Lola mystery ends in murder and twin motives
Gordon Gregg is drawn into a London Dumfries case involving a torn photograph of a young girl, a robbed consul safe, and a fraud named Hornby aboard Lola. Muriel Leithcourt is linked to a murdered woman found in Ran-Rockwood, while Olinto and Armida complicate the plot. Gregg pursues clues to Olinto and the torn girl as the case twists through Woodroffe, Muriel, and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Gregg
Leghorn
Hornby
Lola
Hylton Chater
Gregg Yiells
Jack Durnford
Durnford
London
Gregg
Olinto
Dumfries
Muriel Leithcourt
Muriel
Martin Woodroffe
Woodroffe
Forn
Ran- Rockwood
Clinto
Meeta Q Oluinto
Grege
Ann Cameron
Miss Muriel
Enigmatic letter drives pursuit in Russian Finland
In a Northern town, Elma Heath's coded letter from abroad asks Lydia to deliver it to London contact Woodroffe at Cork Street, Piccadilly. The note hints at a dangerous secret Todes in Finland and hints a deadly uncle, Baron Oberg, seeks the truth as the narrator follows clues to Muriel Leithcourt and a yacht man alias Hornby.
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Lydia
Chichester
London
Martin Woodroffe
Cork Street
Piccadilly
Elma
Russia
Finland
Abo
Woodroffe
Hornby
Baltic
Gregg
Mystery at Rannoch Wood and Leithcourt Secrets
A London visitor named Chater reappears in Dumfries after Leithcourt flees with his daughter Muriel. Clues emerge about a double mystery surrounding a murder in Rannoch wood and a concealed Italian connection. Detectives seek ties between Chater, Santini, and the hospital case as the web tightens around Greenlaw Castle.
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Chater
Cowan
Italy
Dumfries
Rannoch
Sir George
Gilrae
Leithcourt
Gregg
Mackenzie
Rannoch Wood
Knights of Industry
Mr. Gregg
Wood
Clinto Santini
London
Santini
H Im
Bayswater
Clinte
Chaver
Chapter IX Unveiled Secrets Drive Investigation
A cryptic letter by Hima Heath and Lydia Moreton’s account spur a determined pursuit of a growing mystery. Protagonist recalls landing from a voyage as the motive behind the unfolding clues and potential revelations.
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Hima Heath
Lydia Moreton
HID WEALTH UNDER CARPET FOUND IN NY BOARDER'S BANK BOOKS
Mrs. Juliet O Keeffe of The Bronx turned over three loan books with a balance of 5000 dollars including interest to the New York public administrator. The books, found under a carpet in her home, belonged to Thomas Griffin a former boarding house boarder who died at Fordham hospital after an illness in 1903. The location and heirs remain undetermined.
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New York City
Juliet O'Keefe
One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Street
Bronx
Mukden Water Project Would Supply City Hydrants
A Chinese company Tien Po Kung Ssu Kan petitioned the Mukden governor general for permission to install a waterworks at Mukden. The plan values the capital at 1,000,000 small coins (about 400,000 USD) in 100,000 shares of 10 each. About 600,000 small coins would be paid up before starting, with the remainder due as required. The project would not pipe houses yet. water would be delivered to street hydrants and households could later pay to lay pipes and connect.
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Mukden
Tien Po Kung Ssu Kan
United States
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hydrocarbon dyes and fuels shift in wartime use
Talal and Toluol are hydrocarbons used in dye manufacture and high explosive production. Benzol, another hydrocarbon, fuels artificial dyestuffs and can power internal combustion engines. German coke oven output supplied motors in 1918 and now nearly replaces gasoline in that country.
Different Doings Fashionable Surgeon Doing
A fragmentary exchange jokes about a fashionable expensive surgeon and his work. The line hints at high society and the brotherly banter within a domestic or social vignette.
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Yate
Auto Rages Fatal Car Crashes At Spirit Lake Race
E Donaldson and his mechanician Charles Wilcox died after a car overturned several times during a Spirit Lake auto race. Orville Donaldson won the race and prize money, while Flavis Donaldson placed second. Otto Flume escaped serious injuries in a separate crash. The elder Donaldson, a veteran racer, previously owned Emden, the car that did well at Indianapolis and Omaha events.
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Spirit Lake
R. E. Donaldson
Milford, Jr
Charles Wilcox
Donaldson
Wilcox
Orville Donaldson
Flavis
Otto Flume
Flume
Emden
Mysterious Disappearance of Mrs Tucker in Knoxvill a
Suspicion grows that Mrs J H Tucker may have died by her own hand after last seen Aug 4 in Knoxvill a. Letters in her home hint at suicide, with a note naming a finder to keep away and chocolates laced with strychnine. Authorities test the claim as her family history reveals trouble and a recent separation. Meanwhile a separate report from West Liberty notes theft of a horse team sold to Pittsburgh parties, prompting no recovery effort by owner.
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Knoxvills
Knoxvilla
J. H. Tucker
McLord
Bis
Tucker
Anne Rittenhouse
Ottumwa
Stolan
Weat
Liberty
J. D. Potter
West Liberty
EB. J. Grimes
Keokuk County
Potter Barn
Pittsburgh
Tragic House Fire Claims Six Year Old Child
Josephine Tweed aged six, alone in a house, struck a match and set fire to her clothing. She crawled to her father Peter Tweed who worked nearby, but the flames proved fatal within hours.
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Boyce
Josephine Tweed
Peter Tweed
Two Killed By Train Near Malvern
Two unidentified young men were killed instantly by a Wabash freight train one mile east of Malvern. The pair appeared to have slept on the tracks and were not seen until the train was upon them. One man stood about six feet tall and estimated at 30, the other five feet six inches. Names not provided.
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Malvern
Here
Ted
Bhu Moyers
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Snart
Bima Heath
Elma Heath
Euston
Greenlaw
Siona
Set Ie Gadib
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Cameron
New York
E. Donaldson
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