The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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Hume Fergus. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. WHAT THE ARGUS SAID
CHAPTER II. THE EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST
CHAPTER III. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD
CHAPTER IV. MR. GORBY MAKES A START
CHAPTER V. MRS. HAMILTON UNBOSOMS HERSELF
CHAPTER VI. MR. GORBY MAKES FURTHER DISCOVERIES
CHAPTER VII. THE WOOL KING
CHAPTER VIII. BRIAN TAKES A WALK AND A DRIVE
CHAPTER IX. MR. GORBY IS SATISFIED AT LAST
CHAPTER X. IN THE QUEEN'S NAME
CHAPTER XI. COUNSEL FOR THE PRISONER
CHAPTER XII. SHE WAS A TRUE WOMAN
CHAPTER XIII. MADGE MAKES A DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XIV. ANOTHER RICHMOND IN THE FIELD
CHAPTER XV. A WOMAN OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER XVI. MISSING
CHAPTER XVII. THE TRIAL
CHAPTER XVIII. SAL RAWLINS TELLS ALL SHE KNOWS
CHAPTER XIX. THE VERDICT OF THE JURY
CHAPTER XX. THE "ARGUS" GIVES ITS OPINION
CHAPTER XXI. THREE MONTHS AFTERWARDS
CHAPTER XXII. A DAUGHTER OF EVE
CHAPTER XXIII. ACROSS THE WALNUTS AND THE WINE
CHAPTER XXIV. BRIAN RECEIVES A LETTER
CHAPTER XXV. WHAT DR. CHINSTON SAID
CHAPTER XXVI. KILSIP HAS A THEORY OF HIS OWN
CHAPTER XXVII. MOTHER GUTTERSNIPE JOINS THE MAJORITY
CHAPTER XXVIII. MARK FRETTLBY HAS A VISITOR
CHAPTER XXIX. MR. CALTON'S CURIOSITY IS SATISFIED
CHAPTER XXX. NEMESIS
CHAPTER XXXI. HUSH-MONEY
CHAPTER XXXII. DE MORTUIS NIL NISI BONUM
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE HANDS OF JUSTICE
CHAPTER XXXV "THE LOVE THAT LIVES."
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The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18 —
"Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an inpenetrable mystery. Indeed, from the nature of the crime itself, the place where it was committed, and the fact that the assassin has escaped without leaving a trace behind him, it would seem as though the case itself had been taken bodily from one of Gaboreau's novels, and that his famous detective Lecoq alone would be able to unravel it. The facts of the case are simply these: —
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A. Yes, I did; but his friend said that the sleep and the shaking of the cab would sober him a bit by the time I got to the Junction.
Q. The gentleman in the light coat apparently did not know where the deceased lived?
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