Creeden

Lexow
Gof

Reppenhagen
Parkburst

THE LEXOW INVESTIGATION

Scene in the Court Room after Creeden's Confession, December 15, 1994 (As Captain Cruden left the witness stand, after making a full confession of the corrupt practices in vogue among the police, all the

spectators crowded forward to shake bis band and congratulate him.)

Drawn by W. R Leigh from photographs

THE HISTORY OF THE
LAST QUARTER-CENTURY
IN THE
THE UNITED STATES

1870-1895

BY

E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS

PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY

WITH MORE THAN
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY

ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME II

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

MDCCCXCVI