The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-02

cover your tracks. When ] first saw the
bodies knew a physicians surgeon
had done the job. You couldn't keep
/. the shop out of it. You cut the carotid
artery in each case, not as bungler, but
as surgeon performs an operation"
The idea that the crime might be
traced to u surgeon in this way had not
occurred to the doctor. and he seemed
frightened at the sagacious penetration
displayed by the detective.
"You did it with lancet" continued
Cathcart. And taking the one the serv-
ant had found on the floor from his
pocket. he added: "And with this lancet.
which You foolishly left behind You
after the second murder. And this
lancet came from this CASE"
The old man crossed to the mantel-
piece, and taking up the case continued.
a. he opened it: ,
1T belongs to this set. It is precisely
the same make-same tortoise shell ham
die, and here is the place from which it
came-a vacant place waiting for it
since the fifth day of October. Bah!
You haven't even attempted to cover
The physician, apparently crushed and
Inundated, turned look of horror upon
the merciless old man.
Dorison, filled with pity for the poor
wretch, failing to realize that the muir
derer of his half sister lay bound before
him, thought Cathcart brutal in his tri-
umph over the prisoner, but the old man
had purpose in the course he was pur-
suing.
bah! Ii you were as skillful muir
derer as you are a surgeon you would
not have made tracking SO easy. Your
very skill rs u surgeon undid you. and it
was only question as to when we
would get around you. Murder is a fine
art man said yesterday. When man
undertakes to do two in one night he
wants to be a master of the art"
The man on the floor made gallant
effort to retrieve himself. He was not q
coward. He had been overwhelmed by
the unexpected blow. But now that
vigorous brain came into action, he re-
covered self possession and was cool and
master of himself
"You are very keen" he said with a
sneer. "Do you know that thousand
such cases of Instruments can DO found
In the city, and that surgeons usually
carry their iancets in their pockets. If
you will permit one of these gentlemen
to feel in my right hand vest pocket you
will find another lancet exactly similar
to the one You have in your hand"
The total change in the manner of the
physician startled Dorison, and his
words made him believe Cathcart had
made blunder in arresting the doctor
on 80 slight a ground
9TH take your word for it," said Cath.
cart calmly. And you take my word
that III find the case to which it belongs
in your consulting ROOM"
The expression passing over the doc
tors face assured Cathcart that his haz-
ard had been Il winning one.
Dorison experienced revulsion. and
was deceived, surprising that. unob-
served by him, the old man had made
the discovery the previous evening when
the doctor was examining his arm.
"ies. yon carried the lancet in your
vest pocket the night you went to
bleecker street to kill that poor girl"
continued Cathcart. 'and You put it
back IN your vest poke. when You hur-
rled to East Sixteenth street to kill the
poor mother in the same manner There,
however, you left it ON the floor behind
you.
There was rap at the door, Cathcart
sprang to 1t hastily. 1t was the attend.
ant desiring to tell the doctor that those
IN waiting were becoming impatient.
"Dlsmiss them all, and say that the
doctor will be unable to see any more
today" and ne closed the door.
"There is no escape for you, DR.. Fas-
sett. The whole of the story is plain.
will tell it, not because il will be new 10
You, but because it will show that there
is no use for you to struggle against Your
fate.
"You committed crime in your
younger days, Harry Langdon, alias
Harold Parish, WAS cogrizant of it, and
held you SO firmly in his grip tina. you
We're Il slave to his ORDERS"
"Ah, the doggish hound He has in
formed on he. has he:" interrupted the
doctor. lyon have him, then, have Won?
Well, even then that proves nothing as
to this charge"
"You knew he was criminal, but
you had no proof it," continued Cath
cart. as if Fassett had not spoken You
knew there was evidence of his crimes
in the hands of those poor women-his
mother and sister,"
Dorison was quite as much surprised
at this as was the doctor, who could not
perceive that the old man was doing
some shrewd guesswork
"You wanted that proof" continued
Cathcart .tfhaf y0n might he free frn,n