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Mystery of St. Louis guardian in Phiadelphia death case
Stuart Jordan dies during initiation into Mu Beta Sigma after a suspected poisoning. Detective Rankin investigates with Philadelphia connections to a St. Louis banker guardian Howard Merrick and a network of students including Ralph Buckley Walter Randall Ned Patterson and Larry Palmer. Probed are forged checks and a stolen caninе poison from the university lab as Rankin traces motives, loans and a possible heir to the estate while seeking the truth behind a mysterious letter and the role of Dr Arnold Prince.
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Mu Beta Sigma
Stuart Jordan
Tommy Rankin
Philadelphia
Jordan
Rankin
Howard Merrick
St. Louis
Vandalia
Ralph Buckley
Walter Randall
Arnold Prince
Edward Fletcher
Larry Palmer
Beta Sigma
Universty Laboratory
Ned Patterson
Mr. Merrick
Stuart
Guardian
State University of Iowa
Hawthorne Universiy
Fort Wayne
Doctor Prince
Louis
Hawthorne
Ted Stanton
Aberdeen
Merrick
Mr. Warwick
Taureras