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The Wrong Man single work   short story   detective   crime  
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 Wrong Man
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Family tragedy; murder and theft in Melbourne. The death of a young doctor, newly engaged, whilst defending his silver from a thief causes his neighbouring fiancee a severe illness, throws her father into a fever and leads to the suicide of their dissipated son and brother who had committed the robbery. The crime is solved by the deceased's friend and Detective Sinclair. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 28 no. 331 December 1892 Z1071175 1892 periodical issue 1892 pg. 220-226
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