Murder at the Ansonia prompts Paris police probe
In the Paris cathedral district a detective’s dream hints at a crime while M. Peugeot leads a stormy investigation at the Ansonia Hotel. A missing banquet guest Lloyd Kittredge becomes central as a cloaked woman’s belongings point to him and a murder victim Enrico Martinez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Notre Dame
Paris
Bonnaton
Mother Bonneton
Paul Coquenll
Rio de Janeiro
Oquenil
Benneton
Caesar
Coquenil
Cathedral Gardens
Lloyd Kittredge
Kittredge
The
Bennetons
Ihredge
S& Book
Ansonia Hotel
Papa Tignol
M. Peugeot
Police
Peugeot
Rio Janeiro
France
Ansonia
M. Gibelin
Gibelin
Beau Cocono
M. Gritz
Ougeot
Joubert
Police Department
Ausonia
Enrico Martinez
Joseph
Francois
No. 6
In the Name of the Law unfolds a Paris pursuit
Kittredge maneuvers through Paris at night with a cloak and bag as he evades pursuit and slips into a Notre Dame area house. A detective squad spots him and prepares to arrest him, while the cabby jokes about the evening’s foolery. The story traces Kittredge’s late night gambit and prior visit to the Benetons.
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Francois
Bridgeport
M. Peugeot
Kittredge
Champs Elysees
Boulevard St. Germain
Rue de Vaugirard
Paris
Kittradge
Notre Dame
Rue du Cloitre Notre Dame
M. Gibelin
Papa Tignol
Tignor
Hue
Cocotte
Ansonia
Alice
Ru Cloitre Notre Dame
Ballad of True Wisdom
A reflective piece contrasts seekers of beauty fame and knowledge with a wiser plea. The speaker favors a life focused on books and a garden of flowers, seeking a carefree coastal home and a balance between seasons, while acknowledging the gods may grant or deny such a life.
Cruel Fathers Stir Debate In Letter From Chicago
Winifred Black recounts a gruesome sight on a Chicago Streetcar where a father struck two young boys while a mother remained passive. The piece condemns parental cruelty and urges immediate action by authorities, urging victims to seek help and legal protection.
Boy detective helps locate missing St. Louis girl
Ten year old Carl Erdel, visiting Luxembourg, overheard a remark about a lost child. He questioned Alvina Kuser, described her to her father and Patrolman Stiften, and led them to the Luxembourg home where the five year old was found eight miles from her home. She could not explain how she traveled there.
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ST. Louis
Alvina Kuser
Carl Erdel
Luxembourg
Alvina
Carl
Schug
Christian Noerper
Lemay Ferry Road
Wyoming Street
Kuser
Stiften
Mer
Missing Child Sparks Police Doubts and Detective Dreams
A girl is reported missing with claims a man threatened to kill her and transported her on a street car to a bridge over the River des Peres. The Erdel family and neighbors note the Elder boy, clever beyond his years, and Captain Hanna of the Second District Police doubts the kidnap claim. Carl, who found the child, dreams of becoming a detective.
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River Des Peres
Wyoming Street
Erdel
Hanna
Second District
Carl
Lovers in Plays Flop Forces Arrest in Massillon
John Newman of Bridgeport Connecticut sought his wife who had eloped with Emil Martin. He claimed police issued a warrant after discovering the pair rehearsing love scenes in his parlor during amateur theatricals. Mrs Newman and Martin were jailed in Massillon.
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Mansfield
John Newman
Bridgeport
Conn
Masailion, O
Emil Martin
Siso
Newman
Martin
Massillon
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E. Wash. St
Aurora
Columbia National Bank
East Washington St
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Rushville
Connersville
Connereville
Bach Wat
Hanlon
Superba
the Park Theater
Park Theater
Ballad OF
Andrew Lang
Venus
Gray
Pan
Tailas
Athens
Ours
Winifred Black
Cottage Grove
Chicago
Thirty-first
Mrs. S. Hour
Sleuth OF
Ives
Sund
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Decatur
Bloomingdale
Hume and
Reture
Indiana Library School
Indianapolis
Merica Hoagland
Propylacum
Polk
Polek’s
Castoria
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