Diamonds and Deceptions in the Missioner Mansion
In a staged jewel theft mystery Mrs. Missioner’s necklace shatters scattering diamonds. Curtis Griswold and Braxton Sands rush to recover gems as a Hindu declares the Maharanee is fake. Detectives Britz and Donnelly pursue suspects including Elinor Holcomb while Paris ties surface to fake stones.
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Dorothy March
Mrs. Missioner
Curtis Griswold
Braxton Sands
Griswold
Hindoo
Donnelly
Carson
Elinor Holcomb
America
Britz
Elinor
Lawrence Fitch
Britt
Miss March
The Empty Apartment Escape of Detective Britt
Britt awakens bound in a small bare room with a silk gag. He frees himself by sawing through the scarf using a steam radiator and then escapes via a fire escape to reach the Swami’s house, heading south toward the Hudson.
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Britt
Central Office
Britz
Hudson
Seventy-second Street
Swami and Britz clash over missing Missioner jewel
In New York the Swami discusses Indian gems with Times reporter Britt while Prince Kananda and Ali confront a bungled search for a Missioner necklace thief. Britt suspects a copy may exist and weighs who forged the Kohinoor’s illusion. The talk hints at Paris as the copy site.
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Ali
Swami
Kananda
Times
Britt
India
East
Hindustan
Sunday
New York
West
Britz
Narghileh
Delhi
Benares
Missioner
Hindostan
Paris
Venice
Unique Sunshine Refund Hotel in Tempe
A Tempe Arizona hotel owner offers refunds on all charges to guests on days when the sun does not shine. The practice is described as the most unique hotel custom in the Salt River valley.
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France
Tempe
Salt River Valley
Arizona
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