The Detective’s Clew
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HE STEPPED AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOTIONLESS FORM.
(P. 28.)
THE SECRETSERVICESERIES—NO. 14.
A Monthly Periodical,
DEVOTED TO STORIES OF THE DETECTION OF CRIME.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $3 PER YEAR.
DECEMBER, 1888.
Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter.
The Detective’s Clew:
OR,
THE TRAGEDY OF ELM GROVE.
BY
“OLD HUTCH.”
NEW YORK:
STREET & SMITH, Publishers,
31 Rose Street.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888,
BY STREET & SMITH,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
Table of Contents.
I. THE BROTHER’S MESSAGE.
II. GEOFFREY HAYWOOD.
III. “SEVEN O’CLOCK.”
IV. A FI