Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07

ter SuppOSlt1On. Political aSSaSSlnS are
are only too glad to do their work
and to fly. This murder had, on the
contrary, been done more deliberately,
and the perpetrator had left his tracks
all over the room showing that he
had been there all the time. 1t must
have been a private wrong, and not a
political one, which called for such
a methodical revenge. When the in
scription was discovered upon the wall
/ was more inclined than ever to my
oririon. The thing was too 'vil9ntly
a blind. When the ring was found,
however, it settled the question. Clear
" the murderer had used it to remind
his victim of some dead Or absent
woman It was at this point that I
asked Gregson whether he had inquired
in his telegram to Cleveland as to any
particula- point in Mr.. Drebbar's for
ner career. He answered, you remtm-
Der, in the negative.
II then proceeded to make a careful
examination Of the room, which con-
firmcd me in my opinion as to the muir
derer's height, and furnished ME with
hi additional details as 70 the Trichi-
poly cigar and tho length of his nails
[ had already come to the conclusion,
since there were Ito signs of a struggle,
that the blood which covered the floor
had burst from the muraerer'S nose in
his excitement / could see that the
track of blood conceded with the track
Of his feet It is seldom that any man,
unless he is very full-blooded, breaks
out in this way through emotion, so
nazarded the opinion that the criminal
was probably a robust and ruddy faced
man. Events proved that I judged cor
rectly.
Having left the house, proceeded
to do what Gregson had neglected. /
telegraphed 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. 1t told me that Dreb-
Der had already applied for the pro-
lection 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
clue to the mystery in my hand, and
all that remained was to secure the
murderer.
II had also determined in my own
mind, that the man who had walked
into the house with Drebber was none
other than the man who had driven
the cab. The marks on the road show
ed me that the horse had wandered on
in a way which would have been i'm
possible 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 third person, who was
sure to betray him. Lastly, suppos-
ing one man wished to dog another
through London, what better means
could he adopt than to turn cab-driver?
All these considerations led me to the
irresistible conclusion that Hope was
to be found among the jarveys Of the
metropolis.
eff he had been one there was no
reason to believe that he had ceased
to be. On the contrary from his point
of view, any sudden change would be
likely to draw attention to himself.
He would probably for a time at least,
continue to perform his duties. There
was no reason to suppose that he was
going under an assumed name in a
country where no one knew his origin
al one? / therefore organized my Sc
cret cab detective corps, and sent them
Systematically to every cab proprietor
in London until they ferreted out the
man that I wanted. How we'll they
succeeded, and how quietly took adj
vantage of it. are still fresh in your
recollection. The murder of Stanger-
son was an incident which was entire
" unexpected, but which could hardly
in any case have been prevented.
Through it, as you know, came into
possession Of the pills, the existence of
which 1 had already surmised. You
see the whole thing is a chain Of logi-
cal sequences without break or
flaw
1T is wonderful!' 1 cried, "Your
merits should be publically recognized.
You should publish an account of the
case If you won't / will for YOU"
you may do what you like, DOCTOR"
he answered ''See herev' he continued
handing a paper over to me; look at
thiSw
1t was the Echo for the day, and the
to which he pointed was
devoted to the case in question.
.vrhe public" it said, 'have lost
treat through the sudden
death Of the man Hope, who was sus-
pected Of the murder Of Mr. Enoch
Drebber and of Mr.. Joseph Stanger-
son. The details Of the case will pro-
badly never be known now, though we
are informed upon good authority that
the crime was the result of an old
and romantic feud, in which
love and Mormorism bore a part
1t seems that both the victims belonged
in their younger days, to the Latter
Day Saints, and Hope, the deceased
prisoner, halls from Salt Lake City.
If the case has had no other effect, it,
at least brings out in the most strik-
ing manner the efficiency Of our detec-
tive police force, and will serve as
lesson to all foreigners that they will
do wisely to settle their feuds at home,
and not carry them onto British soil.
1t is an open secret that the credit OF
this smart capture belongs entirely to
the well-known Scotland Yard officials,
Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson. The
man was apprehended, it appears, IN
the rooms Of a certain Mr. Sherlock
Holmes, who has himself as an anna
teur, shown some talent in the detec-
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