Endnotes + 

“The Mimic Murders.” This crime in its fiction form has not yet reached the public. —⁠J. J. McC. ↩ + 

Ellery Queen made his bow as his father’s unofficial counsel during this investigation. ↩ + 

Chicago Press, January 16, 191‒. ↩ + 

Ellery Queen was here probably paraphrasing the Shakespearian quotation: “O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.” ↩ + 

The plan illustrated in the frontispiece and drawn by Ellery Queen was designed from Manager Panzer’s map. —⁠The Editor ↩ + 

Inspector Queen’s statement here is not altogether true. Benjamin Morgan was far from “innocent.” But the Inspector’s sense of justice compelled him to shield the lawyer and keep his word regarding silence. —⁠E. Q. ↩ + 