The Chase of the Golden Plate (Illustrated with drawings by Will Grefé and decorations by E.A. Poucher)

• This ebook is illustrated with the drawings by Will Grefé and the decorations by E.A. Poucher of the Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1906, printing.
"The Chase of the Golden Plate" is the first novel-length story written by Jacques Futrelle, and only involves the Thinking Machine toward the end. In a daring robbery during a masquerade, a man dressed up as a popular robber steals eleven golden plates. He is last seen speeding away in an automobile with a beautiful female accomplice in the passenger seat. The robbery attracts a great deal of attention, including from the celebrated detective, Professor Augustus S F X Van Dusen.