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It's March 27th, 1915 in a residential neighborhood of Long Island, New York.

Investigator and health expert George Soeper pulls his car to a stop and cuts the engine.

He turns to the small band of local policemen in the car with him and gives them a nod.

Now they wait. The men sit without speaking,

patiently hoping that today will be the day George's long hunt comes to an end.

For years George has been on the trail of a local cook who he believes is spreading

typhoid to the people of New York, but finding and capturing her has been an infuriating endeavor

because he's proven to be a slippery suspect and potentially violent.

George and the other officers will have to be careful,

but right now might be the moment. Approaching the car from the gloom of the dark winter night,

a silhouette appears down the block carrying something.

George can't quite make out what or see the face clearly so he pulls out binoculars.

It's a woman with a basket. George strains to see more, trying to make sure this is his target,

and that's when he catches the loaf of bread peaking out from the basket's cover.

George cranks the car's engine and races forward down the block.

He must stop this woman before she can deliver her basket of food and potentially

spread typhoid to yet another victim.

George steps out of the car and watches as the officers surround the woman

in order her to put her hands in the air.

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