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Murder Returns to a Cigar Store Case in New York
A late night visit to a cigar store leads to a murder investigation of attorney Alport. The narrator uncovers missing papers from the Harcourt will, follows a glove clue to a wife’s involvement, and with detectives arrests Leonardi Giotti, the husband, who is later executed for murder. Dolly Madison reference weaves in with historical anecdotes on Dolly Payne Todd Madison.
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Alport
Neil Harcourt
Neil Iarcourt
Duncan Larcourt
Sawyer Alport
Major Minton
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Lenement House
Harcourt Will
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Leven
Leonardi Giotti
Dolly Payne
James Madison
United States
Madison
Philadelphia
Congress
Virginia
North Carolina
Society of Friends
Dorothy Payne ‘Todd
John Todd
Montpelier
Bladensburg
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Madison
Stuart
General Washington
Dolly Paine
Dolly Madison
John Payne Todd
Todd
Geo. W. Erving
Constitution
Commodore Illiett
Young Todd
Washington
St. John’s Church
Benson
Baltimore
Arizona
San Pedro
Tombstone
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