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Singerman ID#supp0942

The Thugs of the Tenderloin; or, Old Cap. Collier Tracking a Daring Band of Thieves. By the Author of "Old Cap Collier." Old Cap. Collier Library, no. 686.

Singerman Entry

Singerman ID#supp0942

The Thugs of the Tenderloin; or, Old Cap. Collier Tracking a Daring Band of Thieves. By the Author of "Old Cap Collier." Old Cap. Collier Library, no. 686. New York: Munro’s Publishing House, 1897. 30 p., [2] p. of adv.

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Morris Markus, a former pawnbroker and receiver of stolen property from "Madame Mandlebaum, the notorious fence," now owns a saloon and dance hall; it is also a local hangout where thieves gather. His wife, Rachael, a released Sing Sing prison inmate, is "an expert at picking pockets, and it was said that she had a school in which she instructed young crooks in her art" (p. 14). The University of Rochester has entered its service copy of The Thugs of the Tenderloin ..., microfilmed by the Library of Congress, under W. I. James.