Vance Investigates Jewel Loan Ties in Benson Murder Case
In Chapter XL, Philo Vance questions how Paula Banning used her jewels as security for Pryfe. The district attorney and Markham debate Benson’s generosity as Vance narrows suspects and reveals forged signatures tied to the case.
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Markham
Pryfe
Vance
Benson
Confession Finally Ends Benson Case in New York
In a late development, Leacock surrenders and confesses to killing Benson, while Markham and Vance unravel a web of alibis and forged evidence. Major Benson’s prior disclosures reveal hidden jewels and misdirection involving Paula Banning and Alvin Pryfe. The scene shifts from Schwab residence to Wall Street as the detectives close in on Pryfe and an unresolved romance.
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Philo Vance
John F.X. Markham
New York County
Alvin H. Benson Eec
Wall Street
Anthony Benson
Anna Platz
Isié
Philip Leacock
Leander Pfyfe
Alvin Benson
Pavla Banning Hoffman
Benson and Benson, Dea
William H. Moriarty
Hirsasee Ah Eoe
Stitt and McCoy, Public Accountants
Ernest Heath
Homicide
Manson
Miss St. Clair
Pryfe
Bigsby
Pfyfe
Ulysses
New York
Paul Pry
Port Washington
Leander
Dulcinea
Tracy
Schwab
West End Avenue
Riverside Drive
Seventy Third Street
Vance
Markham
Sir Hubert
Benson
Fountain Room
Ansonia Hotel
Alvin
Paula Banning
Miss Hoffman
Mrs. Banning
Warren Hastings
Leacock
Heath
Mr. Markham
Swacker
Quarterly meeting of Liberty Baptist association held at Wallburg
Large attendance and inspiring addresses marked the Liberty Baptist association quarterly meeting at Wallburg Baptist church in Davidson county. Speakers included Mrs. John W. Shepherd missionary to Brazil and Wake Forest professor A C Reid, with other pastors from Thomasville Winston-Salem and Rich Fork.
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Lexington
Liberty Baptist Association
Baptist Church
Wallburg
County
E. F. Mumford
Wallburg Baptist Church
John W. Shepherd
Brazil
A. C. Reid
Wake Forest College
Thomasville
Charles H. Stevens
Winston-Salem
M. O., Alexander
B. L. West
Rich Fork
E. N. Gardner
Davidson County
Hunger Detected by X Ray At Baylor University
Doctors at Baylor University in Dallas report they can determine hunger by X ray. They have observed and photographed stomach hunger contractions, completing experiments that track the stomach’s muscular activity.
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Dallas
Texas
Baylor University
Citizens plan monument for colonial founder George Reed
In Reeds, a village four miles southwest of Lexington, residents form a committee led by J. N. Myers C. H. Fritts and Frank Foster to raise funds for a gravesite memorial to George Reed founder of the community. Reeds boasts two churches a high school several shops and the Snyder Bat factory NC's sole baseball hat maker.
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Lexington
Reeds
George Reed
J. N. Myers
C. H. Fritts
Frank Foster
Davidson County
Snyder Bat
North Carolina
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