The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-11-07


came to the conclusion that he had
had poison forced upon hip. Again
argued that it had been forced upon
him, from the hatred and fear ex-
pressed upon his face. 10
"By the method of exclusion l ar.
rived at this result, for no other hy-
pothesis would meet the, facts. Do
not imagine that 1t was very un-
heard-of idea. The forcible admins
tration of poison Is by no means a
new thing in criminal annals. The
cases of Dolsky, in Odessa, and of
Leturier, in Montpelier, will occur at
once to any toxicologist.
"And now. came the great question
as to the reason why. Robbery had
not been the object of the murder, for
nothing was taken. Was it politics,
then, or was 1t woman?
THAT was the question which con-
fronted me. | was inclined from the
first to the latter supposition. Politi-
cal assassins are only too glad to do
their work and to fly.
'It must have been a private wrong,
and not political one, which called
for such methodical revenge. When
the inscription was discovered upon
the wall was more inclined than
ever to my opinion.
"The thing was too evidently a
blind. When the ring was found,
however, 1t settled the question.
Clearly the murderer has used it 20
remind his victim of some dead or alb
sent woman.
Il had already come to the conclu-
sion, since there were no signs of a
struggle, that the blood which covered
the floor had burst from the murder )
nose in his excitement.
Il could perceive that the track OF
blood coincided with the track of his
feet. 1t is seldom that any man, un.
less he Is very full-blooded, breaks
out in this way through emotion so |
hazarded the opinion that the criminal
was probably robust and ruddy.
faced man. Events proved that
judged correctly.
Having left the house, l proceeded
to do what Gregson had neglected.
telegraphed to the head of the police
at Cleveland, limiting my inquiry to
the circumstances connected with. the
marriage of Enoch Drebber The an
swer was conclusive.
1T told me that Drebber had ap-
piled for the protection Of the law
against an old rival in love. named
Jefferson Hope, and that this same
Hope was at present in Europe |
knew now that | held the clew to the
mystery in my hand, and all that re-
NAMED was to secure the murderer.
Il had already determined in my
own mind that the man who had
walked into the house with Drebber
was none other than the man who had
driven the cab.
''The marks in the road showed me
that the horse had wandered on In a
way which would have been impossi-
BILE had there been any one in charge
of 1t.
Where, then, could the driver be,
unless he were inside the house
Again, it is absurd to suppose that
any sane man would carry out a de.
liberate crime under the very eyes, as
1t were, of third person, who was
sure to betray him.
Lastly, supposing one man wished
to dog another through London, what
better means could be adopted than
turn cab driver? All these considera-
tions led me to the irresistible conclu-
sion that Jefferson Hope was to De
found among the jarveys of the me-
tropolis.
IF he had been one there was no
reason to believe that he had ceased
to be. On the contrary, from his
point of view, any sudden change
would be likely to draw attention to
| himself.
He would probably, for a time at
least, continue to perform his duties.
There was no reason to suppose that
he was going under an assumed name.
''Why should he change his name in
a country where no one knew his
original one? l therefore organized
my street arab detective corps, and
sent them Systematically to every
cab proprietor in London until they
ferreted out the man that wanted.
How well they succeeded and how
quickly took advantage of 1t are still
| fresh in your recollection. The mur-
der of Stangerson was an incident
which was entirely unexpected, but
which could hardly in any case have
| been prevented.
Through 1t, as you know, l came
into possession Of the pills, the exist
ence of which had already surmised.
You see, the whole thing Is chain of
WIT
flaw"
ut is wonderful" I cried. "Your
merits should be publicly recognized.
You should publish an account of the
case. If you wont, will for you"
"You may do what you like, DOCTOR"
he answered See here!" he con-
tinued, handing a paper over to me;
look at this!"
1t was the Echo for the day, and the
paragraph to which he pointed was
devoted to the case In question.
"The public" it said, have lost
sensational treat through the sudden
death of the man Hope, who was sus-
pected Of the murder of Mr.. Enoch
Drebber and of Mr.. Joseph Stanger-
son.
THE details Of the case will prob
ably never be known now, though we
are informed upon good authority
that the crime was the result OF an
Outstanding and romantic feud, In
which love and Mormonism bore a
part.
ut seems that both the victims be-
longed, in their younger days, to the
Latter-Day Saints, and Hope, the de-
ceased prisoner, halls also from Salt
Lake City. If the case had had no
other effect, it at least brings out in
the most striking manner the effic-
iency of our detective force, and will
serve as a lesson to all foreigners
that they will do wisely to settle their
feuds at home, and not to carry them
on to British SOIL
ut is an open secret that the credit
of this smart capture belongs entirely
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