Another in the Burton E. Stevenson's mysteries. This is the first in his series with Jim Godfrey, a former police detective turned reporter, and Warwick Lester, a lawyer for a firm that represents many wealthy New Yorkers. One of Lester's clients is murdered and his daughter is suspected.

It was first published in 1903; this epub is made from the 1903 edition from Project Gutenberg and checked with the 1914 image pdf version from Google Books. The images are from the pdf file.