The Red Thumb Mark. R. Austin Freeman

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       R. Austin Freeman

      The Red Thumb Mark

      Published by Good Press, 2019

       [email protected]

      EAN 4057664182692

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER I

       MY LEARNED BROTHER

       CHAPTER II

       THE SUSPECT

       CHAPTER III

       A LADY IN THE CASE

       CHAPTER IV

       CONFIDENCES

       CHAPTER V

       THE 'THUMBOGRAPH'

       CHAPTER VI

       COMMITTED FOR TRIAL

       CHAPTER VII

       SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS

       CHAPTER VIII

       A SUSPICIOUS ACCIDENT

       CHAPTER IX

       THE PRISONER

       CHAPTER X

       POLTON IS MYSTIFIED

       CHAPTER XI

       THE AMBUSH

       CHAPTER XII

       IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

       CHAPTER XIII

       MURDER BY POST

       CHAPTER XIV

       A STARTLING DISCOVERY

       CHAPTER XV

       THE FINGER-PRINT EXPERTS

       CHAPTER XVI

       THORNDYKE PLAYS HIS CARD

       CHAPTER XVII

       AT LAST

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      In writing the following story, the author has had in view no purpose other than that of affording entertainment to such readers as are interested in problems of crime and their solutions; and the story itself differs in no respect from others of its class, excepting in that an effort has been made to keep within the probabilities of ordinary life, both in the characters and in the incidents.

      Nevertheless it may happen that the book may serve a useful purpose in drawing attention to certain popular misapprehensions on the subject of finger-prints and their evidential value; misapprehensions the extent of which may be judged when we learn from the newspapers that several Continental commercial houses have actually substituted finger-prints for signed initials.

      The facts and figures contained in Mr. Singleton's evidence, including the very liberal estimate of the population of the globe, are, of course, taken from Mr. Galton's great and important work on finger-prints; to which the reader who is interested in the subject is referred for much curious and valuable information.

      In conclusion, the author desires to express his thanks to his friend Mr. Bernard E. Bishop for the assistance rendered to him in certain photographic experiments, and to those officers of the Central Criminal Court who very kindly furnished him with details of the procedure in criminal trials.

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