May Day Mystery B ends with deadly stabbing and police case
Novelist Octavus Roy Cohen spins a chaptered crime tale set at Marland University. Thayer is murdered in a fraternity house after romantic entanglements involving Ivy Welch Tony Peyton and Larry Welch drive suspects. Detective Hanvey probes bank robbery ties and motive linked to Thayer and Vernon as the plot unfolds across chapters.
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Chaptor
Antonette Peyte
The
Southern University
Marland
Paterson Thayer
Ivy Welch
Max Vernon
Long Thayer
Ivy
Thayer
Vernon
Larry Welch
University
Tony Peyton
Welch
Elch
Tony
Larry
Reagan
Fiske
Hanvey
Vernon Lh
Peyton
Mernon
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Vernona
Truth at Pine Top College Mystery Unfolds
Jim Hanvey presses Max Vernon to tell the full story of May bank robbery and Pat Thayer murder. Vernon admits involvement in a masked robbery after Thayer’s betrayal, describes fleeing with bloodied clothes and a dead robber, and hints at a planted knife theory while Reagan and Harvey pursue alibis and handwriting checks.
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Marland Bank
Jim Hanvey
Randolph Fiske
Hanvey
Max Vernon
Wilis
Carmicine
Thayer
Carmicino
Forbidden Revels
Reagan
Vernon
Max
Ivy Walch
Marland
Harvey
Ivy
Larry
Mr. Hanvey
Tony
Psi Tau Theta
John Reagan
Jim
American National Bank of
Steel City
William T. Aragon
John
Farnum and Gleason
Dike
Pat Trayer
Pat Thayer
Mailand National Bank
Pring
J Roews
Ewell
Detectives Question Vernon Lie Tells in Warden’s Office
Two detectives confront Vernon under questioning at the warden’s office. Reagan accuses Vernon of lying as he ran, while Jim Hanvey notes Vernon would keep lying with more questions. They conclude Max Vernon killed Pat Thayer.
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Archer Street
Oak
Mr. Hanvey
Harvey
Jim
Vernon
Reagan
John
Jim Hanvey
Max Vernon
Pat Thayer
College couple freed amid campus curiosity
Sunshine bathes the Marland courtyard as Tony Pey ton and Larry Welch walk out on bonds to temporary freedom. Ivy Welch and scores of friends gather, while Ivy quarrels with Pat’s killer theory and the campus community hesitates to intrude on their privacy.
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Tony Peyton
Larry Welch
Bonds
Ivy Welch
Larry
Ivy
Bud
Tony
Sis
Pat
Old Main
Pinetop
Marland
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Octavus Roy Cohen
Toby
Marland Police
Aragon
Perann
Rvich
Pim
Blegister
Kiva
Marland National Bank
Vldayer
Mar Vernon
Maz Vernon
Mr. Harvey
Brother Fiske
Jett
Miss Peyton
Mr. Welch
Hanovey
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