| CONTENTS
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| Preface | 9 | |
| A KANSAS HELL |
| CHAPTER |
| I. -- | My Initiation and Crime, | 13 |
| II. -- | The Coal Mines, | 44 |
| III. -- | The Coal Mines, Continued, | 59 |
| IV. -- | The Punishments of the Prison, | 90 |
| V. -- | Sunday in the Prison, | 98 |
| VI. -- | Scenes in the Hospital, | 106 |
| VII. -- | Escapes from Prison, | 115 |
| VIII. -- | The Prisoners, | 126 |
| IX. -- | Forty-eight Hours in Hell, | 197 |
| X. -- | Stolen Horses, | 209 |
| XI. -- | Candidate for the State Senate, | 215 |
| XII. -- | A Dark Hour, | 223 |
| XIII. -- | Freedom, | 231 |
| A MISSOURI HELL |
| CHAPTER |
| XIV. -- | The Convict's Home, | 237 |
| XV. -- | The Work of the Convict, | 253 |
| XVI. -- | The Missouri Prisoners, | 262 |
| XVII. -- | The Missouri Prisoners, Continued, | 277 |
| XVIII. -- | Prison Discipline, | 289 |
| XIX. -- | Noted Convicts, | 300 |
| XX. -- | The Ex-Convict, | 322 |