Contents

I[A Double Tragedy]
II[The Investigation Opens]
III[At the Greene Mansion]
IV[The Missing Revolver]
V[Homicidal Possibilities]
VI[An Accusation]
VII[Vance Argues the Case]
VIII[The Second Tragedy]
IX[The Three Bullets]
X[The Closing of a Door]
XI[A Painful Interview]
XII[A Motor Ride]
XIII[The Third Tragedy]
XIV[Footprints on the Carpet]
XV[The Murderer in the House]
XVI[The Lost Poisons]
XVII[The Two Wills]
XVIII[In the Locked Library]
XIX[Sherry and Paralysis]
XX[The Fourth Tragedy]
XXI[A Depleted Household]
XXII[The Shadowy Figure]
XXIII[The Missing Fact]
XXIV[A Mysterious Trip]
XXV[The Capture]
XXVI[The Astounding Truth]

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Norbert L. Lederer

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The Greene mansion, New York, as it appeared at the time of the notorious Greene murder case.
From an old woodcut by Lowell L. Balcom.

Murder most foul, as in the best it is;
But this most foul, strange and unnatural.