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The Stolen Laces and the Frelinghuysen Boarders
In spring 1872 at Mrs Frelinghuysen's West Adams Street boarding house, Mrs Alice Claypole faces anonymous moral censure from tenants angered by her flirtations with younger men. A plot to expose her leads to a watchers' scheme, a young clerk’s confrontation, and a web of insinuations as a neighbor spy, Miss Goggles, observes from a transom. Meanwhile a separate Chicago burglary spree targets Simmons Mendelsohn’s lace store and other shops, foreshadowing a citywide crime wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frelinghuysen
Claypole
Mrs Claypole
Spooney
Miss Goggles
Hadley
Henry
Mr. Claypole
Mrs. Claypole
Claypola
Tadley
Smith
Miss Gogel
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Jobson
Jobson
Miss Coggles
Br. Jobson
Tye
Mr. Johanson
Genrietta
Miss Gogges
Herman
Ally
Iren
Arly
Lawthingly
Tam
Kissinee
Uerman
Vietd
Moore
Cerner
Curly
Frm
St Louis
New York
Merman
Lim
Slort
Lieruun
Gogeles
Veny
Coure
Raul
Lissa Guggsky
Everng
Chicago
Williamson & Graves
Lake Street
Cobb's Circulating Library
Mendelsohn
Washington
Stete Street
Mir. Mendelsohn
Pao
Wimpedal