A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court: The Mark Twain Mysteries #2

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Peter J. Heck. A Connecticut Yankee in Criminal Court: The Mark Twain Mysteries #2

A Connecticut Yankee In Criminal Court

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THE LEGEND OF MARK TWAIN LIVES

in Peter J. Heck’s acclaimed mystery series . . .

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I found the story and read aloud: “Police in Orleans Parish today announced they had arrested Leonard Galloway, a Negro cook, on suspicion of poisoning the late John David Robinson. Mr. Robinson, widely recognized as one of the leading lights of Crescent City society, was found dead by his wife, Eugenia Holt Robinson, on Friday the 11th of this month. Dr. Alphonse Soupape, the family physician, recognized the cause of death as poisoning and alerted the authorities. Police had learned that the deceased reprimanded the Negro for drunkenness a few days before his untimely death. Following his arrest at his home on First Street between Howard and Liberty, Galloway was arraigned before J. J. Fogarty, of the First Recorder’s Court, and remanded to Parish Prison to await trial.”

When I had finished, my employer looked at Mr. Cable expectantly. “On the face of it, I don’t see any reason to take issue. What do you know that makes you think otherwise?”

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