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| 100 | 1 | _aBeames, John | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe smear |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from the April 15, 1929 issue of Top Notch Magazine. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-04-15 | ||
| 508 | _aRoger Frank and Sue Clark | ||
| 520 | _a"The smear by John Beames" is a short crime fiction story written in the early 20th century. Set in the gold rush town of Dawson, the narrative unfolds within the rowdy yet tense atmosphere of a northern saloon, accompanied by lawmen from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The likely topic of the book revolves around solving a murder through clever psychological tactics rather than hard evidence. The story follows Finn Charley, a miner who has recently come into wealth and is attempting to celebrate in the Malamute Saloon. When news of a murder and robbery on the Klondike Trail arrives, the police interrogate the crowd. Though Finn Charley tries to mask his guilt, the corporal cunningly uses a fabricated clue—the mention of a "big black smear on his left cheek"—to provoke a telltale response. Charley's unconscious gesture gives him away, leading to his arrest. The twist is revealed when the corporal admits to his colleague that the dying man never spoke; the story of the smear was a clever ruse to catch the murderer by his own nervous actions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York, NY: Street & Smith Corp., 1929 |
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| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aMurder -- Investigation -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aKlondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aRoyal Canadian Mounted Police -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aDawson (Yukon) -- Fiction | ||
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from the April 15, 1929 issue of Top Notch Magazine. | |
| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/top-notch-magazine-v-077-n-04-1929-04-15 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75855 |
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