THE CASTLECOURT
DIAMOND CASE
SHE MADE A SORT OF GRASP AT THE CASE
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The Castlecourt
Diamond Case
BEING A COMPILATION OF THE STATEMENTS
MADE BY THE VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS IN
THIS CURIOUS CASE NOW, FOR THE FIRST
TIME, GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC :: :: ::
By
GERALDINE BONNER
Author of “Hard Pan,” “The Pioneers,” etc.
FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATION
BY
HARRIE F. STONER
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1906
Copyright, 1905
BY
GERALDINE BONNER
[Printed in the United States of America]
Published, December, 1905
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CONTENTS
| Statement of Sophy Jeffers, lady’s maid to the Marchioness of Castlecourt | 9 |
| Statement of Lilly Bingham, known in England as Laura Brice, in the United States as Frances Latimer, to the police of both countries as Laura the Lady, besides having recently figured as a housemaid at Burridge’s Hotel, London, under the alias of Sara Dwight | 47 |
| Statement of Cassius P. Kennedy, formerly of Necropolis City, Ohio, now Manager of the London Branch of the Colonial Box, Tub, and Cordage Company (Ltd.) of Chicago and St. Louis | 95 |
| Statement of John Burns Gilsey, private [6] detective, especially engaged on the Castlecourt diamond case | 127 |
| The Statement of Daisy K. Fairweather Kennedy, late of Necropolis City, Ohio, at present a resident of 15 Farley Street, Knightsbridge, London | 157 |
| Statement of Gladys, Marchioness of Castlecourt | 189 |
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Statement of Sophy Jeffers, lady’s
maid to the Marchioness of Castlecourt.
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