HANDS UP; Or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and On the Plains.

Hardback. A Condensed Criminal History of the Far West. Reminiscences by General D.J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association. First published in 1882 covering General Cook's first 25yrs. This enlarged and updated edn. covers 35yrs. Chapter headings include : Capture of the Allison Gang; Denver's Last Legal Hanging; The Italian Murderers; Musgrove and His Gang; The Wall Murder Mystery; The Leichsenring Robbery; A Deal with the Black Hills Road Agents; A Utah Murderer's Capture; A Desperate Railroad Contractor; Dealing with Strikers; Ragsdale Gates; A Mexican Bandit + much, much more. With 40 Illus. + Frontis. 442pp. 8vo. Sl. damage to fore-edge of Frontis., lightly browned edges, repaired and rebacked sp. Dark blue cloth/gilt lettering. From the library of true crime write, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate to fep. Vg.