tion>Allan Pinkerton
The Somnambulist and the Detective; The Murderer and the Fortune Teller
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066238827
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Cover.
"At this instant I flung open one of the shutters, and simultaneously I heard a cry of horror from my clerk."—Page 19.
"She soon discovered Mrs. Potter lying by the road-side, groaning and in great pain."—Page 64.
"As soon as the clerk had left the office, Miller quietly extracted Pattmore's letter from the box."—Page 157.
"'Death!' shrieked Mrs. Thayer, and then she fell back lifeless."—Page 199.
THE DETECTIVE
AND THE
SOMNAMBULIST.
CHAPTER I.
About nineteen years ago, I was enjoying a short relaxation from the usual press of business in Chicago. I had only one or two really important cases on hand, and I was therefore preparing to take a much needed rest. At this time, my business was not nearly so extensive as it has since become, nor was my Agency so well known as it now is; hence, I was somewhat surprised and gratified to receive a letter from Atkinson, Mississippi, asking me to go to that town at once, to investigate a great crime recently perpetrated there. I had intended to visit my former home in Dundee, for a week or ten days, but, on receiving this letter, I postponed my vacation indefinitely.
The letter was written by Mr. Thomas
