TREASURY AGENT

by Andrew Tully ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The Inside Story"" of this branch of crime detection and law enforcement, from the time when the Customs Service was the first agency established under Alexander Hamilton, offers a voluminous crimefile. Surprisingly, the T-zone here covers all kinds of infractions and lawbreakers- moonshiners and bootleggers, narcotics pushers and diamond smugglers, counterfeiters and confidence men. How Loretta Costello's $5.10 check led to a $4888 burial plot and on to other cash expenditures which were to bag Frank Costello; how Father Sophrony Balaban dedicated himself to more earthly rewards-handprinted bills- to finance a revolution in Yugoslavia; how many presidents were the victims of attempted assassinations; the careers of Al Capone, Louis Lepke, Waxey Gordon, Dave Beck; the Lindbergh case --- to mention only a few of the many cases of crimes concluded by Treasury Agents indicates the wide diversification of the material here and their activities all across the country..... A brisk documentation for all the men who are still boys- for the potential public of The F.B.I Story.

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Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1958

Categories: NONFICTION