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The Story of a Tramp Turned Crook and Hopeful Reform
John Meany known as Kid Montey recounts a life of graft from a Baxter Street upbringing to bold Paris heists and five years in Sing Sing. He explains his switch from thief to crook, his reading that steered him toward honesty, and his plea for a system giving convicts real employment instead of perpetual stigmatization. He seeks honest work and laments the brutal cycle of moving convicts from job to job.
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Newton
Kansas
Thad
Kentucky Penitentiary
Lfe
John’ Meany
Eastern Police Department
Kid Montey
Baxter Street
New York
Digger Kame
Vom
Paris
Ted A Harney
Emperor der of Hraail
Barney Gate
Fifth Avenue
A. Daky Hall
Fra
Smyrna
Turkey
England
Russia
London
Sing Sing
America
Kraft
Charles Steade
David Dodd
Keide
Spinoga
John Locke
Blackstone
Priently
Alexander Cooke
Lord Eilenbourgh
Prac
New York City
Ald
Moon
Joliet
Kentucky
Batura
Haseen
Trier
Nelaon
Giebe
Bank Strom
Toouldaiouk
Hutton
Minnis