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| A Crime That Shocked the Civilized World—The Mysterious Stranger—A Sudden Summons—The Instincts of Humanity Triumph over Personal Considerations—Last Moments at Home—Parting Words with a Friend—Dr. Cronin's Eventful Life—How He Worked His Way Upward on the Ladder of Honor and Fame, | 15 |
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| CHAPTER II. |
| Dr. Cronin Fails to Return Home—Anxiety of His Friends—The Early Morning Ride to the Ice House—O'Sullivan's Surprise and Ignorance—The Mysterious Wagon and Its Occupants—A Bloody Trunk is Found—The Search Commenced—"It is His Hair," | 27 |
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| CHAPTER III. |
| An Accidental Clue—Frank Woodruff's Arrest—How He Was Hired to Get a Wagon to Carry the Mysterious Trunk to Lake View—A Corpse is Dumped Out—He Thinks It was That of a Woman—His Sensational Confession—The Police on a Wild-Goose Chase, | 46 |
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| CHAPTER IV. |
| "It is a Conspiracy"—Dr. Cronin's Friends Claim the Murder was a Political Assassination—The Public Skeptical until Startling Developments Are Made—The Physician in Danger of His Life for Years—Previous Attempts to Remove Him—The Trouble in the Clan-na-Gael—Charges and Counter Charges—The Buffalo Convention—Why His "Removal" became a Necessity to Certain People, | 57 |
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| CHAPTER V. |
| Strange Influences at Work—Miss Anna Murphy Thinks She Saw the Doctor on a Street Car—His Long and Mysterious Ride with Conductor Dwyer—Reporter Long also Encounters Him, This Time in Toronto—The Police and Public Satisfied, but His Friends Still Anxious—Efforts to Prove Him a British Spy—A Big Reward Offered | 101 |
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| CHAPTER VI. |
| Hoping against Hope—The Stench in the Sewer—"Murder Will Out"—A Ghastly Discovery—Where the Body was Found—The Recognition by Captain Wing—Its Horrible Appearance—Evidences of a Foul Crime—The Corpse at the Morgue—Pitiable Scenes of Grief—The Official Autopsy—The Brutal Way in Which the Physician had been Done to Death | 126 |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
| The Crime Creates An International Sensation—Discovery of the Lonely Cottage Where the Irish Nationalist Met His Death—Evidences of a Terrible Struggle—The Tell-Tale Blood Stains and Broken Furniture—The Mysterious Tenants and Their Movements—The Furniture Bought and Carted to the Assassins' Den—What Milkman Mertes Saw—The Plot as Outlined by the Surroundings—Iceman O'Sullivan Under Surveillance | 154 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
| The White Horse and Buggy—Detective Coughlin Hires It for a "Friend"—The Trouble in the Stable—Dinan Goes to Schaack—The Captain's Peculiar Movements—Scanlan Identifies the Horse—The Detective and O'Sullivan are Jailed—The Grand Jury Indicts Them with Woodruff—The Accused Arraigned in Court | 195 |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
| The Lying in State—An Impressive Scene—The Imposing Procession—At the Cathedral—An Eloquent Voice from the Pulpit—Clerical Denunciation of the Crime—Laid to Rest in Calvary Cemetery | 220 |
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| CHAPTER X. |
| The Coroner's Inquest Opens—A Model Jury—Visiting the Scene of the Tragedy—Taking the Evidence—Captain Schaack's Compromising Admissions—Prominent Clan-na-Gael Men put on the Stand—Alexander Sullivan's Threats—Luke Dillon Tells What He Knows—The Documents Left by the Murdered Man Read by the Coroner—A Sensational Inquiry | 236 |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
| Closing Scenes of the Inquest—The Verdict—Alexander Sullivan's Arrest Ordered—Midnight Visit to His Residence—His Cool Demeanor and Cheerful Acquiescence—Taken to the County Jail—Incidents of the Arrest | 259 |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
| At the Toronto End of the Conspiracy—Investigating Long's Circumstantial Stories, and His Interviews with Dr. Cronin—A Chicago Fugitive Concerned—His Suspicious Movements—A Chapter of Startling Coincidences—Long on the Rack—Makes Damaging Admissions but will not Retract—The Object to Distract Attention from the Scene of the Crime—Another Confession from Woodruff | 275 |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
Sullivan's Arre
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