RATHBUN’S RUINS / CAITLIN CASS’s serial account of the career of Benjamin Rathbun, entrepreneur and jailbird, began in the very first issue of The Public. This is the fifth and final installment.

See all of our Benjamin Rathbun centerfolds by Caitlin Cass:

The Rise and Fall of Benjamin Rathbun

Rathbun Takes Niagara Falls

Rathbun Feeds his Monster

Rathbun Keeps Building