Mystery of a Hansom Cab
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115
1886
English
- Preface
- What the Argus Said
- Evidence at the Inquest
- One Hundred Pounds Reward
- Mr. Gorby Makes a Start
- Mrs. Hableton Unbosoms Herself
- Mr. Gorby Makes Further Discoveries
- The Wool King
- Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive
- Mr. Gorby is Satisfied at Last
- In the Queen's Name
- Counsel for the Prisoner
- She was a True Woman
- Madge Makes a Discovery
- Another Richmond in the Field
- A Woman of the People
- Missing
- The Trial
- Sal Rawlins Tells All She Knows
- The Verdict of the Jury
- The Argus Gives its Opinion
- Three Months Afterward
- A Daughter of Eve
- Across the Walnuts and the Wine
- Brian Receives a Letter
- What Dr. Chinston Said
- Kilsip Has a Theory of His Own
- Mother Guttersnipe Joins the Majority
- Mark Frettleby Has a Visitor
- Mr. Calton's Curiosity is Satisfied
- Nemesis
- Hush-Money
- De Mortuis nil nisi Bonum
- The Confession
- The Hands of Justice
- The Love that Lives
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18--
“Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an impenetrable mystery. …
“On the twenty-seventh day of July, at the hour of twenty minutes to two o'clock in the morning, a hansom cab drove up to the police station in Grey Street, St. Kilda, and the driver made the startling statement that his cab contained the body of a man who he had reason to believe had been murdered….” (Excerpt from the first chapter.)
“Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes a long way towards verifying this saying. A crime has been committed by an unknown assassin, within a short distance of the principal streets of this great city, and is surrounded by an impenetrable mystery. …
“On the twenty-seventh day of July, at the hour of twenty minutes to two o'clock in the morning, a hansom cab drove up to the police station in Grey Street, St. Kilda, and the driver made the startling statement that his cab contained the body of a man who he had reason to believe had been murdered….” (Excerpt from the first chapter.)
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