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dust jacket

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Sophia Lyons

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WHY CRIME
DOES NOT PAY.

BY

SOPHIE LYONS

Queen of the Underworld.

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New York
J. S. OGILVIE PUBLISHING CO.
57 Rose Street


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Copyright, 1913, by
THE STAR COMPANY


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CONTENTS

ChapterPage
I.  How I Began My Career of Crime11
II.  The Secret of the Stolen Gainsborough—And theLesson of the Career of Raymond, the "Prince ofSafe Blowers," Who Built a Millionaire's Residencein a Fashionable London Suburb and Kept a Yachtwith a Crew of 20 Men in the Mediterranean37
III.  How I Escaped from Sing Sing, and Other Daring Escapes from Prison That Profited Us Nothing62
IV.  Women Criminals of Extraordinary Ability with Whom I Was in Partnership89
V.  How I Faced Death, How My Husband Was Shot, and Some Narrow Escapes of My Companions118
VI.  Behind the Scenes at a $3,000,000 Burglary—the Robbery of t
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