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Alice Clement the Smile and the Chicago Detective Story
The story recounts Alice Clement, famed Chicago municipal detective known as Alice of the Smile. After a husband’s assault, she pursues a revenge plot against a thief, using a second hand shop as a thieves’ front. She covertly follows criminals, saves her child, and helps raid the gang, leading to arrests and a Joliet sentence for Mitchell.
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