Аннотация
Erle Stanley Gardner
THE CASE OF THE HORRIFIED HEIRS
FOREWORD
A heavy rain in Scotland had swollen the streams. As one of them subsided, a small bundle was left by the receding waters.
This bundle contained human flesh.
A search revealed more bundles. Some of them were found days apart. Apparently, many of them had been thrown from a bridge into the turbulent flood waters.
Nearly a month after the first discoveries, a left foot was found on the roadside some distance from the stream bed. Nearly a week later, a right forearm with hand was discovered.
All of the recoveries were, of course, in a state of advanced decomposition.
When the pieces were assembled, it was found there were two heads which had been mutilated by removal of eyes, ears, nose, lips and skin. All teeth had been extracted.
It was apparent that a skilled hand had deliberately butchered two human beings in an attempt to make identification humanly impossible.
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