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The Woman of Wax Detected Murder Mystery in New York
Ada Ricard is found drowned after a staged abduction aboard a yacht and a tar barrel device. William Dow and Captain Young unravel a convoluted case as police and witnesses sift through ashore leads, courtly suspects, and a famous New York locale including Shakespeare's tavern and Bellevue Hospital.
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Saunders
Robertson, Jr
Sipall
Ada Ricard
Mr. Robertson, Jr
Firefly
Forster
House of Robertson & Co
Mr. Saunders
Robertson Junior
Robertson
Colonel Forster
Flsng
Ggard
Ada
Gray
Renae
Panda
Bard
Staten Island
New York
Central Office of
the Police
Metropolitan Police
William Saunders
Adaleard
Kelly
Otler
Hmself
Bellevue Hospital
South Street
Brooklyn
Thomas Bright
Davidson
United States
Shakespeare's Tavern
Wile Saunders
Jim
Charley
Toby
Shakespeare
Wharfsinger
Saint Mira
Charney
Shakespeare’s
O’neel
Neel
Elias Young
Wiliam Dow
Master Youngs
William
Dow
Rue Marlot
William Dow
Philadelphia
Mr. Kelly
Metropolitan Police of
Young
The
Wil-lam Dow
Saint Vincent
Krigt
Oon
Ada Rcard
East Twenty-third Street
Robert Fowl
vMicinis
Miss Ada
Fowl
Captain O. Be
Captain Young
Hy George
Anne
Captain
Mary
Morcmer
Miss Ida
Ida
Dotry
Sheriff’s
Mortimer
Eur
O'Neil
Alvert Moor
Lie
School of Medicine
Noneteless
Laenders
House of Robertson Brothers & Co
Mr. Robertson
Shakespeare's
Harlem
Davis
Anchor Tavern
Shakespeare’s Tavern
Yorkville
Loby
Thompson
Tom Katters
Kidappers
Bart
Vieii
America
Europe
Atenea
O'Neel
Wharf 43
Mr. Davis
Leutenant
Liberia
Williamsburg
Green Point
Williamsburgh