Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-11-30

Dfoke III! promise 10 you about keeping
the theory of my having been hypno-
tized to myself. I could not help it,
old man; don't scold! It is done. She
expected me to be elated over the new
developments, and with that bloody
horror over me I simply could not be
SO. She wormed it all out of me final
ly. and now she is quite undone. She
turned sick and almost tainted in the
library, and could hardly walk when
she left the house. She went home cry
ing at every STEP
You might have known that such a
thing would horrify her."
WILDLY groaned.
Poor little darling! She begged and
begged me to tell her what depressed
me so. She knows very little about
hypnotism, and when I tried to explain
that I feared I had been made to kill
my uncle with my own hands she
shrieked and looked at me as if she
thought was mad'
Il am awfully sorry you told her
at least until we have had the opinion
of that hypnotic doctor. He may prove
to us that you were not hypnotized at
ALL"
WILDLY rose and began to pace the
floor nervously.
II shall welcome any advice or opin-
ion he can give. I have just begun to
think l did wrong in not reporting
everything to Hendricks at the start
1t may have been a very necessary clew
I mean, you know, the blood on the
chair
II begin 20 think so myself, now that
the murderer has actually shown him
self in broad daylight and attempted
another life. You can easily prove an
alibi. You were here all day yester-
day-Matthews and I can testify to
that; and, besides, I am pretty sure
your movements are being watched by
the police. I want you to see Hen
bricks, but not before we have an in
terview with DR.. Lampkin. He is a. the
Hotel Imperial. He came yesterday,
and at my request has registered under
an assumed name. I made an appoint
,nent with him to meet me- here, and
expect him every ;ninute.''
" liz. ~ dllt w llluUN SNu
dered. Ugh. old man, I hate the SUBJ
iect. I am actually afraid of what he
may tell me-
"Never mind; nothing can be worse
than the suspense you are suffering.
You will lose your reason il something
is not done"
The doorbell rang. THAT must be
- coiI
seat. I told Matthews to let me answer
the bell, and I will bring him in
The next moment the colonel ushered
N the visitor. He was short, thick-set,
and about As years of age. His
hair was stiff, very abundant. and dark
brown, with dashes of iron-gray. His
face was of the round German type;
his eyes were steely gray, and shot with
strange spots of brown, which, with
his long lashes, gave a peculiar effect to
lis glance. He wore a heavy beard,
which he stroked continually, in nerv-
Gus way. and a cutaway suit of ordinary
gray material. His manner was very
easy, and inspired confidence. On be-
ing introduced to WILDLY, he held his
hand tightly for a moment and looked
steadily into his eyes; then he released
the hand and sat down.
Il presume you have looked over the
newspaper accounts I sent you, doc
tor" said Warrenton. II thought they
would prepare you for the slight addi-
tional information we are going to give
you.'
Il had seen them all before I came,' ~
replied the hypnotist. Il had no SOON
CT read that the dead man-pardon me,
your uncle, Mr.. Whidby--had been
found murdered with that smile on his
face than wanted to know all about it.
No other case has ever occurred that I
know of, except that of Goetz, of Berlin,
in IS. But tell me, gentlemen, in what
way can serve you. Ny time is valu-
able. I want to say just here that I
am afraid Hendricks, the detective, has
recognized me. I knew him in New
York, but had no idea that he had been
retained here. I tell you this so that
you may dismiss me if my presence
could injure your case in any way. I
tried to follow your instructions as to
my disguise here, but was thrown en-
tirely off my guard by meeting him
face to face.'
1T does not matter now" returned
the colonel. There are only one or
two points that he does not know about
our SIDE, and VIC have decided to place
ourselves wholly in his hands after our
interview with you
Il am sure that is WISE" said DR..
Lampkin. Hendricks is the most far
seeing man ever knew. It would be
unjust for any reason to withhold the
slightest light you may be able to
throw on the matter Mr. WILDLY, you
need not tell me what your particular
trouble is, for think have already
guessed it from one look at your SEN
sitive face. You fear that hypnotism
was used by the criminal in some way -
'You have guessed it," faltered
WILDLY.
"You think Mr.. Strong was hypno-
tized just before his death?'
YES"
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