INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR
Solves the Cedar Grove Murder, as outlined on page eight INSPECTOR PLAYFAIR began by collecting evidence which, though negative in character, was absolutely conclusive. All seven men had asserted circumstantially that they had spent some hours playing poker. Plavfair therefore examined for fingerprints everv card jn their six new packs and every chip in the stack. And, while six sets of prints were clearly discernible, there was no trace of Broole's. "When taxed with this damning fact, Broole broke I down and confessed to the crime.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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