Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-11

| "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 it a woman?
'Tt must have been a private wrong,
and not a political one, which called
for such a methodicaI revenge. When
the inscription was discovered upon
| the wall 1 was more, inclined than
ever to my opinion.
The thing was too evidently
blind. When the ring was found,
however, it 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 murders
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 i-blooded, breaks
out in this way through emotion, so I
hazarded the opinion that the criminal
was probably robust and ruddy-
faced man. Events proved that I
judged correctly.
Having left the house, I 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 I held the clew to the
mystery in my hand, and all that re-
mained 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 fmpossi-
BILE had there been any one in charge
of it.
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 de-
Hberate crime under the very eyes, as
it were, of a 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 pe
found among the jarveys of the me-
tropo1is.
.'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
"He would probably, for 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 |
ferreted out the man that I wanted.
"How well they succeeded and how |
quickly took advantage of it are still |
fresh in your recollection. The MUIR
der of Stangerson was an incident |
which was entirely unexpected, but
which could hardly in any case have
been prevented.
Through it, as you know, I came |
into possession of the pills, the exist
ence of which had already surmised. |
You see, the whole thing is a chain of |
logical sequences without a break or
flaw" .
''It is wonderful" 1 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-
,inued, handing paper over to me;
look at this!"
1t was the Echo for the day, and the
to which he pointed was
devoted to the case in question.
''The public it said, have lost a
treat through the sudden
leath of the man Hope, who was sus-
oected of the murder of Mr.. Enoch
Drebber and of Mr.. Joseph Stanger-
son.
"The details of the case will prob
lbly never be known now, though we
Ire Informed upon good authority
hat the crime was the result of an
and romantic feud, in
which love and Mormonism bore
part.
eft seems that both the victims be-
onged, in their younger days, to the
4atter-Day Saints, and Hope, the de-
ceased prisoner, halls also from Salt
lake City. If the case had had no
,ther effect, it at least brings out in
he most striking manner the efic-
ency of our detective force, and will
serve as a lesson to all foreigners
hat they will do wisely to settle their
euds at home, and not to carry them
IN to British soil.
t'It is an open secret that the credit
# this smart capture belongs entirely
o the well-known Scotland Yard Of
icials, Messrs. Lestrade and Gregson.
Fhe man was apprehended, it appears,
n the rooms of a certain Mr.. Sher-
ock Holmes, who has himself, as an
Lmateur, shown some talent in the
detective line, and who, with such in
tructors, may hope in time to attain ,
ONE degree of their skill.
1T is expected that testimonial Of
ONE sort will be presented to the
wo officers as a fitting recognition of
heir services"
Didn't tell you so when we start
d?" cried Sherlock Holmes, with a
augh. That's the result of all our
study in Scarlet-to get them a testi-
Never mind" answered; 81 have
IL the facts in my journal, and the
ublic shall know them. In the mean
ime you must make yourself con-