Lord Exenham Creates a Sensation E-Book

Edgar Wallace

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

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Beschreibung

Lord Exenham Creates a Sensation by Edgar Wallace is a masterful blend of suspense, drama, and high-stakes intrigue. Set in the opulent world of British aristocracy, the story follows Lord Exenham, a powerful figure whose life is upended by a series of shocking events. As dark secrets from his privileged past begin to surface, Exenham finds himself ensnared in a dangerous game of power, deception, and betrayal. With enemies closing in and allies in short supply, Exenham must use all his cunning to navigate the treacherous waters of high society. Will he emerge unscathed, or will his past sins bring about his downfall? This gripping tale will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.

Leseprobe

Lord Exenham Creates a Sensation

A Short Story

Author: Edgar Wallace

Edited by: Seif Moawad

Copyright © 2024 by Al-Mashreq eBookstore

First published in The Grand Magazine, February 1918

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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NEVER in all history had the Bertillon experts found two thumbprints alike—until California May's was compared with that of Lord Exenham's son. Thereby hangs the most intriguing mystery tale we've read in a long, long time.

THE bombshell which Lord Exenham threw into the realms of criminal investigation will hardly be forgotten by this present generation.

It is no secret that the spring of 1914 brought a crisis in police affairs all over the world. From Yarra-Yarra to Aberdeen, from Scotland Yard to Hong Kong, police chiefs sat back and gasped, seeing the end of the most elaborate and perhaps the safest system that had ever been devised by the ingenuity of honest men for the detection of the professional criminal. For days the cables were hot with messages, and Scotland Yard, which had the matter in hand, was simply overwhelmed by the extra and unexpected work which Lord Exenham's amazing discovery necessarily involved.

MacDermot of the Central Office, New York, Pflanzer of Chicago, Maurice de Fauberg of the Sûreté were amongst those who sent special commissions to inquire into, and report upon, a happening which was very rightly regarded as revolutionising the whole system of criminal detection.

THE circumstances are as follows, and they are recorded with scrupulous accuracy and impartiality in the Government report (No. 794 [Secret and Confidential] Dactylographic Committee Report), from whence the writer, who has been privileged to read the 480 pages of that report, has taken the material for this account.

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On the 7th January, 1914, the Halifax premises of the British Weavers' Bank were entered by an expert bunch of 'bank-smashers,' presumably an American gang which was known at the time and particulars of which had been sent forward from New York by Captain MacDermot of that city.

The burglary had been effected on the Thursday night, when it was known that large sums of money had been accumulated at the bank for the purpose of honouring the wage cheques which would be presented on the Friday morning by the various large employers of labour who used this branch.

The sum in question, some £60,000, had been brought from Leeds with an armed escort and had been safely deposited in the strong-room of the bank. As was usual on these occasions a night watchman was on duty. It was part of that duty to communicate by telephone every half-hour with the local police station.

On the night in question the calls came through regularly, and were recorded by the station sergeant. The watchman, a man named Timmers, had a very bad cold and his voice was husky, and this probably was one of the reasons contributing to the success of the burglars' coup.