The Real Murderess Behind the Seabury Case
A police stakeout reveals a second Leonore as the true killer of Dr. Abraham Seabury. The innocent Leonore Lestrange is cleared, while Colonel Cain and Theodore Seabury confront a masked accomplice. The bizarre tale links a double identity, inheritance envy, and a defiant past.
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Cain
Seabury House
Leonore
Unn
Ketcham
Bon View
Detective Service
Une
Western E Hotel
Eighth Precinct
Madama
Seabury
Dr. Seabury
Leonores
Theodore Seabury
Colonel Cain
Abraham Seabury
The Sea bury Case Ends With Fatal Truths and Flight
Leonore Legrande confessed murder to secure the Doctor's fortune and to force Theodore Seabury's acknowledgment. She killed herself in prison to avoid a public trial, while Seabury was released. Leonore promised to marry the narrator a week later, then agreed to share the fortune, leaving Seabury to go abroad with Colonel Cain.
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Leonore
Seabury
Lenore
Theodore Seabury
Conore
Ketehanus
Vgan
Minis
Leonor
Ubon
Theodore Sebury
Spi
Wereham
Toi
Seabury2
Ketcham
Colonel Cain
Colonel Win
Phn
Catn
Cain
South
Leonore Lesrande
Dr. Seabury
New Orleans
Theodore
Joo
Ele
Mississippi River
Ito
Theodore Fe
Leonore Dolby
Leonore Legrande
Shoe
Legrand
Listress
Olice
Gilet
The Reward of Merit
A Detroit Free Press excerpt contrasts a boss’s dry salary cut with a longtime employee James, who has served twenty years. The piece then shifts to The Music of Chinese Speech, noting Chinese tonality, multilingual meanings, and four main intonations, with a historical observer lamenting missed musical study.
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James
Detroit Free Press
China
S. Wells Williams
DE Williams
Quip on Bones and a Fish Bone Ready Wit
A Philadelphia Record item notes a teacher quizzing a girl on how many bones are in the body. The girl answers 207 and adds she swallowed a fish bone that day. A wry exchange hints at fate for a future bride and old maid.
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Philadelphia Record
Redpaths Final Memoir Work and Irish Civil War Links
The obituary memoir recounts James Redpath aiding in the Jefferson Davis memoir project with Prof. Dimity and his years in New Orleans and Beauvoir. It notes his paralysis, dedication to completing the work, and his Irish home rule advocacy. The piece recalls meetings in New Orleans and a St Patrick’s banquet, detailing Redpath’s wit, loyalty, and the detective shadow during his Emerald Isle trip while reflecting on his literary contributions.
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Serr Davis
Talia
Redpath
New York City
Syal
James Redpath
Prof
Dimitey
Ulane Uni
New Orleans
Esther
Jefferson Pagis
Pacaro Redpath
Orleans
Ireland
Louisiana
Davis
Beauvoir
St. Charles
Hedpath
England
Jiedpath
St. Patrick’s
Redpall
Order of Hibernians
West Jind
Crescent City
Gladstone
Confrere
New York Dock
Hedrath
Sunton
Tadm
Death toll rises as scholars mourn Bentlesay in Chicago
A fragmented obituary note mourns a scholar named Bentlesay, described as firm in his opinions yet unashamed of opposing views, with a brief Latin line and a Chicago Journal reference signaling his death reported across two hemispheres.
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Bentlesay
Chicago
Promenade Deck Talks and Store Floor Dust Dilemmas
A crowded promenade debate features a pale young man challenging a professor on geology and legends of Scipio and Tax. The piece shifts to practical advice for hardware merchants, endorsing water-based floor cleaning over dust-raising methods, with guidance on watering cans broom care and avoiding floor wetness to keep stores tidy.
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Maine
Chery
Tie Young
Scipio
Cours
B. C
Creek
Hudson
Dean
Stion
Hardy
Toronto
Montreal
Dad
Ris Brother Gathered Swill The Union of Port Jervis
A fragment notes Daniel P Koch of Patters a brother of Prof Koch, famed for a consumption remedy, once mayor or similar in Port Jervis, who lived by gathering and selling pork swill house to house. A daughter of D P Koch resided at Cuddebackville. mentions John Wanamaker and a wholesale stamps agent in Philadelphia.
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Port Jervis
Daniel P. Koch
Patters
Koch
D. P. Kw
Cuddebackville
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Cyrus
Rome
Greece
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Omar
Orient
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Aeind Mymtery
Alexander Robinson, M. D
Aloes
Young Seabury
Chapier XXXII
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