Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-01

tered up the steps of the big stone building
and asked for Inspector Byrnes He was
ushered into the Inspectors private office.
Sinking wearily into q chair he said, 'My
name is Henry Broderick. Three years ago
I sent to YOU to come to nv house to pre-
vent great crime. I suppose you did not
receive nv message in time. The villains
failed to kill me, but they made the world
believe ], was dead and they are enjoying
my property while am beggar on the
streets"
The Dead Comes Back to Life.
Inspector Byrnes was too familiar with
startling and unexpected incidents to ex-
press any surprise at the sudden appearance
buried three years. He did not question
the identity of the man. He had not for
gotten the face as he saw it lying in the
coffin the day after Broderick's supposed
death.
The man who had come back from the
dead soon told his story. A secret friend
ship had existed between his wife and DR..
Lawton. They had planned his murder in
order that they might enjoy his money.
Dr. Lawton had drugged him and when too
late ne realized that he was being poisoned
by slow degrees He woke to conscious
ness one night on cooling bed He had
scrawl note and get it into the hands of a
servant, who was ignorant of what was
going on. Then DR.. Lawton came and
drugged him again. When he next re-
gained consciousness, he was on board
sailing vessel bound for Australia He was
landed there penniless and had been forced
to work as common laborer to earn money
enough to return to New York. He came
back to find his name on tomb in Green
wood and his wife married to DR.. Lawton.
''You are alive, and we must now identity
the body that was in the coffin which was
supposed to contain your remains" said the
Inspector. eff murder has been committed
the first thing is to find tine body"
Henry Broderick remained at police head
quarters that day, and that night two trusty
officers paid stealthy visit to Greenwood
Cemetery. They found the grave OF Henry
Broderick without trouble. They had
brought tools, and after an hour of hard
work they had unearthed the coffin. It was
a heavy metallic affair, and another hour
was required to open it
The Mystery Solved at Last.
At last the lid of the casket was removed,
and the detective looked inside. The casket
was empty. The Broderick mystery was
clearing fast. The following day DR.. Anson
Lawton received a message asking him to
call at police headquarters to see former
patient. When he arrived he was shown
into the private Office IF Inspector Byrnes,
who greeted him very pleasantly.
"Your patient is waiting for you in the
next room, doctor, step right this way"
The Inspector opened door an DR..
Lawton stepped into small inside room
that was lighted by a single wax taper. In
the middle of the room lay. an empty casket,
and close by the side of it sat Henry Brod-
erick. For moment DR.. Lawton stood
motiouless and speechless. Then his nerve
deserted him completely and he sank into a
chair as weak and helpless as child.
"Telr us how you did it," said the In
spector with smile, but the doctor made
no reply. He would never explain how he
had drugged Henry Broderick into a stupor
that resembled death and then removed him
from a coffin and placed him on board
ship the night before the funeral. That Is
the only part Of the Broderick mystery that
has not been cleared up.