Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-06

! lie later in the belief, when Policema
/ Grope came up from the city bringing
/ letter to me from the superintendent LIE
! the reader judge, for the letter was as fol
| lows:
"Detective Fox: The man Cyril Duran
has been found, too sick and Frustrated +
be removed rom his present retreat. b
will be carefully guarded. Questioned a
| TO the murder, he is very reticent, but in
sists that be alone is the guilty party ant
alone deserves the punishment. This is tn
only statement that we can extract iron
him. but it is doubtful if he is speaking th
full truth. Continue your researches, bu
be more energetic and try and reacl
some solid fact, or we will be compelled tt
send another officer to take your place
You are ordered to watch the woman Giayt
with unsleeping energy and to dIstrust DIR
Brandt. / am persuaded that some feeling
other than jealousy is the motive for thu
crime. Take all the assistance you need
but do something for the credit of the force
now that you have the opportunity"
1 give the letter literally with all it.
sneers, envy and malignity, and am willing
that the reader should decide between 6
man OF brains who knows his business and g
political usurper who kept bar room before
he was raised to his present position.
that the man Durand had been discovered
and con essed his guilt Whether the ac-
cessories were Mrs. Glaye or the doctor, OF
both, did not affect my argument. As for
jealousy not being the motive of the crime,
the superintendent spoke with superin-
tendenl's ignorancel
With the letter carefully tucked away In
the breast pocket OF my coat, now decided
on little plan that would not have shamed
the man whom 1 am honored by being nick
named after. The reader will catch the de-
tails as 1 proceed In my narrative.
In the first place, kept watch around the
hotel until l saw the doctor leave it, and
then boldly ascended the steps and asked to
see the fair lone Grande. The young lady
invited ME up 10 the hotel parlor and re-
ceived me most grsclously. Assuming an
air of great frankness and respect. said:
81 trouble you, Miss Grande. Tor the pur-
pose of announcing a very happy piece of
news, From the present moment 1 have no
doubts of Mrs. Glaye's innocence.
81 am very glad to hear it. and thank
you for your Kindness in announcing it."
"It is only my duty, since was the cause
of your anxiety. The man Durand has
been arrested and has con essed all.
1t the superintendent had been present, I
think he would have modified his opinion
of my skill, if be possessed enough brains
to understand my plan and ideasi The
young lady turned very pale, and held on
the table for support. She was in love with
the man, and I intended to work on this
love.
"The news Is surprisingP' she said with
an effort, smiling feebly.
Eyes; he has made a clean breast of it,
and his only anxiety now is to see Mrs.
Glaye. He must be very deeply in love
with her, to think of her in his present con-
dition."
As intended, I had touched her on the
weak point of woman's nature-jealousy.
Her little eyebrows were knitted into a
frown.
"She thinks of him as much as he thinks
of her." she said, bravely veracous, yet
with deep sigh. "His disappearance las
driven her into her old ailment."
''She will forget him when she learns that
he is self-coniessed murderer"
81 believed as you do" she answered,
deepening her frown, "bu: I am convinced
now it will make no difference in her infatu-
alton"
I'm afraid was digging grave between
mistress and maid, but it was in the line of
my duty. 1 wanted lone to tell me all she
knew of the habits of her mistress, and for
that purpose it was necessary to harden her
heart against Mrs. Glaye.
"Durand has written a very afectionate
letter to the lady," continued, celebrating
my fiction, (which, OF course. we opened
and read. He showers her with affectionate
words and asks her to judge of his devotion
from his actions. A strange request to make
to lady by a murderer
Ny words hardened the little maiden's
7 81 Il T
verify believe if she had her way she would
have liked to use her ROSY nails on Mrs.
Glaye's face then and there. But her only
comment was:
"He deserves no mercyP'
HE will receive none, Miss Grande. In
the case of murder the principal cannot save
his neck by confession"
She did not answer, but stood staring down
at the reflection of her little hand in the pol
ished table.
SIS Mrs. Glaye very ill?"
"The doctor has just seen her, and finds
her very nervous and unmanageable But
l am neglecting my duties to her by re-
naming here. Pardon me, and receive my
thanks"
allowed her to go, knowing that the
leaven of jealousy would work, and that
when again saw her she would yield more
readily to my questions.
While at the hotel took the trouble of
studying the position of Mrs. Glaye's rooms,
and of finding out who lived in the adioin-
ing rooms. The room on the right was
been vacant for several weeks;
to the left Mrs. Glaye's bedroom abutted
directly on the staircase. So it will be seen
that in .ormation from a spying neighbor
could not be obtained. l arranged with the
clerk that might make use of the vacant
room to the right whenever / felt so dis
posed, and then, all in lurtherance OF my
plan, lett the hotel. Iwould ask the reader
to remember that henceforward all nv
actions were the results of a prearranged
plot, and that never for moment did l
allow impulse to swerve me from them,
/ reached the doctors cottage rather early
in the day, and sat in the sitting room pre-
tending to read newspaper. When he re-
tired to the kitchen knew that should not
see him again till dinner. He had no sooner
disappeared than whipped out the spray of
goldenrod from the vase in the window and
substituted bunch of white asters in its
place. 1 allowed the asters to remain good
full hour; that was until it was too dark to
see them any more; then l took them out
and replaced the goldenrod in its usual posi-
ton. What was my object? Patience, and
you will see. 1 passed a very ENJOYABLE
evening with the doctor. 1 pretended
great frankness with him; he pretended
Or really was very frank with me. He dis
on the subject of "double conscious
ness, and told me in what condition he had
Iound Mrs. Glaye. just now he regard ed
her as a creature of impulse, whose actions
could not be predicated from moment to
moment, although he doubted whether his
belief would be shared by others. He had
advised the landlord OF the hotel to have
the woman carefully watched, and had
been laughed at for his pains, the landlord
that ''she was more sane than
nine-tenths of the women in the world"
and that he was perfectly contented she
should occupy his rooms all winter il she
paid for them.
listened, lying on the lounge and pre-
tending to be aw ully sleepy. 1 kept yawn-
ing and yawning, and spologizing and
apologiziug. At an early hour went to
my room, locked the door, blew out the
Iight-but did not 60 to bed. Expected
too much entertainment to do that foolish
action. The doctor retired almost immed-
lately after me; and when heard him snor-