COPYRIGHTED 1887, BY NORMAN L. MUNRO.
[CONTENTS]
[CHAPTER I. THE SPRUCE STREET MURDER.]
[CHAPTER II. OLD SPICER VISITS THE SCENE OF THE MURDER.]
[CHAPTER III. OLD SPICER BEGINS AN INVESTIGATION.]
[CHAPTER IV. OLD SPICER CONTINUES HIS INVESTIGATIONS.—THE SECRET VAULT.]
[CHAPTER V. SETH STRICKET MAKES HIS REPORT.]
[CHAPTER VI. HORRIFIED WATCHERS—IN THE TUNNELS AND VAULT.]
[CHAPTER VII. TWO IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING CHARACTERS.]
[CHAPTER VIII. BARNEY HAWKS REVEALS A TERRIBLE SECRET—TRAPPED.]
[CHAPTER IX. THE SITUATION CHANGED—OLD SPICER STARTS FOR NEW YORK.]
[CHAPTER X. ON THE EVE OF A TERRIBLE CRIME.]
[CHAPTER XI. A DOUBLE MURDER—AN UNCEREMONIOUS VISIT.]
[CHAPTER XII. BARNEY AND JAKE START FOR NEW YORK.]
[CHAPTER XIII. OLD SPICER AND KILLETT IN TAYLOR'S SALOON.]
[CHAPTER XIV. JIM TAYLOR MAKES HIS APPEARANCE.]
[CHAPTER XV. THE TRUE STORY OF THE MURDER.]
[CHAPTER XVI. OLD SPICER INTERVIEWS CORA BELL.]
[CHAPTER XVII. JIM TAYLOR IS ARRESTED.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. OLD SPICER'S SPEAKING-TUBE.]
[CHAPTER XIX. DETECTIVES IN A TIGHT SPOT.]
[CHAPTER XX. JAKE KLINKHAMMER'S POCKETBOOK—OLD SPICER SURPRISED.]
[CHAPTER XXI. CHAMBERLAIN'S MYSTERIOUS FRIEND—A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.]
[CHAPTER XXII. CHAMBERLAIN'S CAPTURE.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. ON BOARD THE BOUNCING BETSEY.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. IN NO MAN'S BAY—MAG'S HOVEL.]
[CHAPTER XXV. A SURPRISE PARTY.]
[CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION.]
[CHAPTER I.]
THE SPRUCE STREET MURDER.
"Hark! I thought I heard the outside door open and shut."
"No, it was nothing."
"Are you sure?"