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The Charwoman at No. 3 single work   short story   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: 1893... 1893 The Charwoman at No. 3
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A decamping husband is murdered, and suspicion points to his alcoholic and deserted wife. But the evidence of the sinister of an invalid girl points to her landlady and the victim's charwoman - who drugged him and killed him with a tomahawk. Street policeman, a terrier dog, bribery, and 'the conning woman' all figure. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 28 no. 332 January 1893 Z1070633 1893 periodical issue 1893 pg. 277-284
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