Alex Hortis

In the early morning hours, she's seen taking the Staten Island ferry, the Staten Islander, over to Manhattan.

In the early morning hours, she's seen taking the Staten Island ferry, the Staten Islander, over to Manhattan.

And then she walks all the way up to Harlem, which at the time were country estates. So she, over the course of two days, she essentially walks a marathon in the cold and rain as she's eight months pregnant.

And then she walks all the way up to Harlem, which at the time were country estates. So she, over the course of two days, she essentially walks a marathon in the cold and rain as she's eight months pregnant.

And he talks her into giving herself up. She hasn't been charged yet, but they treat her like a fugitive.

And he talks her into giving herself up. She hasn't been charged yet, but they treat her like a fugitive.

He went into George Waite's apothecary, and he detailed evidence that Polly had essentially been sleeping with George Waite.

He went into George Waite's apothecary, and he detailed evidence that Polly had essentially been sleeping with George Waite.

George Wade is an apothecary, of course, off of Broadway, so he sold abortifacients at the time, these herbal remedies, which are very dangerous and noxious. So he is rumored to have procured, you know, maybe half a dozen abortions. There's really no proof of that. There's no way that the press could have proved that, but they ran with the story anyway.

George Wade is an apothecary, of course, off of Broadway, so he sold abortifacients at the time, these herbal remedies, which are very dangerous and noxious. So he is rumored to have procured, you know, maybe half a dozen abortions. There's really no proof of that. There's no way that the press could have proved that, but they ran with the story anyway.

At this point, he's a newsman, so he's writing essays for the Columbia Spy. But he was also very interested in crime, and he becomes fascinated with the idea of being essentially an amateur detective, and becomes fascinated in this idea that I can solve crimes using logic reported in the newspapers, and I can use deductive logic to solve crimes.

At this point, he's a newsman, so he's writing essays for the Columbia Spy. But he was also very interested in crime, and he becomes fascinated with the idea of being essentially an amateur detective, and becomes fascinated in this idea that I can solve crimes using logic reported in the newspapers, and I can use deductive logic to solve crimes.

So he's already writing detective stories. He writes the first detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, in which this Detective Dupin, who becomes his alter ego and becomes the first sort of Sherlock Holmes character, solves an unsolvable crime. And then he comes across the Pauly Boudin case. He's following it very carefully. And then he goes on and he criticizes the police.

So he's already writing detective stories. He writes the first detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, in which this Detective Dupin, who becomes his alter ego and becomes the first sort of Sherlock Holmes character, solves an unsolvable crime. And then he comes across the Pauly Boudin case. He's following it very carefully. And then he goes on and he criticizes the police.

And he decides that Pauly Boudin is clearly guilty, but he believes that the authorities will undoubtedly mess it up.

And he decides that Pauly Boudin is clearly guilty, but he believes that the authorities will undoubtedly mess it up.

As soon as the Herald and the Sun started reporting on the trial, it caused a huge furor. So people from Manhattan, people from Long Island, people from New Jersey, they all flocked to Little Staten Island and its courthouse. The case against Polly Bodine at that trial is largely circumstantial, but it's fairly extensive.

As soon as the Herald and the Sun started reporting on the trial, it caused a huge furor. So people from Manhattan, people from Long Island, people from New Jersey, they all flocked to Little Staten Island and its courthouse. The case against Polly Bodine at that trial is largely circumstantial, but it's fairly extensive.

One of the key pieces of evidence that had come out was some pawnbrokers had answered a reward in the newspapers and had said that somebody had come on Christmas Day, this is several hours before the murders were discovered, and had pawned Emmeline's valuables. So it raises the obvious question, How in the world were those goods pawned half a day before the bodies were discovered?

One of the key pieces of evidence that had come out was some pawnbrokers had answered a reward in the newspapers and had said that somebody had come on Christmas Day, this is several hours before the murders were discovered, and had pawned Emmeline's valuables. So it raises the obvious question, How in the world were those goods pawned half a day before the bodies were discovered?