Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1895-04-25

way ny second link WIS lorlned. whirh
told mt that tha nocturnal visitors wer"
two in number. ono remarkable fnr his
height, as ] calculated from tho longtii
Of his stride. and tho other fslslionahly
dressed. to judge from tho small aud
elegant impression loft by his boots
son entering the house this last in
ference was confirmed My we'll booted
man lay before me The tall one. thon.
had done tho murder. II murder tbere
was. There was no wound upon the
dead mans person, but the agitated ex-
preston upon his face assured me that
he had forcseon his fate before it came
upon him. Men who die from heart dis
case OF any sudden natural canso mover
by any chancn exhibit agitation upon
their features. Having sniifod tho dead
mans lips, ! detected n slightly sour
smell, and came to tho conclusion that
he had had poison forced upon him.
Again, I argued that it had boon forced
upon him from the hatred and fear OK.
pressed upon his face. by tho method OF
exclusion l bad arrived at this result.
for no other hypothesis would meet the
facts Donot imagine that it was ve.y
unheard of idea. The forcible admins
tration Of poison is by no means a new
thing in criminal annals. The cases of
Dolsly in Odessa and of Leturier in
Montpelier will occur at once to any
toxicologist.
"And now came tho great question as
to the reason why. Robbery had not
been the object of the murder, for moth
ing was taken. Was it politics, then, or
was it woman? That was the question
which confronted me. / was inclined
from the first to the latter supposition.
Political assassins arc only too glad to
do their work and to fly. This murder
had, ON the contrary, been done most
deliberately. and tho perpetrator had left
his tracks all over tho room, showing
that he had been thore all the time. 1t
must havo been private wrong and
not a political one which called for
such a methodical revenge. When tho
inscription was discovered upon the
wall, was more inclined than over to
my opinion The thing was too evident
ly blind. When tho ring was found,
however, it settled tho question. Clear
ly the murderer had used it to remind
his victim of some dead or absent wom-
an, 1t was at this point that / asked
Gregson whether he had inquired in
his telegram to Cleveland as to any par
ticular point in Mr.. Drebber's former
career. Ho answered, you remember, in
the negative
II then proceeded to make careful
examination of the room, which con-
firmed mo in my opinion as to tho muir
derer's height and furnished me with
the additional detail MS to tho Trichi
nopoly cigar and tho length of his nails
l had already come to tho conclusion,
since there wero no signs of n struggle,
that tho blood which covered the floor
had burst from tho murderer s nose i'll
his excitement, ! could perceive that
the track of blood conceded with the
track Of his feet. Tt is seldom that any
man, unless he is very full blooded,
breaks out in this way through emotion,
SO hazarded tho opinion that the Grim
inal was probably robust and ruddy
faced man, Events proved that had
judged correctly.
Having left the house, I proceeded
to do what Gregson had neglected. I
telegraphed to the head of the police at
Cleveland, limiting my inquiry to the
circumstances connected with the mar
riage of Enoch Drebber. The answer
was conclusive. Tt told me that Drsbber
had already applied for the protection Of
the law against an old rival in love,
named Jefferson Hope, and that this
same Hope was at present in Europe. I
knew now that ] held the clew to the
mystery in my hand and all that re-
manned was to secure the murderer.
II had already determined in my own
mind that the man who had walked in
to the house with Drehber was none 9TH
or than the man who had driven the
cab. The marks in the road showed me
that the horse had wandered ON in a
way which would have been impossi-
BILE had there been any one in charge of
it. Where, then, could the driver be
unless he were inside the house? Again,
it is absurd to suppose that any sane
man would carry out deliberate crime
under the very eyes, as it were, Of q
third person who was sure to betray him.
Lastly. supposing one man wished to
dog another through London, what bet
ter means could he adopt than to turn
cab driver? All these considerations led
me to the irresistible conclusion that
Jefferson Hope was to be found among
the jarveys Of the metropolis.
''If he had been one. there was nc
reason to believe that he had ceased to
be. On the contrary, from his point Of
view, any sudden change would be like
ly to draw attention to himself He
would probably, for time at least, con-
tinne TO perform his duties. There was
no reason to suppose that he was going
under an assumed name. Why should
he change his name in u country where
no one knew his original one? l there
fore organized my street arab detective
corps and sent them systematically tc
every cab proprietor in London until
they ferreted ont the man that want
ed. How we'll they succeeded and how
quickly took advantage of it are still
fresh in your recollection. The murder
Of Stangerson was an Incident whicl
was entirely unexpected, hut which
could hardly in any case have been pre-
vented Through it. as you know.
cams into possession of the pills, tn,
existence Of which had already sur
missed You sse. the whole is u chain .
logical sequences without q break y
| flaw.
lit IN wonderful l cried You
merits should be publicly recognized
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