A quiet winter evening had sunk down upon the great city. The clock in the old clumsy church
steeple of the factory district had not yet struck eight when the side door of one of the
large buildings opened and a man came out into the silent street. It was Ludwig Amster one of
the workingmen in the factory starting on his homeward way. It was not a pleasant road this
street along the edge of the city. The town showed itself from its most disagreeable side here
with malodorous factories rickety tenements untidy open stretches and dumping grounds
offensive both to eye and nostril. [...] Reprint of the detective novel starring Joseph Muller
Secret Service detective of the Imperial Austrian police.
