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24 Feb 1939

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Gloucester Advocate in Gloucester, New South Wales

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Gloucester Advocate

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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia

Date

Feb 24, 1939

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Dinner-Suit Dan On The Job In Australian Township

Dan uses a ruse at the Squatters Arms to collect a bloodless clue by dusting a serviette with powder, lifting a print, and marking it for a letter to an unknown Mr. The tale highlights Dan’s police method and the contrasting lives of Wellesterly and Jin in a colonial town.

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Dan Wellesterly Jin America Australia Horace F. Wellesterry Bowling Green Squatters Horace E. Welleslerly Welleslerly Sergeant Briscow James Smith Horace E. Wellesterly Briscow
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The Gunman's Confession and Briscow's Secret Plan

The tale follows Detective-Sergeant Briscow in a spring morning taxi to a gaol yard where Yorkey and a gunman pace like caged tigers. An agent reports limited chatter while Briscow tests a hidden device to relay prisoners' talks to a distant office, seeking official sanction for wider use.

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Briscow Yorkey Lke
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