The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-19

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events correctly. but there is one point
which you nave LEFT unexplained. What 4
became OF the hound When its master (
was in London"
Il have given some attention 20 this /
matter and ii is undoubtedly OF import 1
ance. There can be no question that /
Stapleton had a confidant though il I
Is unlikely that he ever placed himself I
In his power by sharing all his plans /
with him. There was an cid man
servant al Merripit House. whose name /
was Anthony. His connection with the
Stapletons can be traced for several
years, as far back as the schoolmas-
Jerlng days, SO that he must have been
aware that his master and mistress
were really husband and wife. This
man has disappeared and has escaped
from the country. II is suggestive that
Anthony IS not a common name in
England. while Antonio is so in all
Standardization countries. The man,
Ike Mrs. Stapleton herself, spoke good
English, but with a curious lisping ac-
cent I have myself seen this old man
cross the Grimpen Mire by the path
which Stapleton had marked out II
is very probable, therefore. that in the
absence Of his master il was he who
cared for the hound, though he may
never have known the purpose for
which the beast was used.
The Stapletons then went down 10
DevOnshire. whittier they were soon
followed by Sir Henry and you. One
word now as TO how / stood myself at
that time IL may possibly reeur TO
your memory that when l examined
the paper upon which the printed
words were fastened / made a close
inspection for the water mark In do
la. 4 II a Il.
Of my eyes. and was conscious of a
faint smell of the scent known as
white jessamine. There are seventy-five
perfumes, which it is very necessary
that criminal expert should be able
10 distinguish from each other, and
cases have more than once within my
own experience depended upon their
prompt recognition. The scent sus-
gested the presence OF a lady, and
already my thoughts began 10 turn
towards the StaDletons. Thus 1 had
made certain of the hound. and had
guessed at the criminal before ever
We went TO the West country.
1T was my game 10 watch Staple
ton. IL was evident, however, that L
could not do this if l were with you
since he would be keenly on his guard.
! deceived everybody therefore. your
self included, and came down secretly
when / was supposed 10 be in London.
Ny hardships. were not so great as
you imagined. though such trifling de-
tails must never interfere with the in
vestigatiOn Of a case. I stayed for
the most part at Coombe Tracey.
and only used the hut upon the moor
when il was necessary to be near the
scene Of action. Cartwright had come
down with me. ano in his disguise as
a country boy he was of great assist
ance TO me. / was dependent upon
him for food and clean linen. When
/ was watching Stapleton, Cartwright
was frequently watching you. so that
was able to keep my hand upon all
the strings
Il have already told you that your
reports reached me rapidly. being for
warded instantly from Baker street
TO Coombe Tracey. They were of great
service 10 me, and especially that one
incidentally truthful piece OF biography
of StapletOns. I was able 10 establish
the identity of the man and the wo-
man. and knew ar last exactly how l
stood. The case had been considerably
complicated through the Incident of the
escaped convict and the relations be-
tween him and the Barry This
! also you cleared up in a very effective
way NAVaEA ndA aIEA4N NtAllE "
the same conclusions from my own OBJ
/ seTvations.
by the time that you discovered me
upon the moor l had complete knowl-
edge OF the whole business. but l had
not case which could 90 to jury.
Even Stapleton's attempt upon Sir
Henry that night which ended in the
death of the unfortunate. cenvict did
not help US much in proving murder
against our man. There seemed to be
no alternative but 10 catch him red
handed. and 10 do so We had 10 use
Sir Henry, alone and apparently unprO-
tected, as a bait We did So and at
the cost of A severe shock to our
client We succeeded In completing our
/ case and driving StapletOn TO his de-
struction. That Sir Henry should have
been exposed 10 this is. l must confess.
a reproach 10 my management of the
/ case. but We had no means Of fore
| seeing the terrible and paralyzing
/ spectacle which the beast presented.
/ nor could We predict the fog which
enabled him to burst upon US at such
/ short notice. We succeeded in our
object AZ a cost which both the spe-
cialist and Dr. Mortimer assure me
/ will be a temporary one. A long jour-
| ney may enable our friend 10 recover
not only from his shattered nerves, but
also from his wounded feelings. His
love for the lady was deep and sin
/ cere, Ond TO him the saddest part OF
all this black business was that he
should have been deceived by her.
1T only remains 10 Indicate the part
which she had played throughout.
I There can be no doubt that StapletOn
/ exercised an influence over her which
! m h.ar hs
fear. or very possibly both. since they
are by no means incompatible emo
| tons. IL was. at least. absolutely ef-
I fective. At his command she consented
I 10 pass as his sister, though he found
/ The limits OF his power over her when
he endeavOred 10 make her the direct
accessory 10 murder. She was ready
TO warn Sir Henry so far as she could
/ without duplicating her husband, and
again and again she tried 10 do so.
StapletOn himself seems TO have been
capable Of jealousy. and when he saw
the barOnet paying court 10 the lady.
even though il was part of his own
plan, stlIl he could not help interrupt
ing witty a passionate Outburst which
revealed the fiery soul which his self
contained manner so cleverly concealed.
By encouraging the intimacy he made
il certain that Sir Henry would fire.
Quently come TO Merripit house and
that he would sooner OF later get the
opportunity which he desired. On the
day OF the crisis, however, his wife
turned suddenly against him. She had
learned something OF the death of the
convict. and she knew that the hound
was being kept in the out house on the
evening that Sir Henry was coming TO
dinner. She taxed her husband with
his intended crime. and furious scene
followed. in which he showed her for
the first time that she had rival in
his love. Her fidelity turned in an in
slant 10 bitter hatred and he saw that
she rrnmIl hafrar- him La il h.