The Monk Detective;
or,
The Maniac’s Release

by W. Jared Hall

Chapter I.
ᴀɴ ɪɴꜰᴀɴᴛ ᴅᴇꜱᴇʀᴛᴇᴅ

Oᴛᴛᴏ Wʜᴀʟꜱᴛᴀᴅᴛ was an orphan at fifteen years of age. His father, at one time a prominent business man in New York, and supposed to be wealthy, died, leaving his money affairs much complicated. In fact, he was insolvent, his assets being largely below his liabilities. The wife did not long survive her husband, and Otto, being the only remaining child of a once numerous family, was left dependent upon his own exertions for a living.

Ten years preceding this event, William, an older and… Read More