Dark and tangled threads of crime
Subtitle: San Francisco's famous police detective Isaiah W. Lees
By: William B. Secrest.
Publisher: Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Sanger, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Lees, Isaiah W., -- 1830-1902.; Detectives -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.; Police -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new life in a new world; title: Love across the continent; title: Riots and renegades; title: A king in a stew over Mulligan; title: Vigilante days; title: Prostitutes and plaza thieves; title: Archy and the Cornelia affair; title: Mrs. Billman and an express robbery; title: The horrible affair at Lone Mountain; title: A most remarkable case; title: Murder most foul & the Chapman affair; title: Thieves, thugs and a man named Twain; title: A sagebrush bohemian; title: Highwaymen and patronage; title: Little Maggie Ryan; title: Hoodlums and the Pereda case; title: Bull Run battles and newspaper wars; title: Kidnappers and rioters; title: The great Duncan hunt; title: A stage robbery and other mysteries; title: A fight for life; title: Jimmy loses hope; title: A detective's library; title: Footpads, cracksmen, and train robbers; title: Perfidious policemen & murderous Russians; title: The beast in the belfry; title: The great Nevada bank forgery; title: A just tribute to Captain Lees; title: "A newspaper is a powerful thing"; title: The parting hour.