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"Richmond in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was home to a lively underworld of tricksters, swindlers, confidence men and thieves. This book provides a portrait of Richmond during the "Golden Age of the Con," when gamblers, hustlers and frauds plied their trades across the country"--

"Richmond in the late 19th century was not the genteel peaceful community historians have made it. Virginia's capital was cosmopolitan, boisterous and crime-ridden. The juvenile delinquents of Richmond were held accountable in the Police Court. What emerges from the public record is a picture of what life was really like in the post-Reconstruction urban South"--

Front -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS ILLUSTRATIONS 1. -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE NEW FRONTIERS -- CHAPTER TWO INDIAN AGENT -- CHAPTER THREE SARATOGA -- CHAPTER FOUR MONMOUTH AND LIGHT INFANTRY -- CHAPTER FIVE STONY POINT -- CHAPTER SIX MUTINY -- CHAPTER SEVEN VIRGINIA -- CHAPTER EIGHT YORKTOWN -- CHAPTER NINE MUTINY II -- CHAPTER TEN FORT STANWIX TREATY -- CHAPTER ELEVEN FORT MCINTOSH TREATY -- CHAPTER TWELVE FORT FINNEY TREATY -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN FORT HARMAR TREATIES -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN THE ROAD TO HELL -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN MASSACRE -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN POSTSCRIPT TO TRAGEDY -- APPENDIX A "THE FIGHTING BUTLER BROTHERS" -- APPENDIX B THREE SENECA FRIENDS GUYASUTA -- APPENDIX C ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1786 -- APPENDIX D TREATY OF FORT STANWIX, 1784 -- APPENDIX E TREATY OF FORT MCINTOSH, 1785 -- APPENDIX F TREATY OF FORT FINNEY, 1786 -- APPENDIX G TREATY OF FORT HARMAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE WYANDOT AND OTHER WESTERN TRIBES [ -- APPENDIX G (2) TREATY OF FORT HARMAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SIX NATIONS [ -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES CHAPTER 1 1. -- BIBLI0GRAPHY MANUSCRIPTS (MICROFILM) -- INDEX

"This book narrates the history of the executions--hangings, and during the Civil War also firing squads--that formed a large part of Richmond, Virginia's entertainment picture. Revulsion slowly mounted until the introduction of the electric chair. The history has a cast of unusual characters--the condemned, the crime victims, family members, and the executioners"--Provided by publisher