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Story Information: First Composed: 1938 First Published: 1939 Location: New York City & upstate New York Wolfe's Brownstone: Click to View Floorplan Victim #1: Clyde Osgood (in upstate NY pasture) Murderer: Monte McMillan (suicides with anthrax serum in front of Wolfe) Motive: Osgood knew McMillan had committed fraud Weapon: Pick (to chest) Client: Frederick Osgood Fee: $1,000 + unspecified amount Victim #2: Caesar (in the bull's pasture) Murderer: Monte McMillan Motive: Afraid experts will determine that the bull is not Caesar Weapon: Anthrax in feed Client: None Fee: None Victim #3: Howard Bronson (in a county fairgrounds stable) Murderer: Monte McMillan Motive: Bronson attempted to blackmail McMillan Weapon: Pitchfork (in chest) Client: None Fee: None Story Synopsis: Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin share hardships in this action-filled episode in which they foray north to exhibit orchids and get entangled in murder. Their car hits a tree, a "championship" bull chases them, and Archie goes to the hoosegow as a murder suspect. Archie stands guard over the bull while murder is committed in the pasture. Wolfe takes the case in what Archie calls an attempt to get a decent bed and chair. Lily Rowen makes her sultry first appearance. |
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© Page Publisher: Duane R. Hurst
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