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A Chance Observation single work   short story   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 A Chance Observation
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Tale of robbery and murder. The narrator accidentally observes the burial of a trunk in the woods by two men through his telescope. When he learns of a robbery he goes to see the victim and together they dig up the spot where the trunk was buried. There they discover the body of the victim's brother - murdered by the rough gardener who assisted him to steal the jewels. (PB)

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