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atthecloseoftheseason
andduringher
subsequentspectacularcareerinthehauntsofBroadway'snightlifeshe
hadbeenpopularlyandfamiliarlycalledtheCanary.Thusithappened
thatwhenherdeadbodywasfound
brutallystrangled
inherapart-
ment
thecrimeimmediatelybecameknown
andwasalwaysthereafter
referred to
as the Canary murder.
MyownparticipationintheinvestigationoftheCanarymurder
case—orrathermyroleofBoswellianspectator—constitutedoneofthe
mostmemorableexperiencesofmylife.AtthetimeofMargaretOdell's
murderJohnF.-X.MarkhamwasdistrictattorneyofNewYork
having
takenofficetheprecedingJanuary.Ineedhardlyremindyouthatduring
thefouryearsofhisincumbencyhedistinguishedhimselfbyhisalmost
uncannysuccessasacriminalinvestigator.Thepraisewhichwascon-
stantlyaccordedhim
however
washighlydistastefultohim;for
being
amanwithakeensenseofhonor
heinstinctivelyshrankfromaccepting
creditforachievementsnotwhollyhisown.ThetruthisthatMarkham
playedonlyasubsidiarypartinthemajorityofhismostfamouscriminal
cases.ThecreditfortheiractualsolutionbelongedtooneofMarkham's
veryclosefriends
whorefused
atthetime
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