Traced and Tracked; Or, Memoirs of a City Detective

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James M'Govan. Traced and Tracked; Or, Memoirs of a City Detective

Traced and Tracked; Or, Memoirs of a City Detective

Table of Contents

PREFACE

A PEDESTRIAN’S PLOT

BILLY’S BITE

THE MURDERED TAILOR’S WATCH. (A CURIOSITY IN CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.)

THE STREET PORTER’S SON

A BIT OF TOBACCO PIPE

THE BROKEN CAIRNGORM

THE ROMANCE OF A REAL CREMONA

THE SPIDER AND THE SPIDER-KILLER

THE SPOILT PHOTOGRAPH

THE STOLEN DOWRY

McSWEENY AND THE MAGIC JEWELS

BENJIE BLUNT’S CLEVER ALIBI

JIM HUTSON’S KNIFE

THE HERRING SCALES

ONE LESS TO EAT

THE CAPTAIN’S CHRONOMETER

THE TORN TARTAN SHAWL

A LIFT ON THE ROAD

THE ORGAN-GRINDER’S MONEY-BAG

THE BERWICK BURR

THE WRONG UMBRELLA

A WHITE SAVAGE

THE BROKEN MISSIONARY

A MURDERER’S MISTAKE

A HOUSE-BREAKER’S WIFE

McSWEENY AND THE CHIMNEY-SWEEP

THE FAMILY BIBLE

CONSCIENCE MONEY

A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

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James M'Govan

Published by Good Press, 2019

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Billy obeyed, and was soon lost in the crowd, while Rodie—who mistakenly believed that his face was as familiar to me as mine was to him—cut round by another outlet, and escaped to the appointed rendezvous.

Meantime Billy had only gone far enough with the crowd to get behind one of the waiting cabs, whence he watched Rodie leave the station. Then he crept out of his hiding-place, and walked back to the spot where I stood, and touched me lightly on the arm.

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