Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-06-17
CHAPTER XIV.
A DOCUMENT OF IIPoRTANC

DOCUMENT OF IMPORTANCE.
1t was n copy and not the original Of
this pitiful letter which l found in the
cigar case, as was evident from the fact
that the document was il Green's hand
writing, and TO this l attached some i'm
portanoe
As matters stood it looked as if Green
had in some way contrived TO intercept
Mullen's correspondence, and it also
looked rs if, after making himself ac-
quairtod with the contents Of Mullen's
letters, Green had carefully resealed
them and let them go on to the person
for whom they wero intended. That he
must have had some reason for not re-
taining in his possession what might
prove so valuable a piece of evidence
was very clear, and after thinking the
matter over I came to the following
conclusions:
Although Mullen had given an ad-
dress to which letter might be sent to
him by his sister, it was not likely that
he himself was actually to be found at
that address. On the contrary, it was
moro than probable that he had arrang-
ed some complicated and roundabout
system Of reforwarding correspondence,
so that even if the police should find
out the address to which the letter was
sent they would still have before them
the difficult task of tracing the letter to
the address to which it had been refor-
warded, and perhaps again reforward.
ed, before they could come to the &C.
tual hiding place of the fugitive, who
IN the meantime would get wind of
what was going on and would promptly
decide that it was high time for him to
change his quarters. And felt tolera-
bly, sure that his manner of making q
change would be like that of certain sea
fowl who, upon the approach of an ene-
my, dive out Of sight beneath the wa
ter, where they twist and turn and
eventually come up far out of reach and
range and in any other direction than
that in which they are looked for.
Hence it was possible that, though
Green had succeeded, es I say, either
In interoepting or obtaining access to
Mullens correspondence, he might not
be any nearer to discovering the crimi-
nails actual whereabouts. But if Green
merely took copy of this letter and
then let it 60 on to Mullen the latter
would very likely fall into the trap of
keeping the appointment which he had
made with his sister and could then be
arrested and handed over to justice.
For though his sister had-lest the let
ter should fall into other hands than
those for which it was intended-cau-
tiously refrained from mentioning her
own or her husbands name, or from
giving any address except that of a for
eign town, she had, womanlike, forgot
ten that there were not likely to be
many large steam yachts belonging to
an English gentleman whose wife was
in bad health lying at the. same mo-
ment off such place as Stavanger. An
experienced inquiry agent like Green
would have no difficulty in learning the
name of such q vessel and of its owner,
and that he had taken steps to obtain
the necessary information was very
clear from the second document which
found I'll his cigar case. Here it is:
V1scount Dun Mary Hatherwick
cannon, shot ,pd Coyne, daughter OF
IN U. s. A. in "Ao John Coyne, Esq, |
1881, of Galway,
had son,
kcown as james Cross, who afterward as
sumed the name of James Mullen.
1es erwe Mary toyae hSh TVs Henry y.ss Gross
I'd. 1850 married to No' iooo'