The North Walk Mystery Chapter Summary
The body of Jacob Benton is found murdered on the lawn near his house. Detective Hendricks investigates using a notebook, revolver, burned match and footprints. A blood hound is used to track the killer while a stopped clock hints Montcastle’s involvement. Benton faces insurance, engagement and missing papers concerns.
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Jacob Benton
Ill
Minard Hendricks
Montcastle
Farnhail
Benton
Disguises, Plans, and a Web of Deception
Two aged men meet lawyer Farnhall at his W Thirteenth Street residence for a staged scheme. Dr Lampkin and Detective Hendricks plot disguises to outwit Farnhall’s investigations while a tense dinner unfolds and police involvement is discussed.
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Lamakin
Hendricks
Lampkin
Farnhall
Frendricks
Ataira
Thirteenth St
Eighth-ave
Dr. Lampkin
Benton case sparks late night house party interrogation
Lampkin and the Benton case move toward a tense晚 gathering as Farnhall, Benton's lawyer, plans to summon the house party to reveal who stole papers and possibly linked murder. The detectives aim to force a confession while investigators search for clues.
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Lampkin
Benton
Orange
Allen
Farnhal
Farnhall
Detective Scheme to Recover Papers Nears Action
Hendricks and Lampkin monitor a house as Farnhall tries a ruse to recover missing papers. Ralph mocks the theft theory and bets 1000 dollars that the old man mislaid them. Hendricks urges swift pursuit and the scene ends with plans to follow as soon as the suspects leave.
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Farnhall
Inatanti
Hendricks
Lampkin
Ney
Key
Ralph
Sweet temper or no wealth novelty in Indiana agreement
Archibald Shields and his wife Mary, both residents of Scott county Indiana, signed a unique property temperance pact after repeated separations. The agreement states that if either spouse becomes mad or enraged the other’s current and future property reverts to the other, effectively enforcing self control through property rights. Executed in Scottsburg on August 16 142 and recorded locally.
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Scott County
Mary Shields
New York Sun
Scottsburg
Archibald Shields
Scott
Indiana
Diamond Found After Five Years at Denver Street Spot
The luckiest woman in the west, Mrs. Anna M. Scott of Denver, rediscovered a $200 diamond five years after losing it on a city street. Rain and sand had buried it, but the雨 washed it clean again. Others had searched in vain over the same ground.
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West
Anna M. Scott
Denver
Indiana Woman Pioneers Stage Promotion in Indianapolis
Miss Tessie Haynes, sole advance woman manager, arrives in Indianapolis to stage The Road to Ruin at Park Theater. She handles all advertising contracts and press work, proving fearless and capable despite male resistance. Her rise from Huntington tn stenography to theater advance woman highlights Hoosier grit.
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Tessie Fraynes
Indianapolis
the Park Theater
Miss Haynes
Indiana
Haynes
Huntington
Ind
Chicago
New York
Brooklyn Heights Railroad
Gertrude Haynes
Madison St
The Beach Escape With a Crimson Sunshade
Molly braves a field of cows to reach the beach with a crimson sunshade and an old copy of Janice Meredith. A prank by Jessie Summers and Flossie Howard turns into a comic rescue when Frank Barton finds Molly fleeing from a chained cow and a dramatic, embarrassed ending unfolds.
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Farmer Brown
Molly
Jessie Summers
Flossie Howard
Janice Meredith
Mollie
Frank Barton
Frank
Nerve Pills Praised By Indianapolis Reader
Mrs. Martha N. Bary of 513 New York St Indianapolis testifies that Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills cured her inward nervousness and flightiness. She bought a box at Hyder's drug store and says her nerves are now steady and strong. Pills are sold at 50 cents a box by dealers or Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY.
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Martha N. Bary
New York St
Indianapolis
Ind
A. W. Chage
Dr. A. W. Chase
Dr.a. W. ‘Chase
Medicine ‘Co
Buffalo, N. x
Molly and Frank in a Cow Caprice Remembered
A scene recalls Molly silencing a threat by promising not to reveal a secret. Frank deflects Molly’s mood with a tale of Brown’s cows, easing the tension as the season goes on.
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Frank
Molly
Brown
Apartment hotel to invade Fifth Avenue Millionaires Row
New York reports a proposed sixteen story apartment hotel between Sixty fourth and Sixty fifth streets on Fifth Avenue. Residents fear overshadowing and loss of privacy for the area’s wealthiest homes, highlighting financier Frank J. Gould who owns a nearby mansion.
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New York
Millionaires’ Row
Fifth Avenue
Frank J. Gould
Fifth Ave
Gould
Notice of Liquor License Request in Indianapolis Ward
Simon Goldsmith applies to Marion County Board of County Commissioners at December term 19 for license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallon quantities with on site consumption. Location is 906 Massachusetts Ave first floor brick building lot 17 Exchange Land Co subdiv, Center Township Indianapolis Indiana. The notice appears in The Popular Sun For Sale column.
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Tenth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of
County Commissioners
Washington St
Renard’s Sub
Outlet S
Indianapolis
Mam
David Davis
Center
Massachusetts Ave
Exchange Land Company
Center Owwnship
Thirteenth
Board of County Commissioners
Virginia-ave
Outlet 100
Bradshaw's Subdivision
Sigmond Schoen
Thirteenth Ward
Board of Commissioners
Bradshaw St
Virginia Ave
Bradshaw & Holmes
Sam Tratiner
Lester Secttor
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Frei Rowteeves
Ail Drugelstein
Aeauiro Shineninn
Marseilles
Pennsylvania
Str
Chickering
Vowe
Jewett, Ivers & Pond
Fischer, Cameron, Hallet & Davis
Braumuller
Stewart
Waisebner
Stodart
Indiana Screen and Mfg. CO
Cornell Ave
Simon Goldsmith
Abe Polaski
Sun
Lilly & Stalnaker
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