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The Clergyman's Secret Detected In Kentucky Theft Tale
In 1859 Ohio attorney Robert Rankin recalls joining Captain Rankin on a Baker detective mission. The story centers on a former lawyer turned sleuth who investigates a gold theft scheme linked to Mary Longwell and her father John Longwell. Rankin recounts rooming with Rankin, meeting the daughter, and traveling to Kentucky to uncover the culprit among trusted village workers such as clerk Charles Comstock.
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