Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-08

atom of conscience or feeling in his pleas
ures. You know the article well enough. !"
Sullivan nodded, as much as to say that
he could match Gerald Latour any day in
the week.
"That he was hard up" said Doggett,
"all the world knows who has read the pro-
ceedings before the magistrates in the Great
Chester street fire case. But in considera-
tion for the feelings of innocent persons, We
have not revealed the full extent of our in
formation. Where was the good? We had
enough to substantiate our case, and we
kept back the rest"
"Go on, Doggett, my boy, I am following
you," cried Sullivan.
The detective lowered his voice as he pro-
ceeded.
"There was a woman in the case: as there
usually isl
"More than one of them sometimes" +" cried
Sullivan.
"More than one Of them, as you say"
pursued Doggett. SIT appears that Latour
was for a long time engaged to his cousin,
Helen Marchant, young lady, who lives
with her father in Russell square. Awfully
rich old man is old Mr.. Marchant. The
wedding preparations were completed, when
one evening Latour called at Russell square
and was shown into Miss Marchant's pres
ence. Poor devil, he got his congo that
night. Miss Marchant taxed him with
perfdY and confronted him with letter
signed by his own wife, Meta Latour. The
girl had written to Miss Marchant telling
her ali her history and how Latour had
married her. She explained that she had
two motives for writing. One was to put
Miss Marchant on her guard against
treacherous man, and the other was to ask
her assistance if Latour refused to acknowl-
edge her. -
"Did you see the letter." asked Sullivan.
"No, / learned all this from Mr.. March,
ant. He was in such a towering rage at the
deception Latour had been practicing, and
at the villainy he had meditated upon his
daughter, that he went heart and soul into
our case and gave me all the information he
could. He is one of those rum old files who
talks good deal about justice being done
on a scoundrel and all that-that he will
cheerfully assist you to get his nephew
hanged if his assistance is wanted"
Anything else in the letter." asked Sui
livan.
"N-o-o," replied Doggett, dubiously.
eyes, there was though. The writer said
that before sending the letter she had de-
termined to make a last appeal to her hus-
bands honor and good feeling, and only
in case she failed would the letter be SENT
1.-THE arrival of the letter, then, was to be
sign that she had made an attempt to
move her husband, and that her attempt
had broken DOWN." asked Sullivan.
"You have hit it, Mick" replied Dog
gett. sThere is another curious thing about
that letter." said Doggett, alter pause, in
which the two men sat thinking. ut bore
neither date nor address; so that as Mr..
Marchant explained, his daughter had un-
fortunately not been able to do anything for
Gerald's wife, and though they had adver-
tised an all the papers, no answer had been
received, and she had never written again."
''That is strange" remarked Sullivan.
"Itis strange, "replied Doggett, "and that
has set me thinking many time whether
Gerald Latour has not more to answer for
than the business of this Great Chester street
fire. You understand what I meant now
when / said that was not surprised when /
saw what did see in the evening papers. 1
was prepared for it, and / have been ex-
pecting you ever since"
s'There is no clew to the address where
this Mrs. Latour lived?" Inspector Sulli-
van said, Withdrawing his gaze from the fire
which he had sat sometime contemplating,
and turning his eyes upon his colleague.
''I know of none" Doggett replied, sbut
then that will not matter much. Now the
thing has got into the papers somebody is
sure to turn up who has wondered that the
moor woman never returned-someone who
will be able to swear to the clothes that the
victim was wearing"
Sullivan nodded. Presently he asked,
fare you busy just now?"
"No, / have nothing in hand except this
fire case, and that will be dropped, of course,
now that the more serious charge will be
made
'sYes," said Sullivan. murder is worse
than iDcendiarisin. By-the-bye, Doggett,
what evidence have you against Latour's
man, Gillett?"
s.Eot very much, /" was the reply. 'You
know that for some time we could find no
evidence to show that either Of then had