Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837

1893 · 16 pages

The Big Four of the Bowery: Detective Bob, the Rattler By Jo Pierce, this serialized story opens with a boy messenger named Robert Burns (alias "Bob the Rattler" or "Risky Robert") delivering a letter from a pool-betting operator to Henry Corliss, a young man involved in a mysterious financial matter with a Swede named Olaf Petersen and Petersen's daughter Hecla. When detectives arrive to arrest Corliss for alleged embezzlement from his firm Morris & Finnerty, a struggle ensues. During the confrontation, Corliss strikes one officer and grapples for a revolver; it fires, wounding the detective. Corliss flees and evades his pursuing captor, escaping into the neighborhood. Robert, sympathizing with the accused man, witnesses the entire incident. The wounded officer is hospitalized while police search for the fugitive. Petersen and Hecla remain anxious about Corliss's fate.

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 1 of 16 — 1 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 2 of 16 — 2 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 3 of 16 — 3 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 4 of 16 — 4 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 5 of 16 — 5 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 6 of 16 — 6 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 7 of 16 — 7 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 8 of 16 — 8 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 9 of 16 — 9 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 10 of 16 — 10 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 11 of 16 — 11 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 12 of 16 — 12 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 13 of 16 — 13 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 14 of 16 — 14 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 15 of 16 — 15 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 837 — page 16 of 16 — 16 / 16