The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-12-01


airy which was ON a chair within reach
of the deceased. Throughout the book
certain words were marked in blood
Thinking this strange, | made an in
vestigation of the book. which was an
ordinary dictionary, evidently used by
the deceased in connection with his
literary work.
! determined on a plan Of setting
down on paper every word indicated by
the crimson mark. on doing which ]
had the following list. which | give in
the order in which | discovered them,
going systematically through the die.
tionary:
Masters goodby to my | invention
oldest communicated for cannot diction.
airy is plans friend to tho move has, him
dynamo from in murdered the | here
me details intended to tonight foolishly
plans of to getting my patent o. indi-
cate next paper the dull new month so
mark this murderer street dying bis
borough property name he drawings
Whitelaw stolen | house has stone Jas
per blood to my l."
On going over this for some ,tins' !
began piece by piece to put Ii together
l picked ont first Of all two words
which seemed conspicuous-namely.
Jasper" and Borough" Evidently
the first vas the name of the man con-
nected with the deed. and the second
was the district In London known by
that name.
| next picked on the word .'dull,"
which rs an ordinary adjective seemed
out Of! place in such q dying speech,
and l at once remembered the street
called Dull street, " which wa situat-
ed in the borough. There seemed no
doubt that the address given was in
Dull street borough. So far so good.
Finding no other use for the words
''stone" and ''house, " I ventured to use
them a. the name OF residence In Dull
street. which made my information
read. ''Stohe house, Dull street. Dor
ough." On looking mp the street surely
enough | found the corner house called
by that name. ~.
After many hours toll twisting and
turning, | at length got the words put
into some sort Of shape. and this is how
they read:
Jasper Whitelaw atone house Dull
street borough has murdered me tonight
foolishly my Oldest friend MI my draw.
ings he has stolen plans property | com
municated to him the details and plans
of my new invention for the dynamo to
patent 10 month ! intended to get ink!
or paper cai.net move from here and
mark this SO III dictionary my blood to
indicate the murderer his, name il ] am
dying all Masters goodby | l."
On going over this again Itransposed
certain words. putting. the first two
words, Jasper Whitelaw. after the
phrase, murderer is, which made the
slines read more clearly. In the. end,
after great labor. | arrived at the fol-
lowing. which | submit for the consid7
GRAFTON of the authorities:
My oldest friend has murdered me
tonight. Foolighly ! communicated TO
him the details and plans of my new
invention for tho dynamo ] intended to
patent mex month. | cannot move from
here to get ink or paper and so mark
this dictionary IN my blood to indicate
the murderer. His name is Jasper
Whitelaw. stone house, Dull street.
Borough. All my plans and drawings
he has stolen. | am dying. All proper
ty &c Masters Goodby."
The above is my report. To this ]
have nothing further 10 add. Attached
hereto are the dictionary, my rough
drafts of the solution and all the mem
oranda | made TO assist me In the
search. JOHN DAVIS BEvIs.
This report. was read privately, and
the detectives went to work at once.
The man Whitelaw was captured at the
patent Office. where he was in the very
act of filing his application for the pat
ent Of the new dynamo machine.
: At his lodgings in Dull street the pa
pers and plans belonging to Mayne were
found. Finding himself surrounded by
testimony which seemed to come from
the grave he made a full confession.
1t seemed that he had met his friend,
Mr., Mayne, on the evening in question.
After sundry drinks together Mayne be-
came communicative and eventually,
asked the other to come to bis house.
Here he explained to him the details Of
his invention.
Carried away as he was by the excite
ment produced by the liquor. he told.
all to the man, whom he trusted implic.
ity. But Whiteiaw, seeing the prospect
Of a mighty fortune in the use of the
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