Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The

By Hume, Fergus

Book Id: WPLBN0002951775
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The
Author:	Hume, Fergus
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Mystery
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The
Historic Publication Date:	1886
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Hume, B. F. (1886). Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

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“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 inpenetrable 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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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Mystery