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The Banker Detective Outsmarts a Vaudeville Swindle
In New Orleans a night watchman encounters a murderous guard dog at the Dubois mansion and a masked burglary ends with banker Christopher Poe exposing a clever plan by vaudeville performers the Twirley Twins. Poe uses a shell game of disguises and a staged crime to steer the couple toward legitimate stage work.
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Christopher Poe
Secr.x
Robert Carlton Brown
W. G. Chapman
Hopkins
Royal Street
New Orleans
Dubois
Armand Dubois
Alert
Great Dane
Sheraton
Old Dubois
Poe
Bourbon
San Antone
Missis
Hardy
Thomas Hardy
Twirley Twin
Angel
New York
Merry Whirl Company
George
Mr. Hardy
Twirley
Paris
Frisco
Mrs. Twirley
Mrs. T
Dickie
Miser
Devil
Jimmy
London
Twirley Twins
Glert
Billy Ryan