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Elopement Plots Go Bust in Whittimore Mansion
Christmas Eve burglary tale follows Tom Patterson a skilled thief who targets the Whittimore home. He hides during a tense confrontation with Evangeline and her lover, is exposed by a sudden detective act, and ends with a mock elopement scheme collapsing as the real police and family steer to hush money.
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Thomas Patterson
Patterson
Tom
Kittridges
Douglas Whittimore
Evangeline Whittimore
Whittimore
Miss Wrangeline
Mr. Whittimore
Miss Evangeline Shoe
Tain
Feller
Evangeline
Vangy
Misa @vangeéling
Tom Patterson
Miss Evangeline
A. Whitthmore
Frank A. Munsey Co
Elmer McSweeney
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
J. Blair Sutton
Said County
Himer Mcdweaney
Indiana
Orphans’ Court
County of
Himer McSweeney
A . J. Blair Suttton
John C. McSweeney
Said
Williai Lewis
Court House
Ioja John "C
Sweeney
Blair Sutton
Orphans’ ‘Court
Carrie H. Johnston
C. A. Tolnston
White
Aildebrand
Daniel Duncan
Pattison
Patti
A. D. Hildebrand
Posnt