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The Fool Killer Intervenes In a Southland Love Tale
An unnamed narrator recounts meeting Jesse Holmes the Fool Killer in a New York City cafe where the artist Kerner plans marriage to Elise. Holmes warns Kerner of folly, the narrator pleads for mercy, and the Fool Killer tests the couple as they face social and artistic pressures surrounding love and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doubleday, Page & Co
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Down South
Jeane Holmes
Joase Holmes
Santa Claus
Jack Frost
Roanoke
Rio Grande
Jesse Holmes
Arizona Dick
Lionel Montress
Kerner
Idaho
Track Hill
Dlack Bill
M. F. Ts
Weantchester
Taj Mahal
India
Parroni
Poeta
Farroni
Sbe
Palmer House
Chicago
Fourteenth Street
Elise
Natchez
Jesse Holme
Wormwood
Jeans Holmes
Jane Holmes
Spain
Bellevue
Jease Holmes
Holmes
Kernchap
Fool-Killer
Little Kerner
Fifth Avenue
Jesse
Wurzburger
Rudolf