NEGenWeb Project
Resource Center
On-Line Library

 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
CHAPTER  
PAGE
Preface, The Tiger in His Den
7
1 The Kingdom of Lancaster
11
2 Getting into the Penitentiary
32
3 Life at the Prison
42
4 The Boys in Gray
50
5 Sick and in Prison
65
6 The Dope Habit
70
7 Prostitution in the Pen
78
8 Work at the Prison
81
9 A Hell in Nebraska
89
10 True Christian Friends
97
11 The Chaplain at the Pen
105
12 Fake Religionists and Long Distance Reformers
120
13 Notable Inmates
140
14 Escapes From the Prison
150
15 How to Get Out of Prison
156
16 Nebraska's Disgrace
165
17 Uninvited Guests
170
18 Pets in the Pen
175
19 Murder Within His Heart
179
20 The Deputy Warden
186
21 The Assassination
189
22 The Convict Physician
203
23 Capital Punishment
209
24 The Hanging
221
25 A Resignation
227
26 Triple Murder
230
27 Our Martyred Warden
245
28 The Murdered Officials
252
29 Birds of a Feather Flock Together
255
30 The Bank Robbers
264
31 On the Murderers' Trail
270
32 How the Guns Got In
280
33 Nebraska's Greatest Governor
285
34 Warden Melick Comes
293
35 The Word of an Outcast
311
36 Hell Abandoned
323
37 Their Best Friend
346
38 A Plea for the Boys in Gray
352
39 Will Governor Morehead Feed Three Snakes
357
40 The Power Behind the Throne
361
41 Conclusion
370