[ CHAPTER IV. ]

The Excitement in the Village.—The Coroner's Investigation.—The Secret Ambuscade47

[ CHAPTER V. ]

The Hearing Before the Coroner.—Romantic Rumors and Vague Suspicions.—An Unexpected Telegram.—Bucholz Suspected56

[ CHAPTER VI. ]

The Miser's Wealth.—Over Fifty Thousand Dollars Stolen from the Murdered Man.—A Strange Financial Transaction.—A Verdict, and the Arrest of Bucholz67

[ CHAPTER VII. ]

Bucholz in Prison.—Extravagant Habits, and Suspicious Expenditures.—The German Consul Interests Himself.—Bucholz Committed78

[ CHAPTER VIII. ]

My Agency is Employed.—The Work of Detection Begun87