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The Framley Will Case single work   short story  
Is part of The Detective's Album Mary Fortune , Hugh Dalmore , Rex Grayson , A. C. Eiseman , M. Joseph Lynch , 1865 series - publisher
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 The Framley Will Case
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A private detective takes on a case with a wealthy man unhappy with his grasping second wife and family. After proving his sanity to the detective and enlisting his help in ensuring his sister and the invalid daughter of his first marriage receive their inheritance, the man commits suicide. Only after the daughter has successfully inherited does he reveal the suicide was false. All ends happily in the USA. (PB)

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Subjects:
  • 1860s
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  • Melbourne, Victoria,
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