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Circumstantial Evidence and the Missing Hand Case
A moonlit chase uncovers Edmund Lascelles murdered with his hand missing. Inspector Blake links George Manners to the crime through a hedge stake, a severed hand, and a matching footprint. Farmer Crosby's later doubt leads to John Powers confession. Powers is executed, Manners later executed after appeal.
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New York Herald Co
Manners
Crosby
Lescelles
Edmund Lascelles
Scotland Yard
London
Inspector Blake
Farmer Crosby
George Manners
Lascelles
Oxford
John Miles
Miles
England
Squire Lascelles
Margaret
Mr.Manners
Mary
Miss Margaret
Mr. Manners
Blake
Mr. Lascelles
Mannery
Lascélles
John Powers
Powers