Five Fateful Words E-Book

Edgar Wallace

• Herausgeber: Al-Mashreq eBookstore
• Kategorie: Krimi
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Seitenzahl: 15

Beschreibung

Immerse yourself in the thrilling mystery of "Five Fateful Words" by Edgar Wallace. When a cryptic message surfaces, it sets off a chain of events that leads to danger, intrigue, and unexpected revelations. Follow the relentless pursuit of truth as secrets unravel and every twist heightens the suspense. This edge-of-your-seat tale of deception, mystery, and fateful consequences is a must-read for any fan of gripping thrillers.

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Five Fateful Words

A Short Story

Author: Edgar Wallace

Edited by: Seif Moawad

Copyright © 2024 by Al-Mashreq eBookstore

First published in Tit-Bit Novels,

George Newnes Ltd, London, June 10, 1915

No part of this publication may be reproduced whole or in part in any form without the prior written permission of the author

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The Council of Justice

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A challenge story in which readers were asked to supply five words that would cause the prosecution in a train-robbery trial to lose its case.

SIR George Farringdon was arrested on January 31st, and England was incoherent.

There had been fourteen days' delirium following the train robbery, and the arrest of the baronet was a tax upon the nation's sanity. Connoisseurs in crime had come post-haste to London. Haverson Judd, who specialised in 'hold-ups', came from New York: Russia sent M. Menshikoff: France sent Lebel. From every capital of Europe arrived some detective of note and standing: but it was Judd who unravelled the mystery to the intense annoyance of Andrews and his confrères at Scotland Yard. Yet the English police had made out an extraordinarily strong case against Farringdon; they had pieced the case together most cunningly. The story of the crime I need not relate at this stage. It will be sufficient to record a portion of the cross-examination. Though the trial is recorded in Ashton's Modern Cases, I am concerned less with the legal terminology of the indictment, or with the cited cases bearing upon the charge, than with the remarkable interruption by Mr. Haverson Judd of New York,

"Well?" There was triumph in the tone of the inquiry.

The English detective, with his broad, red face and his complacent smile, waited for the other's reluctant confession.