Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Mysterious Days: 7 June


1866
E.W. Hornung, is born in Middlesborough, Yorkshire. He is the brother in law of Arthur Conan Doyle, and creates A.J. Raffles - gentleman thief - to tweak his brother in law. He is also the author of Ther Crime Doctor (1914), a collection of stories about Dr. John Dollar (no relation to Max Marcin's Crime Doctor, Robert Ordway.)

1883
The New York Detective Library, a popular series of dime novels featuring Irish sleuth James Brady and his nemesis Jesse James, releases the first publication in its fifteen year run.

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