[Gutenberg 61454] • Sketches of Gotham

[Gutenberg 61454] • Sketches of Gotham

Excerpt from Sketches of Gotham: A Collection of Unusual Stories Told in an Unusual Way

A great many years ago, when Tom Byrnes was the able and efficient chief of the detective force of New York, a certain class of women, very much in evidence around the hotels and resorts, were known, from the peculiar manner of their work, as Badger Molls.

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