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                               THE GREAT
                            TAXICAB ROBBERY

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[Illustration:

  RHINELANDER WALDO
  Commissioner of Police, New York City
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                               THE GREAT
                            TAXICAB ROBBERY

                        _A True Detective Story_

                                   BY
                            JAMES H. COLLINS

               WRITTEN FROM RECORDS AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
                    OF THE CASE FURNISHED BY THE NEW
                        