An extraordinary story of a noiseless midnight murder in a cab is reported from Rome, The victim was Commandatore Laurenzi, a bank director, and his death was caused by a terrific dagger wound in the chest. His companion in the'cab, alleged to be an Englishwoman of high social standing, had vanished before the crime was discovered. The murdered man had not been robbed. On the ring finger of his right hand _glittered a superb brilliant, and his pocketbook was apparently untouched.
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