DANCES HIMSELF INTO POPULARITY.
- CHAPTER IX. DORMER UNDER INVESTIGATION.
- CHAPTER X. FATHER BRIDGEMAN GIVES JACK KEHOE A BLAST.
- CHAPTER XI. A KILKENNY AFFAIR AT TAMAQUA.
- CHAPTER XII. McKENNA MEETS A MORNING ADVENTURE.
- CHAPTER XIII. MUFF LAWLER AT HOME.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE DETECTIVE ACHIEVES A VICTORY.
- CHAPTER XV. MORE WORK OF THE MOLLIES.
- CHAPTER XVI. A ROUGH JOURNEY AND A THRILLING ADVENTURE.
- CHAPTER XVII. A PECULIAR WEDDING CEREMONY.
- CHAPTER XVIII. A ROW, A REMOVAL, AND A RAFFLE.
- CHAPTER XIX. SNARED BY KATE—HONORED BY “MOLLIE.”
- CHAPTER XX. A FRIGHT, A FIGHT, AND A FUNERAL.
- CHAPTER XXI. CONTEST WITH A CONSTABLE.
- CHAPTER XXII. HORRORS UPON HORRORS.
- CHAPTER XXIII. GOOD OLD MICKY CUFF.
- CHAPTER XXIV. HOSTILITIES CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER XXV. PLOT TO DESTROY THE CATAWISSA BRIDGES
- CHAPTER XXVI. A CALAMITY AVERTED.
- CHAPTER XXVII. NEW FORCES IN THE FIELD.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DETECTIVE IN SORE TRIBULATION.
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE INQUISITION OF TEN.
- CHAPTER XXX. ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE MOLLIES.
- CHAPTER XXXI. HOLDING THE BREAKER.
- CHAPTER XXXII. LINDEN FORMS AN ACQUAINTANCE.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. PRESIDENT GOWEN AND THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. MURDER OF B. F. YOST.
- CHAPTER XXXV. MCKENNA TAKES UP THE TRAIL AT TAMAQUA.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. IN THE MURDERER’S NEST.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. KERRIGAN’S SISTER-IN-LAW.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. SLOWLY GAINING GROUND.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. BLOODY SATURDAY.
- CHAPTER XL. MORE BOSSES DOOMED.
- CHAPTER XLI. MURDER OF SANGER AND UREN.
- CHAPTER XLII. ARREST OF ASSASSINS.
- CHAPTER XLIII. VIOLENCE FOR VIOLENCE.
- CHAPTER XLIV. TRIALS AND CONFESSIONS.
- CHAPTER XLV. SUSPICION AROUSED.
- CHAPTER XLVI. McANDREW SAVES A LIFE.
- CHAPTER XLVII. THE LAST OF McKENNA.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. A NOBLE EFFORT.
- CHAPTER XLIX. CLOSING THE RECORD.
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