The Garden Murder Case
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play. Someone has shot and killed Lowe Hammle and everyone at his 22 room apa…
The Garden Murder Case
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play. Someone has shot and killed Lowe Hammle and everyone at his 22 room apartment is a suspect. The reasons are as varied as the number of people there. There is Dr. Garden, whose son Floyd was killed at the track in a mysterious way which is thought to be a suicide. There is Mrs. Fenwicke-Ralston who was supposed to complete a deal on a horse. There is the blackmailing Nurse Beeton and the niece Zalia, who knows that Uncle is trying to break up her relationship with Woode. Since there is no powder marks on the body, Vance knows that it is murder and believes that a woman did the job. But he has to find the killer and the motive. —Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com> Society swell and dilettante detective Philo Vance (Edmund Lowe) investigates a number of murders, beginning with the apparent suicide of a jockey (Douglas Walton) during a "gentleman's race," which is followed by the sudden collapse of his father, Dr. Garden (Henry B. Walthall), supposedly from the shock of his son's death. Then, Edgar Lowe Hammle (Gene Lockhart), who seems to be at the center of much of the intriguing going on in his mansion, is shot dead. At first suicide is suspected, until Vance notices that there's no powder burns on the body. From the choice of the weapon used, Vance suspects that one of the women involved is the murderer, but when questioned each of them tries to throw suspicion on one of the others. At the end of his investigation, however, all the clues point to the man calling himself "Major Fenwicke-Ralston" (H.B. Warner), who is in reality a hypnotist, fakir, and charlatan. When Vance confronts him, the "Major" attempts to hypnotize Vance into killing himself, but Vance is not easily put under, and merely pretends, and the Major is shot by Sergeant Heath (Nat Pendleton).
The Garden Murder Case
Adventure,Crime,Drama
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Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play. Someone has shot and killed Lowe Hammle and everyone at his 22 room apartment is a suspect. The reasons are as varied as the number of people there.
There is Dr. Garden, whose son Floyd was killed at the track in a mysterious way which is thought to be a suicide. There is Mrs.
Fenwicke-Ralston who was supposed to complete a deal on a horse. There is the blackmailing Nurse Beeton and the niece Zalia, who knows that Uncle is trying to break up her relationship with Woode. Since there is no powder marks on the body, Vance knows that it is murder and believes that a woman did the job.
But he has to find the killer and the motive. —Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com> Society swell and dilettante detective Philo Vance (Edmund Lowe) investigates a number of murders, beginning with the apparent suicide of a jockey (Douglas Walton) during a "gentleman's race," which is followed by the sudden collapse of his father, Dr. Garden (Henry B.
Walthall), supposedly from the shock of his son's death. Then, Edgar Lowe Hammle (Gene Lockhart), who seems to be at the center of much of the intriguing going on in his mansion, is shot dead. At first suicide is suspected, until Vance notices that there's no powder burns on the body.
From the choice of the weapon used, Vance suspects that one of the women involved is the murderer, but when questioned each of them tries to throw suspicion on one of the others. At the end of his investigation, however, all the clues point to the man calling himself "Major Fenwicke-Ralston" (H.B. Warner), who is in reality a hypnotist, fakir, and charlatan.
When Vance confronts him, the "Major" attempts to hypnotize Vance into killing himself, but Vance is not easily put under, and merely pretends, and the Major is shot by Sergeant Heath (Nat Pendleton)..