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CONTENTS
Part the First The Trial of Edward Layton.
I.	A Strange Decision.
II.	The Evidence of James Moorhouse, Coachman.
III.	The Evidence of Adolf Wolfstein, Waiter.
IV.	The Evidence of Lumley Rich, Detective Officer--The Nine of Hearts.
V.	The Evidence of Ida White, Lady's Maid.
VI.	Description of the Last Day's Proceedings--Extracted from a Daily Paper.
Part the Second The Cable Message from America.
Part the Third The Mystery of the Nine of Hearts.
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VI.	The Day after the Derby.
VII.

THE NINE OF HEARTS.

PART THE FIRST.

THE TRIAL OF EDWARD LAYTON.

I.

A STRANGE DECISION.

This morning, at the Central Criminal Court, Mr. JusticeFenmore resumed the trial of Edward Layton for the wilful murder of his wife,Agnes Layton, on the morning of the 26th of March, by the administration ofpoisonous narcotics in such quantities as to produce death. Extraordinary as wasthe excitement caused by yesterday's proceedings, the public interest in thismysterious murder was intensified by the strange decision arrived at by theprisoner on this the third day of his trial.

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