Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-25

pu bllShed details was suhclenC U
convince me that my patient, Mr.
George Griffths, was the criminal
I lost no time in communicating
what I knew to the authorities, BY
whom it must be said, my story
was received with some increduii. 3
You see, my special branch of sur.
gerry is but little known to the pub
lie, and it was the opinion of the
police that the murderer had left
the country some time before Mr.
Grihiths had quilted my house. 81
But few months ago, happen.
ing to be on a visit to Dresden
whittier I had gone for brie1
summer holiday-and having, by
the way, largely succeeded in dis.
missing from my mind the events
above related-I was startled te
see, seated at a table in the Cover
behaus in that city, enjoying the
strains of tho talented orchestra
my no longer mysterious, but now
dreadful acquaintance, Mr.. George
Griffiths. 9
My duty, I decided after a mo.
ment's reflection, was plain-tS
denounce and deliver him to the
authorities.
Quickly, therefore, lest he should
leave before I could have him ar.
rested, I explained myself as well
as I was able to the nearest official
He looked, and was unbelievil,g
So, too, were the others when he
summoned to hear my story. That
part of it which referred to the
operation was received with a
smile; and the upshot of it was
that, SO far from effecting my ex.
patients capture, I was myself
lightly ridiculed as a mad English.
man.
But I could not allow myself 3te
be baffled in what considered my
clear duty, viz, to deliver a afoul
murderer up to justice. | defeI;
mined therefore to renew my aes
quaintance with him there aud
then, to givr him no inkling Of as
knowledge of the truth, and q
communicate ce.norer vi ttIh sSs sSss
English police, while continuing
to keep him under my own sur
veilance in the Saxon capital.
When, with a polite bow, l ap-
preached and spoke to him, he re-
cognized me at once-I could see
hat-though at first he pretended
not to know me. We had a glass
of beer together, and spoke of
many matters of general interest,
I fatteriug myself tina! nothing
in my conversation or bearing gave
him the slightest ground to sus-
pect me.
That same night wrote a long
letter to the London police, again
stating my certain knowledge that
this man, changed though be was,
was the murderer of Mrs. Bates,
and suggesting that they should
forthwith send over 10 Dresden an
official armed with information as
to other distinguishing marks on
Mr.. Bates's person besides his
aquline nose and heavy mustache.
During the next few days I be-
came very intimate with my ex-
patient, and, in pursuance of a
scheme had formed, invited him
more than once to bathe with me
from one of the floating baths.
This he cheerfully did, being an
admirable swimmer. On the fifth
day from my writing to London an
answer arrived in the person of a
stalwart detective from Scotland
Yard, who informed me that the
real Mr.. Bates had, as I suspected,
the distinguished marks which
could be verified; among them an
anchor tattooed on the left fore
arm, which I had myself, of course,
noticed while we were bathing to-
gether. TO satisfy himself, before
acting on the warrant he had
brought with him, the detective,
Mr.. Han way, it was agreed, should
join our bathing party on the NOR
row-a simple and not disagree
able preliminary to the contem-
plated arrest.
But, alas for the schemes of mice
and men! We called together at
Mr.. Griffiths's (alias Bates) rooms
in the morning, and found him
busy with some correspondence.
eff you will wait for me half an
hour or so on the Terrace" he
said, (which , our friend will find
very pleasant, I'll join you for our
swim in about half an hour" Sus-
pecting nothing, we took our leave,
and waited for him as be had
directed.
But we waited in vain. Whether
tho feat,1ras of NV friend Mr.