A Detective’s Experience


From August 1868 to November 1869, the Daily Picayune published an installment of A Detective’s Experience featuring detectives Mr. F—— and Mr. I—— almost every Sunday in its The City section of the paper.

Click here to redirect to “A Detective’s Story,” published on August 2, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Touch of Romance,” published on August 9, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Detective’s Reminiscence,” published on August 16, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Woman’s Revenge,” published on August 23, 1868. 

Click here to redirect to “A Den of Phantoms,” published on August 30, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “The Decoy’s Victim,” published on September 6, 1868. 

Click here to redirect to “A Lost Will,” published on September 27, 1868. 

Click here to redirect to “A Tale of the Theatre,” published on October 4, 1868. 

Click here to redirect to “An Italian Mystery,” published on October 18, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Prima Donna’s Jealousy,” published on October 25, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Woman’s Confession,” published on November 1, 1868. 

Click here to redirect to “A Life of Crime,” published on November 15, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “Retribution,” published on December 6, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Family Skeleton,” published on December 13, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Woman’s Fidelity,” published on December 27, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “Life for a Life,” published on January 3, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “Medusa,” published on January 10, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “An Adventuress,” published on January 17, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “An Old Time Mystery,” published on January 24, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “The Lost Jewel,” published on January 31, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “The Refugee,” published on February 7, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Maniac Wife,” published on February 14, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Intriguante,” published on February 21, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “Felo De Se,” published on February 28, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “A Tragedy,” published on March 7, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “Treachery,” published on March 14, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Blue Domino,” published on March 21, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Dago Girl,” published on March 28, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “A Female Forger,” published on April 4, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “A Death Struggle,” published on April 11, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Bandit,” published on April 18, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “An Adventure,” published on April 25, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “A Homicide,” published on May 2, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “A Betrayed,” published on May 9, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “A Stolen Child,” published on May 16, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “A Midnight Adventure” (May 1869), published on May 23, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “A Prison Scene,” published on May 30, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “Secret Murder,” published on June 6, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “The Coral Necklace,” published on June 13, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Missing Jewels,” published on June 20, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “The Victim of a Plot,” published on June 27, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “Under the Shadow,” published on July 4, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “Foiled by a Woman,” published on July 11, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Forger’s Wife,” published on July 18, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Counterfeiters,” published on July 25, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “A Midnight Adventure” (August 1969), published on August 1, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “The Monomaniac,” published on August 8, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Horror at the Old Stone House,” published on August 15, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “A Man About Town,” published on August 22, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Fugitive,” published on August 29, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “Rescued,” published on September 4, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “Under the Froth,” published on September 19, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “Life and Death,” published on September 29, 1869.

Click here to redirect to “The Death Life,” published on October 3, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Nomad,” published on October 24, 1869. 

Click here to redirect to “The Picture of a Ruin,” published on November 14, 1869.

There are two stories, published in different newspapers, that also feature detectives Mr. F—— and Mr. I——. These papers both cite The Daily Picayune as their source, but we have not been able to find the stories in the Picayune.

Click here to redirect to “Behind the Scenes,” published on December 24, 1868.

Click here to redirect to “A Young Nemesis,” published on January 15, 1869.