A Felon's Love Chapter I and II Summary of a Murder Tale
In a Sussex village, the wealthy collector Mr Hughes is murdered at Froyles. Butler William Luke is accused and convicted, then later pardoned as new clues arise. The missing footman Edward Bartlett and maid Anne Dodson vanish, sparking police intrigue and public headlines.
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Sledgemere
Sussex
Froyles
Hughes
Louire
Mise Pyecroft
Miss Pyecroft
Mr. Hughes
William Luke
Bartlett
Luke
Edward Bartlett
Anne Dodson
Australia
Her
Lewes
Sarah Dodson
Anne
London
Scotland Yard
Toba
Six Year old healer in Pittsburg draws crowd
A six year old African American girl named Genevieve Washington from 6383 Shakespeare Street is reported to heal the blind, deaf, and lame without medicine by laying on of hands. Her cures include restoring Mrs Westerman's sight and a noted attorney's wife recovery from apoplexy, with patients visiting for help over ten weeks. She asks for gifts, not fees, and claims divine power discovered early this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Genevieve Washington
Shakespeare Street
Blackston
Philadelphia
Washingtons
Mr. Washington
Gibraltar Fortification Efforts Highlight Fortress Role
The article praises Gibraltar as a fortress with the admiralty continually strengthening it. It notes ten thousand Spanish laborers working in the British area each day for pay, building harbor moles and mounting heavy guns atop the rock to command the approaches.
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Gibraltar
Admiralty
Local girl claimed to cure by touch among tales of rumor
A reporting fragment recounts Genevieve Washington curing ailments by touch, with claims of relief for rheumatism bedfast Mrs. Dent and tumor patients like Charles Darkins. The piece ends with a note about a distant fortress town and British control.
Farm for sale with well becomes bargaining point
A Hartford lawyer recounts a client in a neighboring town who sunk a costly well on his farm. When asked for the asking price the farmer replies he will sell the place for 700 dollars with the well and 600 dollars without it, illustrating the risk the well adds to the sale.
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Hartford
Nothing to Eat in Swamphurst Estate
A brief dialogue from Brooklyn Life portrays Haddit claiming wealth in Swamphurst while lamenting lack of food. The exchange highlights a tension between perceived assets and present need.
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Hassit
Swamphurst
Haddit
Brooklyn
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Henry W. Nesfield
Mrs. Young
Morocco
J. F. Nisbet
Washington
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