Summers Hatches a Grim Identity Swindle in Snowbound Alley
William Summers known as Billy the steerer stumbles on a dead banker, Leonard P. Anthony, in a frigid backstreet lodging. He seizes the corpse’s wallet with over three thousand dollars and schemingly contemplates using the man’s likeness to assume his identity for a new scam.
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O' Hare
William Summers
Billy
Steerer
Fox
Lawn
O'Hare
Del
Summers
Leonard P. Anthony
Knoxville Mechanics’ Bank
Semmera
Knoxville
South Ca
Magady
Anthony
New York
Tames
South America
James
Leary
Pete’ Kolin
Chicago
Masked cashier duel as killer confesses in Knoxville
Summers, a forger posing as Leonard P. Anthony, fools Knoxville bank staff by adopting a dead man’s identity. After weeks in disguise, a mislabeled face unsettles him when a real Anthony returns, revealing Summers’s treacherous plan and forcing a grim confession.
Englishman and luggage tied to Laconia ship dock
A nervous Englishman stands near baggage as the Laconia arrives at New York. A customs inspector studies a stencil on one of the cases, signaling an inspection underway. The scene hints at a routine dockside check during arrival.
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New York
Spirit of Christmas in 1925 and a London diamond plot
A long poem on the Spirit of Christmas contrasts universal hunger with moral decay as a shipboard tale of Tipton and Curry diamonds unfolds. Lambert, a junior partner hopeful in Maiden Lane, loses a trunk key, while a stranger named Grady exploits the crisis revealing a hidden panel and a looming heist tied to London. The sequel hints at a daring diamond robbery and the restaging of old plots across oceans.
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Tipton & Curry’s
Duncan
Frm
Lambert
Tipton
Maiden Lane
Mr. Curry
Tipert
Tipton & Curry
Curry
Atlantic
Pier No
Rowm
Arkington Hotel
Mr. Grady
Old Tipton
Grady
Mfr
London
Saung Man
Ilias Tipton
Jim’ Wheeler
Paris
Old fashioned Christmas Plum Pudding Recipes
A collection of traditional puddings including a rich Christmas plum pudding recipe with suet currants raisins candied peel and brandy flaming at serving plus variations like Sago Plim Pudding and an economical wartime pudding using suet treacle and dried fruit.
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Mable
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Thomas Wilkes
Newark
Wilkes
James Griffin
Mechanics’ Bank
Sommers
L. P. Anthony
Summer
Leonard Anthony Bank Cashner
Griffin
Jimmie
Christendom
Orient
Tropics
Sejanus
Mr. Lambert
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