Chapter I: Front Matter

The Mystery Of

The Hidden Room

BY MARION HARVEY

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

Copyright, 1922, by
Edward J. Clode

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE NOTE 1

II. THE SHOT 9

III. THE POLICE 15

IV. THE INQUEST 24

V. THE SECRETARY 36

VI. CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCE 44

VII. THE LAWYER 51

VIII. LEE DARWIN 56

IX. THE VERDICT 63

X. JENKINS' ADVICE 72

XI. ARTHUR TRENTON 79

XII. AN EXPLANATION 85

XIII. THE SUICIDE 92

XIV. GRAYDON MCKELVIE 100

XV. THE INTERVIEW 108

XVI. THE EXHIBITS 115

XVII. THE LAMP 121

XVIII. THE SECRET ENTRANCE 133

XIX. THE LAWYER AGAIN 141

XX. DEDUCTIONS 146

XXI. THE STEWARD 157

XXII. ORTON'S ALIBI 167

XXIII. GRAMERCY PARK 177

XXIV. THE SIGNET RING 192

XXV. THE DECEPTION 200

XXVI. JAMES GILMORE 208

XXVII. THE STRONG BOX 216

XXVIII. GOLD AND BLUE 222

XXIX. THE REWARD 229

XXX. THE CURIO SHOP 236

XXXI. THE RESCUE 243

XXXII. LEE'S STORY 250

XXXIII. THE SECOND BULLET 257

XXXIV. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE 265

XXXV. A STRANGE ACCOUNT 273

XXXVI. THE TRAP 282

XXXVII. MCKELVIE'S TRIUMPH 288

XXXVIII. THE MOTIVE 297

XXXIX. CONCLUSION 309

THE MYSTERY OF

THE HIDDEN ROOM