Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-09
The Iron Workers Daughter
HOWARD FORESTER.



means Of Identifying him, the sweeping
has removed the evidence. On the other
hand, two or three well-known physicians
are positive the marks on the woman'a
neck were not made by the rope found
around her neck. I'm fine, it is said that
there is reason to believe the woman lad
a visitor-the mysterious caller referred
to in the outset--and that she was killed
I by him, and afterward placed in such a
position as 70 convey the impressions that
she committed suicide
When Mayberry read this, he was con-
WINGED that be had Just parted with the
murderer The figures before mis- ey es
were meaningless for a time. He was
thinking of Gripp; of the shadow on the
curtain; OF the peculiar actions of Mr..
Gripp before the crime was Committed
Of the length Of time Mr.. Grip remained
IN the tenement house.
What could he DO? He was surmising
IL he spoke OF the matter, he might sub
ject himself TO nauch questioning, great
Inconvenience, and Grips actions might
be explained in a manner that would rem
der Mayberry ridiculous
But murder had been done. If his sus-
picions were well founded, it was his duty
to strive to bring the murderer to justice.
Especially if he was the cold-blooded viii
lain and rascal AIayberry had reason to
think Grip was.
There was another reason. This man
held something knew something that
made Anterior fear him. So Gripp was
thief, and the shocking impression that
he was a deliberate murderer made May
berry's blood course SWIFTLY through his
veins. He longed to see him brought to
| justice.
Mayberry's course was determined on
the instant He would call on his friend
the young lawyer Immediately. Five min
utes Later he was on his way to his
| friends Office He was so fortunate as
to find his friend in. He was closeted.
with him but a few minutes. When, he
returned to his work it was with re-
! lieved mind. Matters were in train for
getting at the truth.
The lawyer would put a detective on
the affair who could be relied upon-a
man Of rare intelligence, not a profess
sional detective. 1t was case where
this man would demonstrate his tact and
analytic power. Mayberry would meet
his friend in the evening, and learn what
had been developed in the meantime. At
the appointed hour Mayberry repaired to
his friends Office to meet a young man,
neatly dressed, with very quiet, self
contained manner. 1t would be difficult
to determine his place in society or his
calling. He did not seem to notice May
berry, yet in one swift glance that young
man was photographed upon his memory.
"Mr. Mayberry, Mr.. Dunn"
1 no Ian
back in his chair; Maybery turned quick
ly to Dunn.
Il have learned something"
1T was not easy. suppose"
at was not difficult. 1t required a lit
tie time. 1 talked to the neighbors, call
ed in the neighboring stores, just as eth
er of you would do. to begin with. The
dead woman had two names. The stories
published are not true. She was known
as Mrs Cole by seversl-the people in
the house where she died knew her as
Mrs. Knox"
WAS she murdered, or did she commit
suicide?'
Murdered"
Anything to indicate when or how she
was murderedH
much. A physician whose name is a
guarantee of sound judgment satisfied
me she was dead six or ten hours when
she was discovered. There was no one
knew who swept the floor There wasn't
much fire in the CRATE, but found ciuders
over. above the film of ashes the broom
had left on the brick hearth. The streaks
were plain"
did you look at the nails-are they
discolo,ed with bloodY
They are | could say that after u.s.
ing my glass, which is powerful. l be-
lieve the man who murdered her cid
it 20 t;et rid of her--she may have pos
sessed a secret. | think the murderer
entered the house when nobody paid any
attentiOt to him, killed her by choking,
then put the rope around her neck and
fastened ii to the hook in the wall"
why Go you assume it was a man"
For two reasons--both satisfactory.
you win say In the first place. there
will be no difficulty in proving a man
entered the house in the dusk of the even
ing-a man who does not reside there.s
Was he seenT
Eyes. By people in the house-by a
woman. and also by a man across the
street, a shoemaker"
THE second reasonT
Il found in the ashes, under the CRATE,
several hairs. They are short-about
the length of mans hair"
Might they not be woman's hair,
Sroken?"
Il; is possible. not probable. You can
determine that to your own satisfaction.
have the hair with me. You and your
friend. Mr.. Mayberry, may pull few
hafr
them under my microscopes"
Dunn produced small pocketbook
from an inside pocket, took out small
piece of white paper, opened it. and laid
ii on the table Next he took from his
coat pocket, in separate pieces, q power
full microscope, adjusted it, and stood
aside.
The lawyer broke one or two hairs
rlucked from his head; Mayberry did the
same, and both observed the difference
between the perfect and broken hairs.
Then Dunn handed them the hairs he
had found under the CRATE. Last of all,
he showed them a woman's hair. lifted
from the door near where her body was
suspended.
Then he pointed out the difference be-
tween the hair inclined to curl, the curly
hair. and the straight hair. How some
hairs were tat, others round. others with
corners that mad, them look like small
triangular tubes.
Il am satisfied any one can tell a orok-
en- hair from one torn out by the roots,
said Mayberry.
Especially when you can see the bulb
at the root" said the lawyer. Well
what next~
There was q long pause. The lawyer
and Mayberry felt that the next aues-
ton was all imporiant-that the answer
would govern their future course.
1T is your opinion the woman was
murdered-that she was choked to death.
then hung By the neck TO a hook in the
wall; that the murderer was man: that
he was seen. that at least two persons
can identity him: that this man commit
ted the murder last night. and afterward
swept the room. or the part near the fire
place; that he swept some OF his own