Van Dine’s Kennel Murder Case teased by Vance’s dogs and ceramics
Philo Vance, a New Jersey terrier breeder with a passion for Chinese porcelain, becomes entwined in the Archer Cor case after a dawn phone call. Detective Markham arrives at Vance’s East 59th Street duplex as authorities pivot to a “murder by one’s own action,” prompting sharp exchanges and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo Vance
New Jersey
New York
Vance
Shaw
Bastith Street
Markham
Coe Butler
District Attorney’s Office
New York Police Department
Adiyatery
Currie
Majordome
Harvard
Mirkin
van Ine
Vanee
Gore
Ateher Cor
Coo
Archer
Carrie
Coe'a
Mystery at Coe House Ends With Suicide Shot
Markham and Vance arrive at Archer Coe’s brownstone after Gamble reports Coe has shot himself. Wrede, Grassi, and Brisbane Coe figure in the visit as investigators, with the door bolted from inside. The scene features a revolver, a temple wound, and police ready to force entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markham
Cee
Archer Coe
Raymond Wrede
Wrede
Vance
Wrore
Coes
Gamble
Brisbane Coe
Archer
Chicago
Coe
Heath
Tye
Central Park
Lout
72Nd Street
Central Park West
Tist Street
No. 98
New York
Recce
Gambble
Mark‘ham
Thad
Hilda Lake
Neice
Signor Grassi
Grassi
Mr. Coés
Milan
Mr. Wrede
Mr. Vance
Vane
Harnest Heath
Detective Hennessey
Hennessey
Slashing entry into a sleuth chamber scene unfolds
In a tense moment two men call for aid as a door gives way under their force. The group ascends to a sleuth chamber while Heath Hennessey and others threaten a brutal breach, leaving the scene hanging with a “to be continued” tease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hennessey
Hal
Wrestle
Grassi
Gamble
Markhall
Vance
Heath
Marriage brokers in Germany form a union amid dowry talks
The story notes a German alliance among marriage brokers with charges ranging from £1 to £10, plus rent and dowry aspects in Surrey. It references British Legion income, an inquest in Wigan on a presumed illness, and claims about remedies in science papers promoting toxins removal from blood to prevent colds.
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Germany
Thule
Surrey
British Legion
Mens Gate
Ypres
Wigan
England
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Sydney
Syd
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Winehedmbe, Carson, Ltd
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Alven
Homebush Bay
Winehenmbe House
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Gloucester
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van Dine
New Zealand
Australia
London
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Alfataval Separator CQ Ltd
Sussex Street
Gloucester Dairy Company, Ltd
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Tull Cash & Carry Butchery
Soucester
St. Gloucester
Golden Gate Cafe
Gloucester Investments & Agency Co
Commonwealth Savings
Choline
E. Young
Mercantile and Usual Ins. Co. Ltd
Severn
Conwair
Gloucester Fruit and Vegetable Market
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Dargaville
T. Hicks
D.K. Redman & Sons
M. Thurlow
F. Sutton
Hume Street
E. Patmore
F. A. Isaac
F. A. Isaac Builder & Undertaker
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