PERSONS IN HIDING

Hardback. 1st UK Edn. Intro' by Courtney Ryley Cooper. The author was Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice (The G-Men), this being his first book. Chapter headings include : 'My Boy is Different'; The Mother Lode of Crime; The Boy Who Wanted Everything; Fool's Gold; Doctor of Crime; The Making of a Crook; First Aid to Crime; The Woman Behind the Crime; The Criminal at Your Elbow; Bill Dainard Was Paroled; What To Do When the Extortioner Calls; Bla Bla The Black Man; The Amazing Mr Means; 'Legitimate Woman'; Looking Forward. Features amongst others : John Dillinger, Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis gang, Edward Bentz, Ollie Berg, Al Capone, John Paul Chase aka Elmer Rockwood, Dolores Delaney, Fingerprints, 'Pretty Boy' Floyd, 'Baby Face' Nelson, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Alvin Karpis, 'Machine-gun' Kelly, Kidnap Squad, Lindbergh Kidnapping, 'Bugs' Moran, 'Shotgun George' Zeigler + much, much, more. With Frontis. Portrait and Index. 325pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., v.v. sl. sunned sp. o/w Vg.