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Page 179
... Wood a cigar -a seeming defense , but actually we shall construe it in our favor , for it obviates the possibility that DeWitt gave Wood the cigar elsewhere before the murder , to account for its being on his dead body . " Lane tapped ...
... Wood a cigar -a seeming defense , but actually we shall construe it in our favor , for it obviates the possibility that DeWitt gave Wood the cigar elsewhere before the murder , to account for its being on his dead body . " Lane tapped ...
Page 343
... Wood meant to frame him for the Longstreet killing , or to reveal him as instigator of the crime , it would be more to the accomplice's advantage to let Wood remain alive ; since in case one I was assuming that Wood was the killer ...
... Wood meant to frame him for the Longstreet killing , or to reveal him as instigator of the crime , it would be more to the accomplice's advantage to let Wood remain alive ; since in case one I was assuming that Wood was the killer ...
Page 348
... Wood's clothes on the ferry . " To proceed along this last line . The body supposed to be Wood's had a peculiar scar on the calf of one leg , and red hair ; other features being so mauled and smashed as to be useless for identification ...
... Wood's clothes on the ferry . " To proceed along this last line . The body supposed to be Wood's had a peculiar scar on the calf of one leg , and red hair ; other features being so mauled and smashed as to be useless for identification ...
Contents
ACT I | 15 |
A Suite in the Hotel Grant | 23 |
The FortySecond Street Crosstown | 30 |
Copyright | |
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