North America

One of the most barefaced swindles ever practiced in New York has now almost gone out of existence. It is called the "patent safe game," and was much practiced during the late war, as many of our soldiers can testify. It was carried on principally in the neighborhood of the Hudson River Depot, and the complaints of the victims, to the police, were loud and numerous. The mode of operation was as follows:

by Henry Inman

by John Wesley Powell

1895

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by George Wharton James

1915

by Isabella L. Bird

by Arnold Bennett

1912

The Story of the Exploring Expedition Conducted by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr.

by Dillon Wallace

by Cabeza de Vaca

by Francis Parkman

by Anthony Trollope