St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
The GUILT TEST.

1t was at the time Of my return from,
India, remarked Carlton Rhodes. the famous
detective, that settled in London for few
months in order to carry out study which
was then engaged upon that would help me in
my business of solving criminal mysteries.
TOOK room in Fitzroy street, which, as you
know, is situated in the foreign quarter, lying
between Tottenham Court road and Oxford
street. A Frenchman named Lerocu kent
cigar store at the end of the cad de sac beyond
where Rathbone place comes to Fitzroy
street. whose place frequented good deal.
The neighborhood swarms with artists and I
had led him to suppose that belonged to the
palette guild, because any one in my business,
as you know, is always looked upon askance
by strangers. One night I met person in
the cigar store who interested me considera-
bly,. He was Frenchman and as I spoke
French easily, he felt at home with me and
we had quite conversation. We talked of
number of things, and when he finally left
the keeper OF the cigar store whispered to
me:
'sThats Lefebry'
'Lefebry?"
OF course, I knew who he meant, in
stantly.
'A fellow countryman of ours,' he said, by
way of explanation; ''blood's thicker than
water. You are Frenchman, aren't your
1 nodded my head, but did not answer,
preferrng not to forswear my own country
"a sin which no one should unnecessarily
commit.
'Lefebry," the name sounded like music
to my ear. 1 felt as if partially under the
influence of an intoxicant. My heart quick
ened and sent the blood humping to my
brain cells.
Lefebry was the man for whom the London
police had been searching for weeks, in the
belief that he had murdered a woman over in
the Eastern district.
My silence caused the cgarmaker to look
anxious.
''You wouldn't attempt to do him any
harm, would your" he asked me, earnestly.
in French.
"Harm," 1 answered, almost too dazed by
the information to make more than me-
chanical answer.
ooh, certainly not; I'd rather do him good,
if that were possible" added promptly OBJ
serving his alarm.
she is in disguise of course" continued
Lerocl eonfidentially, "and no one would
ever recognize him; but 1 have known him
for years, and he has come to me to get the
money with which to buy ticket for
America"
'sWhere is he going to in America, asked.
'To New York, 1 suppose. That's where
all the steamers run to, and Les best off in
big city,"
Right in both things, and unfortunate,
too" replied, as an idea suggested itself to
me on the instant.
Here was the opportunity for me to try an
experiment which l had been waiting for
without any definite hope of ever possibly OBJ
tanning it So 1 said to the cigarmaker:
81 shall be leaving for New York. myself,
very shortly, and if your friend wants to do
what suggest it may help him out of his
difficulty. I've grown so lazy living in India
that hate to wait on myself after having had
servant to do almost everything for me.
Besides, sure to be sick crossing, and NAV
want a little attention. If your friend Lefe-
bry cares to go as my servant Til pay his pas
sage over and keep him. when there, until he
gets something to do"
iHal oplciulu dIIdlSeuent. he l
jump at the chance, know, when tell him
you are all right" answered the Frenchman,
handing me a box of genuine Havanas in
his delight and asking me to have smoke
with him. week later Lefebry and myself
left Liverpool on the Teutonic for New
York
had spent the week in looking up the
Lefebry murder case. At Scotland Yard I
was favored with the information that the
authorities were capable of coping with the
matter themselves and required no assistance
in unravelling the mystery.
In other directions I was more fortunate;
found friend Of the murdered woman who
was perfect treasure to me. She furnished
full length photograph Of the victim, and I
was able to get from her a fair idea of what
the dead woman's voice resembled, together
with some less important particulars. was
now in position to become mental vivisec-