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The Twin Hells

  
[title page]
  
[dedication]
  
ILLUSTRATIONS.
  
CONTENTS.
  
PREFACE.

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A KANSAS HELL
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CHAPTER I. MY INITIATION AND CRIME.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE COAL MINES.
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CHAPTER III. THE COAL MINES (Continued).
 1. 
PATHETIC OCCURRENCES IN THE MINES.
 2. 
THE COAL MINES A COLLEGE OF INFAMY.
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CHAPTER IV. THE PUNISHMENTS OF THE PRISON.
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CHAPTER V. SUNDAY IN THE PRISON.
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CHAPTER VI SCENES IN THE HOSPITAL.
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CHAPTER VII. ESCAPES FROM PRISON.
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CHAPTER VIII. THE PRISONERS.
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FEMALE CONVICTS.
 2. 
MRS. HENRIETTA COOK.
 3. 
INDIANS IN THE PENITENTIARY.
 4. 
MALE PRISONERS.
 5. 
FREAKS OF JUSTICE.
 6. 
OH! RIGHTEOUS JUDGE!
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BOVINE TROUBLE.
 8. 
WHISKY AND WOMEN.
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EIGHT TIMES A CONVICT.
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SKILLED LABOR.
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LIFE INSURANCE AND MURDER.
 12. 
THE HOG-THIEF.
 13. 
A NOTED COUNTERFEITER.
 14. 
YELLOW BACK LITERATURE.
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A YOUTHFUL MURDERER.
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A MOST REMARKABLE CASE.
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CHAPTER IX. FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN HELL.
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CHAPTER X. STOLEN HORSES.
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CHAPTER XI. CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. A DARK HOUR.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. FREEDOM.
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A MISSOURI HELL.
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CHAPTER XIV. THE CONVICT'S HOME.
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CHAPTER XV. THE WORK OF THE CONVICT.
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CHAPTER XVI. THE MISSOURI PRISONERS
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THE TREATMENT OF THE PRISONERS.
 2. 
THE PRISONER'S SENTENCE.
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CHAPTER XVII. THE MISSOURI PRISONERS—(Continued.)
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CHAPTER XVIII. PRISON DISCIPLINE.
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CHAPTER XIX NOTED CONVICTS.
 1. 
WHISKY AND CARDS.
 2. 
BILL RYAN.
 3. 
WILLIE HILDRUM.
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S. D. HENSON.
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FORTY-EIGHT YEARS A PRISONER.
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NINE TIMES.
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DESPERADO JOHNSON.
 8. 
HENRY BUTLER,
 9. 
GEORGE ELLIS
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THE SUICIDE.
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CHAPTER XX. THE EX-CONVICT.

  
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11. LIFE INSURANCE AND MURDER.

McNutt and Winner.—These are two of the most noted criminals in the penitentiary, rendered so because of the dastardly crime committed by them, and the high social relations of the latter. They came from Wichita, and have been in prison almost fifteen years. McNutt is a fine artist and painter. He had his paint shop in Wichita, and was doing a very successful business. Winner was his associate, and the two plotted and carried into execution the following horrible crime: McNutt got his life insured for $5,000, his wife being his beneficiary. It was a dark, stormy night when McNutt and Winner enticed into this paint shop an unsuspecting mutual friend. Here they

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murdered him in cold blood. They then set fire to the paint shop and took to flight. After the fire was put out, the charred remains of the murdered man were found, and supposed to be those of McNutt, the owner of the building. The wife, cognizant of the awful deed which her husband had committed, followed the remains of the murdered man to the grave, dressed in her garb of mourning.

Shortly after this she applied for the insurance money on her husband's life. Some doubts were raised as to the identity of the body. Detectives were employed to make an investigation of the case. They made use of a deception, and thus got the woman to confess. They told her that they had found an accomplice who had confessed the crime, and was in jail. They promised the wife that if she would tell the truth they would not prosecute her. She consented. She narrated the sickening events as they had been plotted in her presence and under her roof. Officers were now despatched to find the murderers. McNutt was found in Missouri plowing corn. Winner was found near Wichita. They were brought to trial, convicted, and sent to prison for life. Winner was unmarried at the time of

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his conviction. His father and only brother are very wealthy, and living in Kansas City. I have been told they offer $20,000 for Winner's pardon. McNutt is a very useful man in the prison. He has charge of the painting department. He has done some fine work on the walls of the prison chapel, covering them with paintings of the Grecian goddesses. Both of these prisoners hope to receive pardons. Whether they will regain their liberty is a question which the future alone can answer.

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