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Vidocq's Last Exploit

“Vidocq's Last Exploit” (The Western Democrat [Charlotte, NC], July 7, 1857; The [Madison, WI] Western Fireside, July 11,1857; The Opelousas [LA] Courier, July 18, 1857; Cooper's Clarksburg [WV] Register, July 24, 1857; The Bedford [PA] Gazette, October 2, 1857; The Sunbury [PA] American, October 3, 1857; The Placer [CA] Herald, November 14, 1857; Gold Hill [CA] Daily News, January 20, 1864; Daily Evening Bulletin [San Francisco, CA], November 27, 1866; Weekly Trinity Journal [Weaverville, CA], December 15, 1866; Sugar Planter [West Baton Rouge, LA], January 19, 1867; The Union Democrat [Manchester, NH], February 12,1867; The Lancaster [OH] Gazette, February 28, 1867; The Tri-Weekly Standard [Raleigh, NC], March 5, 1867; The [Saint Albans] Vermont Transcript, March 15, 1867; The Holt County Sentinel [Oregon, MO], March 22, 1867; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 31, 1867) was previously published as “A Good Anecdote of Vidocq” (Daily Nashville [TN] Patriot, June 25, 1857).

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Publishing Information

Reprints with this title include the addition of the following introductory paragraph before the story:

“The last exploit of Vidocq, the famous French detective, who died quite lately in Paris, is said to have been as follows:”