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100 1 _aMorette, Edgar
245 1 4 _aThe Sturgis wager
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2024-09-19
508 _adeaurider, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Sturgis Wager: A Detective Story" by Edgar Morette is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The narrative opens with a chaotic scene in New York City where a cab overturns, revealing a dead passenger inside, which sets off a series of mysterious events. The main character appears to be Ralph Sturgis, a reporter who is determined to unravel the enigma surrounding the murder. The opening of the book introduces a cold December night in bustling New York City, filled with holiday shoppers. The plot thickens as a cabman suddenly loses consciousness, leading to a collision with a cable car, which ultimately exposes a corpse within the overturned cab. As paramedics and police gather, attention shifts to Ralph Sturgis, who uncovers that the passenger was shot before the incident and sets forth to investigate the circumstances of the crime. Meanwhile, conversations hint at the intellectual battles between those who believe in the unequivocal nature of circumstantial evidence and those who value direct witness accounts, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of crime and its mysteries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1899
653 _aNew York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
653 _aDetective and mystery stories
653 _aMurder -- Investigation -- Fiction
653 _aJournalists -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/sturgiswagerade00compgoog
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74441
999 _c115166
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