Enigmatic murder scene unsettles Bucharest circle
In a London house, a dead foreign woman lies under a sheet as detectives led by Morton and Cunliffe inspect clues. A dagger owned by the narrator surfaces as a potential link to Granny Gough and a suspected political motive involving Roumania’s minister Soutzo. The body’s identity remains uncertain, with officials vow to withhold details until autopsy.
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Padua
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Lydia Popescu
Garshore
Paris
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Soutzo
Jockey Club
Ploesti
Hirsova
Gough
England
United States
Grese
Europe
Lydia
Criminal Investigation Department
Gi Y
Au Garshore
Scotland
Mr. Cunliffe
Scotland Yard
Wreck causes and quirky tales from old coast trade
A veteran insurance investigator cites drink fogs and currents as wreck causes off England and Cape Ushant with shifting cargo blamed prior fixed by feed pipes. Anecdotes include one eyed Pete Mc Coy and a tale of chinchilla fur value and a Derbyshire parish name quip.
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England
Cape Ushant
Cape Finistere
Membury
Derbyshire
Sarah Jane
Betting Odds and Cigars Colorful Tales
A gambler captain Colombo loses a bet after a hostJoins in the joke about a thirties inch table. Facts about cigars explain color and shape terms from Oscuro to Londres and Napoleon to Panatela. The Washington Monument cornerstone was laid by President Polk on July 4 1848 at its prominent site.
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Ceylon
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Mount Vernon
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Ancient shaft rises to 555 feet with marble blocks
A large monument rises with a base five feet square and tapering to under thirty five feet at five hundred feet. It reportedly contains eighteen thousand marble blocks two feet thick, lifted by steam powered elevator within an iron framework. The aluminium capstone was set December 6, 1884, thirty six years after the cornerstone.
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