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and Miss Ligram's mysterious life.
And all this trumpeting and noise
Gebb, the enemy 0f the press. heard
with singular complacency indeed. with
pleasure and satisfaction.
"As rule | hate these revelations"
said he to one who knew his Views and
wondered at his cquanimity. las in nine
cases out of ten they do more harm
than good by placing the criminal IN
his guard: but this is the tenth case
where IL Is advisable To make the de-
tails Of the crime as public as possible.
Il rely on thelr descriptions of the yell
low boudoir to trace NJ SIS Litsam's past
life"
I'm What way?" demanded the in
quirer.
"In the way of the yellow van," re-
piled Gebb promptly. ''As Mrs. Prssk
truly observed. the hard fact Of that
van shows that Miss Ligram was in
the habit of moving from place To place
with her. tent. and setting IL up after
the fashion OF an Arab in whatever
spot took her fancy. Now when those
other people who have had the yellow
boudor set out In its tawdry splendor
urder thcir roofs read of Miss Ligram $
death ,and recogn ~ the description OF
her strange room. they will come for
ward and detail their experienc s " the
lady. So in one way and another. We
may he enabled to- trace Miss Igiam >
past life back 20 a starting point. II
Is the Only c'hance I can sse of gaining
any knowledge"
within a week events OF a strange
nature Justified the judicious belief en-
tertained by the astute detective. Let
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CHAPTER ",

AS soon as the circumstances Of the
crime becam known, the reporters Of
every newspaper I'm the metropolis
fiocked to Paradise Row with expansive
notebooks. eager eyes aud inquirlng
minds. They surveyed the house. ques-
toned the police. interviewed Mrs.
Presk, and gave outline portraits Of the
landlady ana ler servant. The yellow
boudoir especially attracted their at
tention and stirred their Imagination
10 descrlpt ons of eastern splcndor. IL
was hinted that Its magnihcence was
on more than "a kingy scale: II was
compared to the celebrated, room in
one OF Balzac's romances. and it's fur
rishing and appointments were minute
~ detailed in glowing descr ptions ex-
haustlng the most superlative adjec-
tives I'm the English tongue. Also the
unknown history and strange death OF
It's occupant were commented upon;
guesses were made as to her identity:
ard reasons were given for her secret
i've life. for her strange belief In. and
consultation OF. charlatans and fortune
tellers ard all those cunning gypsies
who live by the gulllbility OF the pub
lie. Appeals were made iva thess articles
to the deaf and dumb driver 10 appear
and declare the mystery OK the yellow
van. he yellow room and Their queer
owner. In short, ~ the ioufra's were
in want Of Il sensation. they made the
most of this material suDpliod by
chance. and Enelard from one erd % the
other rang With the iidings ~ ~ ss IL
grams death. Miss Ligrar1's boudoir,
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Johns Wood she called herself Milgar;
and at Shepherds Bush-but for the
sake of clearness IL will be advisable to
let the several landladies speak for
themselves--five persons, five pieces or
information more or less similar and
FIVE obviously made-up names. SO
much for the past of Miss Eigraffi.
Mrs. Brown OF West Kensington
stated that she knew the deceased un-
Ger the na,ac of Miss Limrag. She ar
rived at Mrs. Browns in the month OF
May, '95. and after six months ten
ancy departed in the/month of October,
norani az TO where she came from, and
equally at loss 70 declare whittier she
went. Eoth in canning and going Miss
Limrag used as means OF transport
the yellow van. and during her resi-
dence she inhabited the yellow room
OF her own furnishing for the consult
ing therein of the fortune telling FRA
terpity.
Mrs. Kane testified that a lady who
called herself Miss Milgar arrived In
Shelley Road. st. Johns Wood. on the
first day OF November, 95. and left the
district In the last days OF April '96.
Her conduct during her six months
stay was similar To that described by
Mrs. Presk and Mrs. Brown. On the
evidence of such conduct. and the facts
Of the van and boudoir tboth yellow In
COLOR, Mrs. Kane had no hesitation in
declaring that the murdered Miss liz
gram OF Grangebury was her eccentric
lodger. Miss Milgar.
The information given by Miss Balm
of Crescent Villa, Hampstead. showed
that the name assumed there by the
wandering lady was Margil and that
she took possession OF her lodgings
there in the month Of November. '93--
having arrived according to her GUS
tom. In the yellow van. While the
lodger of Miss Balm. she gave herself
up 10 the study of dream books and
the Interpretation of visions. During
her occupancy Of Crescent Villa. the
landlady. In spite ~ all efforts. could
find out nothing about her past or dis
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cover where she came from: and the
so-called Miss Margil departed with her
furniture towards the end Of April. 1894.
She left no address.
Miss Lamb, resident at Richmond, en-
tertained the unknown from November
1894, to April. 1895. She knew her by
the strange name of Ramlig, and al
ways thought her weak in her mind,
owing to her queer mode of life and be-
lief in omens. When Miss Ramlig made
any boastful speech rejecting on her
worldly prosperity, she would touch
wood to avert the omen. "Absit
omen;" "Umberufen;" ''In a good hour
be 1t spoken "Nimporte:" these
words and phrases were continually on
her tongue and she was a slave TO all
forms of superstition. She would not
walk under a ladder; IL she split salt
she threw a pinch over her shoulder:
an unexpected meeting with magpie.
a hunchback. a cross-eyed person, or
with pfebald horse, either made her
rejoice in the most extravagant fash
ion or threw her into fever of APP
prehension. She was not communica-
tive, and resisted all Miss Lambs at
tempts at social intercourse. During
the whole period OF her stay. no words
were spoken and no event occurred
likely 10 throw light on her past nor.
when she departed did Miss Lamb dis
cover whittier she intended 60 go. In
coming. in staying. In going, Miss
Ramlig was mystery.
The owner OF Myrtle Bank Shep-
herds Bush, a blrd-like spnster call
ed Cass, informed Gebb that n certain
Miss Migral lodged with her from the
first OF May to the end OF October. 1894
She arrived in the van spoken OF by
the other witnesses. she paid double
rent for the privilege of dismantling a
room, and therein set up her tent-like
habtation of yellow satin. furnished
with cane chairs and tables. illuminat-
ed with candles and perfumed with in
cense. She was. said Miss Cass, super
stitious beyond all belief, actually dl-
vining by tea cups and believing in the
future as foretod by the position of
the tea leaves. after the fashion OF IL
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literate servant girls. Miss Migral
never went to church. she had, so far
as Miss Cass knew, no Bible in her
possession but read books dealing with
fortune-teling and necromancy. One
OF her favorite volumes was THE Book
of Fate" another "The Book of
Dreams" and she appeared to have
an Unsuitable desire 10 know the flu
ture; but for what reason, Miss Cass--
in spite of all efforts-was unable TO
discover. This strange creature de-
parted with all her worldly goods for
some unknown destination during the
last days of October, 1894.
Mrs. Presk was the last landlady
who received this mysterious woman,
and knew her as Miss Ligram. She
arrived at Paradise Row at the begin
ming of May 1896. and met with vio-
lent death three months later. Mrs.
Presk was as ignorant of the woman's
past as the other landladies had been.
She arrived from nowhere. and. no
doubt, would have departed six months
later in an equally mysterious fashion.
But i'm the middle OF her Grangebury
tenancy, a violent death put an end to
her further wanderings.
Gebb heard all this evidence which
was monotonous from it's sameness,
with much satisfaction and great at
tentiOn. BY means of the details afford
ed by the five landladies and Mrs. .Presl<
he traced back the. wanderings OF the
dead woman to the month of Novem-
ber. 1898. but further back ne was un-
able to go. for lack of information. In
spite OF all publicity given to. the case.
Notwithstanding advertisements, and
his own private efforts, no other wit
nesses came forward TO give evidence
as TO the past OF Miss Ligram. so find
ing he was at dead stop the detec-
tive resolved TO stand-at all events
for the present-on the information he
had already acquired. For his own pri-
vate information and guidance. he
tabulated an account OF Miss Ligram's 8
name. address and former landladies.
together with the dates OF her various
rests, as follows:
Miss Balm. Hampstead. Margil, Nov,
1898, to April. 1894.
| Miss Cass. Shepherds Bush. Migral
May TO Oct, 1894.
Miss Lamb. Richmond. RamlIg. Nov.
1894. to April. 1895.
Mrs. Brown. West Kensington. Limrag
May TO Oct. 1895.
Mrs. Kane. st. Johns Wood. Milgar
Nov. 1895, to April. 1896.
Mrs. Presk. Grengebury, Ligram. Apri
TO July. 1896.
And at the foot Of this table he not
ed the fact that on the night OF tn
Gath OF July, is96-according 10 medics
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TURF NOTES..
Cresceus and Tommy Britton race al
Pittsburg, Pa, on Wednesday.

Cresceus and Tommy Britton race at
Pittsburg. Pa, on Wednesday.
Brooklyn's two-mile long speedway
was opened on Saturday with a parade
of 200 horses.
John Kelly has worked the PAGER Sid
ney Pointer (2:l4A) a mile in 2:15A.
with the last quarter in 29lAs. Sidney
Pointer is son of Star Pointer Q:59A).
John r. Gentry, who is now quartered
at Lima. o.. on Saturday worked a
mile I'm 2:0SA. preparatory TO his race
with Joe Patchen, July 4.
f. T. Holder. a well known horseman
OF Yonkers. N. Y, and owner of True
Chimes (2:12A). has bought the half.
mile trotting track at Barton VT. He
will make improvements on the track
and hold a meeting there this year.
Jim Ramey, the Missouri trainer, has
one trotter and four PAGERS in his
string by John II. Gentry. Three OF
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ElsyaRcKs ms RlpDoN.

Fraulein Marie Won Bunsen. the
talented daughter OF the late Herr
Georg Won Bunsen prominent mem
der OF the Liberal party in Prussia
when Prince Bismarck was consolidate
ing Germany, has recently published
very interesting sketch of her father.
Georg Won Bunsen was one OF those
cultivated. fine e-feeling characters that
would have found 1t difficult to secure
congenial berth at any time amidst
the peculiar turmoil of Prussian parlia-
mentarians. but. as pronounced Lib
eral. he could not ut succumb between
the animoslty of an all-powerful oppo-
nent like Bismarck and the rugged and
obstinate manners OF an equally Titan
ic nature. though from the opposite
pole, like that of Eugen Richter, says
the London Telegraph. Prince Bis
mdrck could not brook Radicalism.
nor even Liberalism. when these" "isms''
ran counter TO his political aims. No
more could his master. Kaiser Wilhelm
the FIRST so il was easy for Bismarck
10 get Bunsen and his family practicaI-
~ panishei from his sovereigns pros
ence ana court, although by birth for
tune and cultivation none could have
peen better acquisition to the Prus-
sian court. He was a true gentleman
independent OF everybody. not at ali 10
be labelled, because of his fortune, with
the cognomen RENTER" which in Ger
many is given TO every retired butcher,
baker, or candlestick- maker whatever
his antecedents and mental capacity.
In one OF his letters Bunsen tells q
story of Bismarck. Talking OF Count
Eugenberg, an Austrian in the service
of the Grand Duke OF Hesse. who was
noted for his album OF autographs. he
wrote: THE other day he gave II to
Bismarck, and asked him TO write
something in 1T. on the page that all
ready contained some words written
by Gulzot and Thiers. Guizot had writ
ten Ma Tongue vie ma appris de
beaucoup pardonner ct de ne rien cub
lier." The sly old THEIRS on reading
this. wrote under IT, I'm peu d'oubli
ne mutt pas au pardon" Now. what did
Bismarck write? 1t was quite MASTER
ly: Ma vie ma appris d'oublier beau
coup ct de me faire beaucoup pardon
ner." Is IL possible to say anything
more true and yet more crushing?
Another anecGote about the crown
prince tafterward Kaiser Frederic) is
amusing: The crown prince walked one
day at Versailles through the kings
ante-chamber which was teeming with
officers. He said to the seminal on duty
before the door leading to his majesty $
private apartment Has the king come
back?" The sentinel was Saxon, Nnd
replied. as he presented arms, Why,
yes. your royal highness, your dear
papa (Papachen) has just gone into his
room" The crown prince did not want
to put the man under arrest, but he
was startled by the, language. so he
said to the aide-de-camp I'm half
whisper, rs he drunk" The sentinel,
overhearing the remark. still at the
present arms" replied for the officer,
There were no traces Of this, your
royal highness."
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Plckups From The Diamond.

Providence plays the Worcesters
again at Adelaide Park today and
again on the morning OF the Fourth of
July. The Farmers have now secured
six out of eight games but will have
TO fight for the remaining games.
Connor was unfortunate in his hit
ting yesterday. He was up five times
and did not come anywhere near a
safety. II he had placed a nice single
i'm the eighth, when the locals had three
men on bases, different story might
have been told.
Davis made a nice triple in the first
inning yesterday. Cassidy had got TO
first when Bransfield let his grounder
go by ard Pete came home on Harry,s S
three-sacker.
Chicago BIZ Dahlen is playing a
great game at short for Hanlon's
Brooklyn team. Only recently he ac-
cepted seventeen chances without an
error and the ball came at him in all
forms and all directions. He was a
great acquisition for the Brooklyns'
infield.
1t has been intimated that the rea-
son thee eBostons began the season in
such a poor position was because they
wanted to give the other teams a
handicap. One of the well known play
ers of the team is responsible for this
statement. but Selee denies IL strenu-
ously and says the only handicap on a
team is the players that they carry
who cannot or will not play the game.
And Selee knows Sudhoff's continual
losing streak was more than Manager
Arthur Irwin could bear and he has
been released. He started in with the
Syracuse team only recently.
Comisky has released ICY" Seymour,
formerly pitcher for New York.
Irwin. of the Cincinnati, is laid up
with blood poisoning in Chicago.
Sullivan, of the Bostons, has run
his battling percentage to 1923.
Clarke Of Boston leads the team IN
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them are big fellows. standing ian
hands. The heaviest weighs f250
pounds. and the smallest 1l75 pounds.
At Cleveland there have been soma
fast miles of late. Cresceus hns been
in 2;lS. Joe Patchen I'm 2:l3. with the
last half in 1:0en: Azote in 2.ffi6.
while Bonnie Direct stepped quarter
In 3O1as., and a mile I'm 2.ff. coney
goes with an open bride and a pair OF
light boots In front. and thus rigged
paced In 2:05z. while Anaconda paced
a mile three-quarters CT second
slower.
Hubinger Brothers have sold John
Nolan t2:04) for $4,000. He win be
campaigned this season.
Jimmy Carpenter. the weil-known
driver. sent Alcinta a mile In 2:16 al
Readville last week.
Jupe. who made such a great record
as a two-year-old will start again this
year. Who will drive him - not yet
known.
movement has been started bv
Granite. the well-kncwn Providence
hcrseman, TO raise subscription TO re
inter the body of the late old-time
driver. John Carpenter, and place the
remains beside his father. Ard carpen-
ter. and brother. Tom CARPENTER the
weli-known drivers. who are buried al
West sutton. Mass.
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Erne seems to be over-confident in
regard to his fight with Terrible Ter
ry McGovern." This is what he says;
II have had this match in view these
three months. had It in view as l had
one with Kid Lavigne one year before
we met. 1t was then said when / was
matched TO fight the Saginaw boy that
l was going out of my class and to
sure defeat. but won out and will win
out with McGovern. He. is just the kind
OF boxer that / can whip. and I will
surprise every one who thinks cannot
hit by being the first boxer who ever
put Terrible Teddy to sleep"
1t may be as well to state that when
Erne and Lavigne met the first time at
Coney Island, Sept rs. 1898, the cham
pion was intoxicated when he entered
the ring. Despite that fact. Erne did
not come within mile of beating La
vigne. The bout went twenty rounds to
a draw. and as Lavigne fell down in
the first round from the effects OF dill
igent absorption OF brandy in the af-
ternoon, his defeat seemed a certainty.
When they met nearly a year later
at Buffalo Lavigne had got to the end
of his pugilistic rope. Even at that
Erne was unable to knock his man out.
although the Saginaw boy was helpless
several times.
1t eannot be that Erne is making any
comparison between the worn out La
vigne and the boisterously vigorous
McGovern. If so, then the lightweight
champion will have cause to regret his
miscalculation.
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CLUB STANDING.
81. Mlchael's Win.

The st. Michaels defeated the .Hol-
den Street White Stockings at Cres-
cent Park yesterday In a game char
acterized by heavy hitting on both
sides.
Fitzpatrick was on the rubber for
the winning team and did fairly well.
considering that 1t was his first game
In two years. Burbage was not up to
his usual form and was found for "a
hits. with total OF 81 bases.
The st. Michaels have few more
open dates and would like to arrange
games with any strong team. Address
T.. NJ. Veech. As Babcock street. Score:
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Sacrifice hit, Reynolds. Stolen bases.
Devlin. Malloy, Mccormick, veno 2,
Rock, Rogers. Mccarthy. Two-base hits.
Reynolds. Veno g. McKenna .. Rogers 9,
Dooley, Taylor. Three-base hit. McCabe.
Home run. Dooley. First base on balls,
by Devlin 2. Dooley I. First base on
errors Wamsutta 3: Centredale g.
Left on bases, Centredale T. Wamsutta
3. Struck out, by Dooley. whittemore:
by Mccormick. Malloy; by Devlin, Nc
Kenna. Dooley. Taylor Mccarthy, Nc
Cormick. Batter hit. by Dooley 2; by
Devlin. 3. Double play. McKenna and
Mccormick. Passed balls. Reynolds /,
Mccarthy 1. Wild pitches. Devlin l.
Time, 2h. 10m. Umpire Cameron.
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evidence at 10 o'clock-the so-called
Miss Ligram met with violent death
at the hands of some unknown person.
So far so good; but here Gebb's in
formation came to an end. and beyond
a few years knowledge of Miss LIZ
grams past. he had no evidence to
show him why she had taken to this
mode of life or why her eccentric man
ner OF living should have been cut
short by violence. Ready as he was In
resource, the detective did not know
how to act. or in which direction TO
turn for information. While thus per-
picked he received a hasty note. scrib-
bled on a half-sheet of dirty paper. 1t
ran as follows:
4S Guy Street, Pimlico.
Come and see me at once. about the
Grangebury case. l have solved the
mystery and can hang the criminal
Yours,
SIMON PARGE."
(To be continued tomorrow)
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Runs, Lynch 2 Bannon. Carr, Clymer
Bemis, Dougherty. Schaub. Duggleby p
10; Lush ., Smith q Gremnger, Dixon
Murphy. Two-base hits. Smith. OLA
gan, Bemis, Duggleby. Bannon. Three
base hit. Grcminger. Home runs, Smith,
Dixon. Murphy, Greminger. Bemis. Dug
gleby. Sacrifice hits. Campau, Lynch,
Bannon. Rothfuss. Carr Stolen bases,
Lush, Lynch. Double play. Bonner to
Smith TO O'Brien. First base on errors,
Rochester i, Toronto /. Base on balls. by
Murphy J: by Duggleby .. Hit by pitched
ball. Bannon. Rothfuss. Struck out. by
Murphy 3; by Duggleby ). Left on bases.
Rochester Q; Toronto Z. Umpires. Wrenn
and McNamara. Time. Oh. 2Om.
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Taylor, Moran-9. Two-base hits. Odwell.
White. Home runs, White. Hargrove.
Wrigley. Passed ball. Smink. Wild
pitches Altrock, 1. First base on balls
of Souders 2; of Bishop 2; of Aitrock s.
Hit by pitched ball. by Souders 1; by Alt
rock 3. Struck out. by Souders 3: by Alt
rock 3. Left on bases. Montreal 10: Syra-
cuse .. Stolen bases. Lezotte, Henry.
schiebeck, Gilbert. Hanivan. Sacrifice
hits. OdweIl. Kuhns. Umpire, Egan
Time, In. 55m.
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The Grays Beaten.

After the game had practically been
pulled from the fire at Rocky Point
yesterday, 1t was thrown back again
by the actions of the crowd who en-
croached upon the field from start to
finish and caused what would have
been easy outs 10 go for two and three
base-hits, thereby scoring two or three
runs. which lead was sufficient to win
the game.
Braun opened up for the locals, but
had his troubles on account of the
heavy wind which was blowing across
the diamond. He quit in the sixth when
the score was n tie. This came about
through the ability OF the Graybacks
to land upon Klobedanz, who served
the ball for the Farmers. at opportune
times.
Roy Evans went in in the seventh
and for a while made the worcesters
look like amateurs. They were unable
to land upon him, at all, for safe ones
and. at the end of the eighth. many
left the grounds. thinking the score
would not change.
But there came a change in the
ninth. Blake banged out double and
Sharrott followed suit. A put out and a
couple of errors scored two more. plac-
ing the Farmers two ahead.
1t looked as IL Providence might tie
the score in their half of the last in
ming but Davis flied out. Cassidy over
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PROVIDENCE

Two-base hits, Davis. Leahy, Evans.
Rickert, Blake. Sharrott Sacrifice hit,
Rickert. Stolen bases. Leahy ., Smith 2.
Rickert, Bransfield, Bean. First base on
balls, off Braun. Sharrott. Rickert, Brans-
field, Connaughton. Struck out, by Evans.
Sharrott, Connaughton. Klobedanz by
Klobedanz, McAuley. Umpire, OLough-
lin. Time 2h
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In accordance with the announce
ment in the News last week. meeting
of the representatives of the different
amateur baseball clubs of the city was
held in the News office at 81 South
Water street last Saturday afternoon
at 4 o'clock.
Tie meeting was very largely at
tended and the preliminary business
was nearly concluded.
Each representative was given a
voice and expressed his opinion In
regard to number of games. umpIres.
etc.
After a session of nearly an hours
duration the meeting adjourned to
meet Thursday evening at 1880 O'Clock.
This meeting Will also be held in
the News Office and each team will send
two representatives TO this adjourned
meeting. At this meeting president.
vice president and secretary will be
elected and the final arrangements for
forming the league will be completed.
Teams not represented at the meet
ing last Saturday may send their cap
tain or manager to the next one. to be
held on Thursday evening, when the
formation OF an amateur league will
be completed.
1t is very probable that the initial
games will be played on next Satur-
day. but this matter will be decided
Thursday evening.