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Title: A Modern Wizard

Author: Rodrigues Ottolengui

Release Date: June 27, 2010 [EBook #32985]

Language: English

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A MODERN WIZARD

BY

RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI
AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK LONDON
27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
The Knickerbocker Press
1894

COPYRIGHT, 1894
BY
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

TO

HON. GEORGE P. ANDREWS

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK

WHO IS RECOGNIZED, NOT ONLY AS AN EMINENT JURIST
BUT AS A TYPE OF HUMAN JUSTICE
AND LEGAL INTEGRITY

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

CONTENTS.

BOOK FIRST.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--LAWYER AND CLIENT 1
II.--JACK BARNES INVESTIGATES 17
III.--A WIZARD'S TRICK 32
IV.--DR. MEDJORA SURRENDERS 53
V.--FOR THE PROSECUTION 70
VI.--DAMAGING TESTIMONY 84
VII.--THE PROSECUTION RESTS 101
VIII.--FOR THE DEFENCE