Debut of a Detective

Published in

• Burlington [VT] Daily Sentinel, June 24, 1876
• The Selinsgrove [PA] Times-Tribune, June 30, 1876
• The Sunbury [PA] Gazette, July 14, 1876
• The Lima [OH] Democratic Times, November 29, 1879 attributed to Judge Clark

Reprinted as
“A Detective” in

• The Buffalo [NY] Times, January 2, 1889
• Evansville [IN] Courier and Press, January 8, 1889
• The Richmond [IL] Item, January 10, 1889
• The Evening Sentinel [Knoxville, TN], January 11, 1889
• Portage [WI] Daily Register, January 11, 1889
• The Champagne [IL] Daily Gazette, January 12, 1889
• The Daily Nonpareil [Council Bluffs, IA], January 18, 1889
• The Ledger [Warren, PA], January 25, 1889
• South Omaha [NE] Daily Stockman, February 9, 1889
• The Morning Call [Allentown, PA], February 17, 1889
• The Delaware Ledger [Newark, DE], April 6, 1889
• Omaha [NE] Daily World-Herald, April 9, 1889
• The Tribune [Scranton, PA], June 17, 1889
• The Scranton [PA] Republican, June 19, 1889
• Harrisburg [PA] Telegraph, September 6, 1890
• The Cincinnati [OH] Post, March 25, 1898 attributed to K. L.

“The Sharp Detective—A Story Showing How Another Man Was a Good Deal Sharper” in
The Wellsboro [PA] Agitator, October 27, 1885

“My First Case” in
The Boston [MA] Globe, May 17, 1898