This book is an interesting1855 view of the Manhattan Detention Complex when it existed on Centre Street, its location when it first gained its "Tombs" moniker. The book describes the complex, its officers, "clients," and activities. The title comes from the prison term normally associated with the prison term associated with public drunkenness. I discovered this book in a search to update my own book "George Washington's Liberty Key: Mount Vernon's Bastille Key."