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""True Stories of Celebrated Crimes from the District Attorney's Office"" is a non-fiction book written by Arthur Train. The book is a collection of true crime stories that were handled by the District Attorney's Office in New York City during the early 1900s. The book contains accounts of some of the most notorious criminal cases of the time, including the murder of Stanford White, the Ponzi scheme, and the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of architect Stanford White. The stories are told in a narrative style that is both engaging and informative, providing readers with a unique insight into the workings of the criminal justice system during this period. The book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in true crime, legal history, or the social and cultural context of early 20th-century America.1908. Train was the former assistant district attorney in New York City. His interactions with clients, together with his experiences in the courtroom, provided the material for the more than 250 short stories and novels he would write during his lifetime. From the Preface: The narratives composing this book are literally true stories of crime. In a majority of the cases the author conducted the prosecutions himself, and therefore, may claim to have a personal knowledge of that whereof he speaks...The scenes recorded here are not literature but history, and the characters who figure in them are not puppets of my imagination, but men and women who lived and schemed, laughed, sinned and suffered, and paid the price when the time came, most of them, without flinching. Contents: The Woman in the Case; Five Hundred Million Dollars; The Lost Stradivarius; The Last of the Wire-Tappers; The Franklin Syndicate; A Study in Finance; The Duc de Nevers; A Finder of Missing Heirs; A Murder Conspiracy; A Flight into Texas; and A Case of Circumstantial Evidence. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.