Robbery by mail
Subtitle: the story of the U. S. postal inspectors
By: by Karl Baarslag.
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart
Published: 1938
Place of publication: New York; Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: United States. Post Office Dept.; Postal service -- United States.; Swindlers and swindling.; Crime and criminals -- United States.
Description: "First edition of this work detailing swindles, skullduggery, and frauds through the US Mail. Of special interest are the extensive sections on medical frauds and quackery, detailing the sex testers, electro-therapy devices, Prof. Samuels' gas-pipe therapy, the fake eye specialists kits seized from scam by Jimmy Head, and others. In addition, Baarslag details lottery swindles, insurance fraud, and catchpenny swindles." -- Antiquarian bookseller's description, 2019.