Chapter III. One Hundred Pounds Reward.
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Chapter III. One Hundred Pounds Reward.
V.R.
MURDER.
100 POUNDS REWARD.
"Whereas, on Friday, the 27th day of July, the body of a man, name unknown, was found in a hansom cab. And whereas, at an inquest held at St. Kilda, on the 30th day of July, a verdict of wilful murder, against some person unknown, was brought in by the jury. The deceased is of medium height, with a dark complexion, dark hair, clean shaved, has a mole on the left temple, and was dressed in evening dress. Notice is hereby given that a reward of 100 pounds will be paid by the Government for such information as will lead to the conviction of the murderer, who is presumed to be a man who entered the hansom cab with the deceased at the corner of Collins and Russell Streets, on the morning of the 27th day of July."
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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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