The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-01-28

stood between me and my desire, thatA
all had against him"
Half an hour later Hendricks went
out on the veranda and looked down
the road. DR.. Lamplin was there walk.
ing back and forth.
flows Gielow?" asked the detec-
tive.
"Tip-top." answered the doctor.
"IIe'n be at his easel in a week. Hows
the prisouer2"
Resigned and meek as a lamb" an
swered the detective ale made O com.
plete confession 70 Denham and my
self just now"
And l presume the mystery is solved
at last" remarked Lampkn, tenta.
lively 81 must say, however, that
! am still in the dark on one or two fea-
lures of the case For instance, it
seems an unnecessary thing for Kola
TO cremate the body and inform you
anonymously that the remains would
be found i'm The hotel"
THAT seems to have been an after.
thought, aud there was a reason for ii, -
explained Hendricks "He was spend
ing pleasant evening with his victim
In Caruthers' rooms and committed tho
deed sooner than he really intended.
Caruthers, IL appears, was just begin
ming to suspect that Kola was not an
Italian, and a dispute arose between
them. Kola struck him a single blow
in the temple, and he fell dead with
out a sound or blood"
"Ah, l seel" exclaimed Lampkin.
'Then," went on Hendricks, Kola
feared, as he was seen to enter Car
uthers' rooms, that he would be sus-
pected, so he quickly resorted to the ex-
cellent scheme Of making IL appear
that his victim had suddenly left the
city.
"He first crowded Caruthers' body
into one Of bis big trunks and deliber-
ately went down TO the street aud em-
ployed a passing baFgagcman to come
up for the trunk. pretending that it
was his. Without attracting notice,
he got the trunk delivered at his own
rooms In town, and carly the next morn
ing had it removed out here by his In
dian servant He next dropped Car
Tiers valet a note from Philadelphia,
which was mailed in that city by an
eastern confederate, and later he
forged another communication TO Miss
Huntington.
But, In the meantime, he was think
ing Of some unique means Of totally
destroying the body lie ended by cut
ting it up and reducing IL to ashes by
oxy-hydrogen fame, all except ths
hand, which. for time, escaped his
notice. He was about 10 throw the
ashes away when he ran across tho
hand. Then the thought occurred TO
him that unless IL was proved Beyond
doubt that Caruthers was actually
dead there would be endless litigation
before Miss Huntington could come
into her Incle's estate. As you know,
that would not have suited Kola, so he
put the ashes and hand in The vase, and
managed to get them into Caruthers'
apartmentc His frs; idea was that It
would be taken for The work OF q crank,
hence his cranky letter 10 me. Ills
next Inspiration was 20 hypnotize Gie-
Jow and make him confess and dee, but
for week he artist persistcntly avoid
ed him, and 81 was not tiil Koia discoy-
cred that ] was back from Boston that
he accidentally met the artist and ac-
complshed his purpose
but why did Kola make The first at
tempt on your lifer" asked the doctor.
Because he had already decided 10
murder Caruthers, marry the heiress
aEd continue his role of Italian
count In New York, and was afraid that
/ would sooner or later recognize him."
But the second attempt ON your
/ life?" questioned Lampldu.
"Was because he found olt that was
nt the rooms of Count Banunni the
morning after Gielow's apparent flight
and was afraid / would finally discover
his disguise. thiuk from the fact that
he avoided me during hat time that
be was afraid of me, but after he played
the Bible trick on as I thluk he be-
lieyed he could frighien me out Of fol-
owing up The Bantinui clew and into 4
belief in the guilt of Gielow However.
hla ieaTs got the best OF him and hs
decided 70 lll both you and me by