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ELSIE HOFFMAN@ Secretary of the firm of Benson and Benson

COLONEL BIGSBY OSTRANDER@ A retired army officer

WILLIAM H. MORIARTY@ An alderman, Borough of the Bronx

JACK PRISCO@ Elevator boy at the Chatham Arms

GEORGE G. STITT@ Of the firm of Stitt and McCoy, Public Accountants

MAURICE DINWIDDIE@ Assistant District Attorney

CHIEF INSPECTOR O'BRIEN@ Of the Police Department of New York City

WILLIAM M. MORAN@ Commanding Officer of the Detective Bureau

ERNEST HEATH@ Sergeant of the Homicide Bureau

BURKE@ Detective of the Homicide Bureau

SNITKIN@ Detective of the Homicide Bureau

EMERY@ Detective of the Homicide Bureau

BEN HANLON@ Commanding Officer of Detectives assigned to District Attorney's@ office

PHELPS@ Detective assigned to District Attorney's office

TRACY@ Detective assigned to District Attorney's office

SPRINGER@ Detective assigned to District Attorney's office

HIGGINBOTHAM@ Detective assigned to District Attorney's office

CAPTAIN CARL HAGEDORN@ Firearms expert

DR. DOREMUS@ Medical Examiner

FRANCIS SWACKER@ Secretary to the District Attorney

CURRIE@ Vance's valet

1 PHILO VANCE AT HOME.

(Friday, June 14; 8:30 A.M.).

It happened that, on the morning of the momentous June the fourteenth when the discovery of the murdered body of Alvin H. Benson created a sensation which, to this day, has not entirely died away, I had breakfasted with Philo Vance in his apartment. It was not unusual for me to share Vance's luncheons and dinners, but to have breakfast with him was something of an occasion. He was a late riser, and it was his habit to remain incommunicado until his midday meal.

The reason for this early meeting was a matter of business, or, rather, of aesthetics. On the afternoon of the previous day Vance had attended a preview of Vollard's collection of Cйzanne watercolors at the Kessler Galleries and, having seen several pictures he particularly wanted, he had invited me to an early breakfast to give me instructions regarding their purchase.