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For days following the loss of the money and the finding of the empty pocketbook every possible clue was followed up, both by the police of New City and Chelton, and by many detectives, who were lured on by the offered reward of five hundred dollars.
Nor were suspicious tongues idle. If Cora was not openly accused, it was because she had a broth