Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1913.

as he says, that Bacon should not
beat him and forever keep his puzzling
cipher unsolved." The cipher will
not be like Donnelly's, SO complicated
and intricate that no one save a
skilled mathematician may under
stand. There will, in fact, be much
amazement according to the discoverer,
that it has not been solved sooner, so
plain and simple is it.
In his library he has the Bacon
Shakespeare pages pasted npon an
immense sheet of muslin, which
winds and unwinds like panorama,
and along this great roll he searches
for his words and reads between the
lines. The discoverer represents four
years constant, Industrious ceaseless
study. The cipher has told DIR. Owen
exactly where Sha kspeare's severed
head may be found, and as soon as he
gets his work ready for publication ne
will 60 to England and dig for it. He
is so confident of the absolute correct
ness OF his conclusions that he will
rest their success upon this test.
DR.. Owen claims to have found
twenty-seven complete narratives in
the plays, one being Bacon's defense
against the charges OF taking bribes
while lord chancellor. According to
this cipher story, Lady Bacon was
unfaithful to her marriage VOWS, and
one of her lovers took the bribes with
her cOnnivance and cast suspicion
upon Bacon, who declined to defend
himself because his explanation would
involve the revelation of his wife's
dishonor. The history of Christ, told
in majestic verse, forms another OF
the secret narratives, and complete
history OF the Spanish Armada runs
through Loves Labor Lost, King John,
Comedy of Errors, Othello, The Temp
est and the Merchant of Venice.
Elizabeth, the virgin queen of Eng.
land, has her reputation sadly tar.
nished, for the cipher discloses that
she was the mother of two children.
But the most thrilling narrative il
that relating to the murder and de-
capitation of poor Shakespeare. The
player was insolent in his demands
and in the heat of passion Bacon
drew his sword and killed him. Be
fore the blood was washed from hi.
hands a gentleman appeared and asked
what he had done. "Killed dog
was Bacon's answer.
Various scenes of the court o.
Elizabeth are revealed by this wonder
full cipher, including the true inward
ness of the trial and execution O
Mary Queen of Scots. A history o
old York rite Masonry, the story o
the Prodigal Son, and the miracles o.
the New Testament are also unfoldeG
by deeply interesting language. In
one part Bacon seeks to extort fear.
full oath from the discoverer OF the
cipher not to reveal it while he is liv.
ing, and so save him from an igno.
minious death.
DR.. Owen is yet comparatively
young man, and he has every indica.
ton OF being student. His features
are pointed, sharp hewn, and his rest
less gray eye never winks twice in the
same spot. He was born at Marine
City, Michigan, Jan. 1st, 1854. He
received his education in the Michigan
University at Ann Arbor and studied
medicine at Detroit. He has q wide
practice and q fashionable one, which
has enabled him to buy all the books
he needed to work out his pet idea.
He lives in quiet elegance aud has an
interesting family. His cipher will
be made public just as soon as he can
get it ready for the press.