The Shadow of Doctor Syn — Russell Thorndike

Well--there it was. He had been hanged by the neck until he was dead, by some person or persons unknown--to wit--the Scarecrow, which the jury found on one was able to do anything about, since the Army, the Navy, the Revernue and Bow Street Runners, to say nothing of private enterprise, had all been after him for years and failed to catch this notorious malefactor.