The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-04-19

now disappeared and whose nortrait
ana description were now freely cir.
culated by the police. A brief
auiouht ol attention to these pub.
llsEed details was sufficient to con-
vince me that my patient, George
Grlniths. was the criminal.
l. lost no time in communication
wnat l knew to the authorities. by
whon, II must be said, my story was
received with some incredulity. Van
see my special branch of surgery is
DuC littie known to the public, and
" was the opinion of tine police that,
the murderer had left the country
some time before Mr.. Griniths had
quilted my house.
But IA few months ago. happen,np
TO be on a visit to Dresden. whittier
l had gone on a brief summer holi.
sav--and having in IA way largely
succeeded IN dismissing from NV
mind n events above related was
startled TO see, seated at Il table in
tne G0werbehaus in that city. enjoy.
ing the strains OF the talented or
chestra, my no longer mysterious.
put now dreadful acquaintance.
George Grifiths.
My duty, ! decided after Il mo.
ment's reflection, was pIain-to de.
nounce and deliver him to the au.
thoritieS
Quickly. therefore, least he should
leave before l could have him ar.
rested. l explained myself as well as
l was able to the neatest official. He
looked and was unbelieving. So, too,
were the Others whom he summoned
to hear my story. That part OF it
which referred to the operation was
received with a smile; and the ur-
shot OF it was that so far from effect.
ing my ex-patient's capture, | was
myself lightly ridiculed as a mad En-
glishman.
But l could not allow myself to be
batlled in what | considered my clear
duty, viz, to deliver a foul murderer
up to justice. l determined there
fore, to renew my acquaintance with
him there and then, to give him no
inkling IF my knowledge of the
truth, and to communicate once
more with the English police, while
continuing to keep him under my
own surveillance in the Saxon CAP.
ital.
When, with Il polite bow, l ap.
preached and spoke to him, he rerog-
nized me at once: | could see that,
though at first he pretended not to
know me. We had a glass of beer to-
gether, and spoke OF many matters
of general interest: ! fattering my
self that nothing in my con ;ersation
or bearing gave him the slightest
ground to suspect me.
That same night l wrote a long
letter to the London LOlice, again
stating my certain knowledge that
this man, changed though he was,
was the murderer Of Mrs. Bates, and
suggesting that they should forth
with send over to Dresden an official
armed with information as to other
distinguishing marks on Mr.. Bates
person besides his aquiline nose and
heavy mustachc.
During the next few days l became
very intimate with my eX-patient,
and in pursuance OF a scheme | had
formed invited him more than once
to battle 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 sus-
pected, the distinguishing marks
which could he verified; among them
| an anchor tattOoed on the left fore
arm, which / 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 Il
bathing party on the morrOw--a SIM
pie and not disagreeable preliminary
to the contemplated arrest.
But alas. for the schemes OF mice
and men! We called together at Mr..
Grifith's-alias Bates-rOoms in the
morning and found him with some
IL you VIII ""io
for me half an hour or so on the ter
RICE" he said (which your friend
ill lind very pleasant. Ill join you
.,r our swim in about half an hour"
S~uspecting nothing, we took our
leave, and waited for him, as he had
directed.
But we wal ted in vain. Whether
the features of my friend, Mr.. Han
way, we're known to him, or
whether there had, in spite of my
care, been anything 10 my manner to
excite his suspicion, ! cannot say.
Suffice it that we remained a full
hour on the terrace. and then re-
turned to find him-gOnc.