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Auction Struck London Stranger Unmasks Village Murder Plot
In Thorney harbour, a village sale turns tense as a London bidder wins Maston’s bureau and a stranger reveals a hidden murder plot. Reuben Pike doubles as thief, but a fingerprint and a trap-door arrest expose the killer and expose a £500 hoard. Detective Johns of Scotland Yard closes the case.
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Thorney
Old Maston
Jacob
London Daily
John Cuckmere
Lewes
Maston
Ruth
Tim
Harbour Cottage
Mrs. Coombes
Kat Mill
John
Tor
Everauctioneer
Manton
Bill Gilby
Reuben Pike
Reuben
P.ke
Pike
Jacob Mawton
Jacob Maston
Johns
Scotland Yard