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March 9, 1935

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a reporter at large

HAUPTMANN AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

Edmund Pearson

REPORTER AT LARGE dealing with cases of circumstantial evidence. One case was that of Professor Webster, in 1850. The Professor, an elderly and respectable…

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HANDS ACROSS THE SEA

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