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The German Lothario and the Elmira Kidnap Plot
In 1887 a charming German-Canadian schoolteacher J K Herres vanishes after forging notes for 900 dollars. Detective Murray langs a cross-border chase from Canada to Little Falls, Berlin and Royalton, aided by deputy Richardson and Sheriff Quinn. The suspect is captured at a rural school and later revealed as John Walker. A tense mob forms at a station before legal fights over extradition end with Herres jailed in Kingston for seven years.
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K. J. K Herres, JR
Elmira
Waterloo
Canada
Herres
Mr. Herres, Jr
John Cavers
Imperial Bank of
Galt
Ontario
Peter Leweller
Cavers
John Wilson Murray
Avers
Murray
Berlin
United States
John Klippert
Dominion
Klippert
Niagara Falls
Little Falls
White Cloud
Richardson
Murrey
John Walker
Marshal Richardson
Royalton
Tata
Erse Murray
Quinn
St. Paul
Sheriff Quinn
Marshall Campbell
Marshal Campbell
Campbell
Col. Kerr
Ryan
George N. Baxter
JK. Herres
Spencer
Col
Kerr
Nelson
Supreme Court
Kane
Ireland
Minnesota
Circuit Court
Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Kingston Penitentiary
J. K. Herres
Mustanche
W. G. Core