The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-18
eOoD STORIES ar 7HE PREsEn1 DAr.
THE Afystery or an Interesting Case Solved
by q KitcAcn Servant.
Copyright. 1892. " cac,',, d. L,si..

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While tho detective talent OF the present
day Is immsasurably kecner and brighter
than that OF twenty-five yenrs ago. It Is Try no
means able to cope with all tho strange. queer
things which develop In criminal cas- es: i
mean In what may be termed the side Issues
10 tho main clue in the case. For instance. a
question much discussed in the Borden case
at Fall River was whether a stranger could
have entered and left the house without being
seen. Every ono knowing tho situation OF af-
fairs on the day Of the double murder Is Mt
least skeptical on this point. Not an official
connected with the case believes 1t possible.
II reduced to chances thoue would not be more
thnn ono chance in q hundred OF a stranger
escaping unseen.
What was known in Scotland twenty years
ago MS the Hawick case" was n good illus
tration OF how criminals sometimes tako des-
perate chances and win. HGNvick Ia n o in
south crn Scotland and right among tho noun
tains. There is n sanitarium . couple OF miles
out oi the town, for people In tho first stages
Of consumption. As n rulo all such patients
are people Of means. Among those who
arrived thcre in July. 1871. was mn Eng.
lish girl named Edith Bailey. whose father
was n wealthy Londonor and n Wild
over. A maid named Sarah Andrews ACCOM-
panied hcr. Americans who were staying ut
AfSs " ~ wv N'ii' 1870 ~N'''
unusually handsome aud attractive. A Lon
don ply stefan had said that her left lung was
slightly affected. lut rs far as outward mp
praralccs wont she was in perfect health.
After 4 woch everybody knew her by sight.
Ehe wuI,d perhaps have been recognized ut a
distance on foot or in n carriage sooner than
any one else about the place.
Among tho men employed ahouttiie grounds
was a young man named George Adair. He
WAS 20 years old. hardly able to read or write.
urd was not considered either wise or can-
ming. He fell in love with Miss Bailey ut crst
sight. but. though she at.crward remembered
that no acted Gucoriv on occasions. size had
not the slightest suspicion OF the real state of
tire ease: nobody else Lad co,iccd him. for
that matter. for Adair had more cunning than
they gave him credit for. lie realized that
the young lady was ~ far above him in the
social scale that hc had nothing to hoio for
Unless 10 could secure soma unusual
advantage. As he confessed aiierwnrd.
and was no doubt honest In his
md beliefs. ho determined TO abduct and
imrr;son lsr. and hop. she would learn 10
love him when sho realized how much le
loved her. The idea WAS absurd. of course.
hut all believed him honest in entertaining
IL. 1'wo miles away in the mountains
was an old drift or tunnel which had been
trivcn for, n distance Of forty feet md then
"n"'" ana bushes. a and every6aiy about tho
me ri,cs: In DC course of . week. going
i Gliding two chairs. u stand. a mirror. ana
";n"r articles OF furniture to tho tunnel or
I.vervth.n n: was taken from the suniturium.
Hnd so. 20 one discovered him AT work. Fora
,mnSi. T ;raTsi an h fsn;tny. ls mao no o Sn pas" ssm Hsf ;6r.
wsrd rtterward 10 say that they had encoun-
tered him, A man carrsingu chair, ought to
~ 4 e. f. : nsgr- ami lN ri " m fpn FNI NH
dir ssea,.dt to have lodged everybody.
Ihr ahdu,t;on was a't"nned by the sann,o
M,ike,i urthe rad about y nile. accompanied
y her mai Che, sat down in tho shade OF
,iiss baii.S: fciie ns.cep, and the maid began
gathering n bouquet. nhen they lett the Sani-
,.rinm hdnir VA moving webs IN a Held up
INN. III" followed aftnr them. keeping in the
nr'ds. and 4 'tccal;nei t" take a v,,ntase o.
time 81 ,arryin: of both si:lI. but finally de.
.ili"d tina: IL. load would lee TOO great
let AVA AWAY. S" ai,nou wts out mt u moFs sis 'a4' When !"
sla,g h ,r.r a,,. HH Nv =, t tGr ., dScl NJ Gar
and Ted II. and by the time sho was awake he
MS CARRYING, her of in his ,arns. She
.irn:si",i, AMI tgiet torry out. but her. cries
hir the SURPRISE Of tho ,m.mcn,. .Adair carried
h"r scsns. an oEen 'i,l.I forty rods wide. nn; a
n~ay. did rot soc him. a sportsman, ut tho
.outh end. about a. far away. was looking
i noS. T !%r s sa'Rf; r1 aaa ItS T to IND a h n,!n mi 1t t sss
gone. and though, surprised ~ tho fact she
.t"sned THAT Miss Bailey had returned to the
getting there. nnd Il was q O'Clock before there
waY any genera, INJURY. Il WAS after dark he.
DAT before the scarf, was begun in earnest.
IN nearly every criminal case OF moment tine
Detectives waste tire by following clues given
hsse, anil thsn Know 70. GSf,air. II, this
ease the maid wanted to eYculPate herself. NJ,
that result. md so she guessed" That II We
i.;' s 9 along n, to9 M;, wh H.ii 5no w was Wan,
r rst,ns h n"eI'.: s an" .iins ;" n few w" tine @e .she 'S wa =
sure that eh" heard tho rattle Of wheels and
caught sight Of a whiln horseihrou: thetress
ing. Adair was seat tot',c village and another
person 4r the roG,i. but nothing was to be
onsly alarmed .n,tii two nights had passed.
Ilsn !, was ri.in cnGWgh t. 2,; all thgt there
ci,icl In and all means exhausted 10, discover
what hi.i become q Miss gniisy. Ada!r was
wouid have shortened tIIc search, even i it had
got a false start. They were led to believe
there vas a man and a Eprss and csrt mixed
was. Wf ther eii sa nrsu" "I' that nSa'NM Mis- B BAILEY had
entcrei the vehicle Of hor own free will. and
t,ias the driver wnnnn MrHnaintamc- at least;
had been, searched Ior a distance Of Thirty
miles. and U.tii wagoners. farmers, ma, land:
lords NIL along. were sure that no such rig had
PASSED, that Mr.. Bailey WAS te!egrapled for.
6nd a hrtsttivo caino NJ from Scotland lard.
Something had happeneI during the inter-
val to deepen tn" mystery. Miss Bai!ey's room
lad been lIundcrcdot her trunk and clothing:
Tho maid occupied n room adjoining. and yet
some one had ono by night and removed tho
r!t!cles without raising the slightest alarm.
Most OF tho clothing was hanging up. The gar
men,s had been taken down and placed in the
iuir q, stairs. through, two, halls and
Snt Of the back door. They knew thrust have
found unlocked and u strange key broken
in tho lock. Until tho father ,rrrivcd 1t was
beloved generally that the girl Ind fled with a
lover. lie soon disrcIled that belief. and then
the professional detective WAS, told to, e. to
work: You will wonder where he could make
con spiracy. he was satisfied that she had
.gt ior = DAY or tTo. bit finally related lust
heard ANYTHING. sho had been absent from ten
70 hfteen minutes. Aitor her return Miss
Er9Mnd Was the book she had been reading
fan. Sarah had "forgotten" to speak Of these