The book is a collection of essays written between 1905 and 1910. Arthur Cheney Train looks at a different topic in each chapter or essay, for instance, Chapter 1 "The Pleasant Fiction of the Presumption of Innocence" deals with how city police departments and politicians address crime. The essays are over one hundred years old, but seem to still be current and applicable today.

"Eileen! The blood rushing to his eyes blurred his sight, and the pavement rose up to smite him. Eileen accused of killing Dickie! What a fantastic idea! He thrust a nickel into the boy's hand, and crushing the paper into his pocket, staggered across Franklin Street to the Elm Castle. Good God! What made them think Eileen could have done anything like that?" Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the creation of the fictional lawyer Mr. Ephraim Tutt, a wily old lawyer who supported the...

True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office tell of mayhem, corruption, forgery, murders, and other crimes that were going on in New York City in the late 19th and the early 20th century. Table of Contents: - The Woman in the Case - Five Hundred Million Dollars - The Lost Stradivarius - The Last of the Wire-Tappers - The Franklin Syndicate - A Study in Finance - The "Duc De Nevers" - A Finder of Missing Heirs - A Murder Conspiracy - A Flight into Texas - A Case of Circumstantial Evidence - Arthur Cheney Train (1875-1945) was an American lawyer and writer of legal thrillers,...