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Benson murder case deepens as clues emerge
In New York, Sergeant Heath investigates the Benson homicide with District Attorney Markham and narrator Vance. Mrs Platz says Benson had no visitors before dinner, a revolver is found, and plans focus on Benson’s nightlife circle, business allies, and a mysterious dinner companion.
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Philo Vance
John F.X. Markham
New York County
Alvin H. Benson
Wall Street
Anthony Benson
Anna Platz
Alvin Benson
Muriel ST. Clair
Philip Leacock
Miss St. Clair
Leander Pfyfe
Paula Banning
Pfyfe’s
Elsie Hoffman
Benson and Benson
Bigsby Ostrander
William H. Moriarty
George G. Stitt
Stitt and McCoy
Maurice Dinwiddie
Ernest Heath
Burke, Snitkin, Emery
Homicide Bureau
Ben Hanlon
Phelps, Tracy, Springer, Higginbotham
Carl Hagedorn
Doremus
Frank Swacker
Currie
Vance
S. S. van Dine
Benson
Heath
Mrs. Platt
Markham
la Platz
Mr. Vance
Ethey
Aesculapius