Murder Mystery in Maine Woods Involving Tope and Ledforge
FBI operator Adam Bruce Inspector Tope and Mrs Tope meet in the Maine woods where a man found murdered is initially identified as Ledforge. A car raised from quarries contains Mrs Kell's body as her husband commits suicide. Joe Dane accuses Tope and takes charge. Ledforge and Eberly plan a fishing trip, but Ledforge rams canoe and halts him when Tone intervenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Bruce
FBI
Tope
Maine
Ledforge
New England Utilities
Kell
Joe Dane
D.A
Eberly
Tone
Mrs. Kell
Holdom
Joe
Mr. Ledforge
Christopher
New York
Dr. Nason
Boston
Wade
Dewain’s Mill
Dual lives and murder scheme unmasked by Ledforge
Ledforge reveals he and his twin Christopher shared one life to shield the other. Holdom schemes with Kell to exploit the double for stock fraud, a deadly plan ending with Christopher killed and Kell implicated as the driver. Tope pieces together the alibi and suspects as the plot tightens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Christopher
Tope
Ledforge
Alice
Pioneer Files Glimpse May 30 1918 and 1928 Big Timber Notes
May 30 1918 items record Col A B Coit and wife visiting Big Timber after winter in San Diego and various residents visiting relatives and returning from travels including Miss Mary Sheridan teachers and local families. May 31 1928 notes describe wedding Paul C Ballard and Katherine Bray at St Luke's rectory with witnesses Anne Hoem and W E Foster plus community visits and a ranch shower hosted by Mrs Arthur Pope and Mrs Eugene Parker for Mrs Sam Solberg near Boulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
A. B. Coit
San Diego
Cal
Big Timber
Harvey Coit
Spencer Jarrett
Canon City
Colo
James Bonner
Missoula
T. C. McCall
Mary Sheridan
Billings
Paul C. Ballard
Katherine Bray
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Douglas Matthews
Anne Hoem
W. E. Foster
Birge Brammer
Lennep
Brammer
Louis Bade
Wilsall
Althea McGinnis
Clyde Park
Kirwan
Boulder
Arthur Pope
Eugene Parker
Pope Ranch
Sam D. Solberg
Clara Roseland
Bert Willard
S. W. Fanning
Emery C. Jones
Ed Boddy
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Notes and Local Visitors
The May 26 1946 Christian Science lesson sermon centered on Soul and Body with cited Bible verses and a passage from Science and Health. Local visitors M Nash, and the Wangsmo family from Trondhjem Norway arrived to reside here, Mrs Wangsmo being Isaac and George Rostad’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ, Scientist
God
Mary Baker Eddy
M. Nash
Gibson
Lars Wangsmo
Trondhjem
Norway
Wangsmo
Isaac
George Rostad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Byuben
Carl
Mr. Holdom
Adam
Mr. Eberly
Miss Ledforge
Pioneer
D. W. Higbie
Gallatin Valley
Ernest George
Butte
City
Mrs Alfred George
Pioneer Files
Christian Science
Conoco Nt
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Eer
Montana Power Company
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