Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Section 1 Detective Jacob B. Rue Jr. (1873-1933)
Rue's Early Years 11
Career on the Good Side 27
Four Years as County Detective 35
Rue in the Private Sector 51
Caiazzo and Woolley Murder Investigations 63
Ayers Captured a Third Time 71
Bootlegger Salvatore Santaniello 77
Section 2 Detective William S. Mustoe (1890-1981)
Mustoe's Early Years 83
Escaped Leopard 87
Captures, Confessions and Kidnappings 93
Section 3 Detective Harry B. Crook Sr. (1891-1973)
Gangsters in a Turf War 107
Spring Lake Teacup Poisoning 117
Naughright Investigation 123
Appendix A Monmouth County Detectives, 1892-1966 131
Appendix B Monmouth County Prosecutors, 1828-2010 133
Appendix C Rue Chronology 135
Appendix D Mustoe Chronology 139
Appendix E Crook Chronology 141
References 143
Index 145
About the Author 157
