Daily camera., 1897-07-29
CHAPTER XIX.


than the immediate vicinity of the
house to which they had been directed.
Along the street were several opium
dens, dimly lighted, and on the corner,
not far away, man was selling hot
sausageS from steaming vessel over a
charcoal fire.
AS Hendricks and the doctor were
alighting from the cab near the house
to which they were going, a solitary
policeman approached, and was about
to pass, when Hendricks called to him.
The detective introduced himself and
told the astonished fellow to stand in
readiness near the door of No. SGT. The
policeman consented, evidently highly
fattered at being in the service of the
famous detective.
AS they went up the steps to the little
stoop Hendricks advised the policeman
to pass on. so as not to be noticed by
whoever opened the door. The detective
rang. There was faint light shining
through the grimy transom over the
/ door, but no sound came from within.
Hendricks rang again, and when the
changing of the bell had died away a
door beneath the stoop opened, a chain
ratified against an iron gate, and wom-
an half clad and with hair disheveled
came out amidst heap of garbage and
ash barrels and glared up at them.
'What do We want?' she asked crust
lily.
I'VE have an appointment with Mr..
Farleigh, who has room here, think,
Hendricks replied.
"a purity time O night for it! snarled
the woman. But | promised the gin
tleman to let We in, an so, if yell wait
till come up. I'll open the door"
In a minute she admitted them:
eye was to go up to his room-the top
floor front; ye cant miss it. 1 would
60 up ahead O ye, but I'm that stiff
that"
''We'll get there all right" Hendricks
interrupted, passing her. 'We won't
be long Would you mind leaving the
door unlocked?"
Not at all, sir" she replied. The de-
tective thanked her, and went up the
stairs.
The door of the room III the trout, on
the top floor, was closed. There was a
transom over it, but no light shone
through. Hendricks knocked and Sait-
ID. Then he put his hands on the latch.
As he did so, DR.. Lampkn drew his re-
volver.
Hendricks laughed grimly. "Put it
up he muttcred. "You won't need
t."
The door was not fastened. Hen
tricks pushed it open, and as he did so
some strips of cotton batting fell to thH
floor from the side and the top. tn"
room was very dark. The outside blind
had been closed, and thu curtains drawn,
so that no light came in from the street
below nor from the moon above.
The detective struck a match, and
lighted the gas near the do5r. The yell
low glare Hi ed the room ard revealed
a gruesom@ ght. A bed food in. the
righthand cs.ner, and on J, side, hi,
face to the ndows, lay l., body of .
man. A 4.-t2liber, old-sty .istol ha
been tied to lie back of l..,.r in suci
way chat the muzzle was hin thre,
inches of a d ..rk hole in the mans ten
pie.
"Original ideal" was Hendricks frs
observation. He pointed 10 n faint lin
of ashes from the chair, across the bare
floor, to the airhole of little stove in
the fireplace.
81 can't understand it, said Dr..
Lampllin, STOPPING to examine the ashes,
Hendricks opened the door of the
stove.
81 have never seen this method be-
fore" he said, refectively. The line
of ashes was made by fuse running
from the tube of the pistol to a candle
in the stove. See, here are the remains
OF the wick, and some of the tallow
Tie fuse was fastened in the end of the
candle; he lit it, closed the door of the
stove, to keep the light from disturbing
him, and lay there waiting fer it to
burn down to the fuse and thus fire tho
pistol. 1t must have been his intention
to have death come upon him while he
was asleep"
"My God! what an ideal" exclaimed
DR.. Lampkin. 81 see. He calculated
on a painless death by hypnotizing him
self to Sleep" TEs
"Can it be sdone?'' asked Hendricks.
Hardly" the doctor replied. 81 don't
think the creature was ever born who
could, in that way, put himself to sleep
while facing eternity, especially after
committing crime. His conscience
would not allow it," !, DR.. Lampkin bent
forward, and made close examination
of the dead mans features. Poor fel-
low!" he said. "He evidently tried to
sleep. I think he wanted to be found
with smile on his face. But he failed
Even in death he shows the awful dread
he must have had There is no doubt
that he mentally suffered. Do you