The Irish standard., 1903-08-01

Clerks lew months ago. luc lHlcl,
who has never been caught, took
several hundred dollars in money,
and he may have accidentally disar-
ranged or carried off some of the pa
pers."
''Or he may have done so purpose
ly. Among Mr.. Wright's last CORE
spondencc | find an unaddressed and
unfinished letter. 1t is dated a few
days before he was killed. Let me
read it to you"
Mr.. Everett then read the following
fragment:
"'Dec. 1S.--.
"I have misplaced my copy of the
agreement. All danger is now past
and it is ime that we should carry
out the terms of the contract: and
I would like for you to appoint a
day for Il consultation. Recent adj
vices have satisfied me that the Colo
rado--'
"Ths fragment as you will see re-
fers to Il contract or an agreement.
The memorandum also refers to an
agreement with Franklin which con-
tanned 4 schedule. 1t seems reason
ably certain that this letter was in
tended for Franklin, and that there
was some kind of an agreement in
writing between them. For some
reason Mr. Wright did not send the
letter. and without knowing anything
about the provisions of the agree
ment. / should commend his prudence
in not sending it. If he had lost his
copy of the contract he was pract-
cally at the mercy of the other party
to it, and to notify that party of the
fact would have been very poor iudg-
mrnt. have not gene through Mr..
Wright'S correspondence yet, and L
hope it will throw some light on the
dark places. half suspect that
there is something of a most impor-
tant character behind the surface,
and / hope | shall be able to get
at it,
Mrs. Wright remembered that
shortly after the killing of Baxter
she had signed some sort of a real
estate transfer. which she did not UNI
derstand. but which her husband had
told her was Il mere matter of form.
Mr.. Everett was of the opinion that
this must have been the transfer to
the Shelby Real Estate company
"And what do you think of my
brothers case?" asked Miriam, who
had been an unmoved auditor during
the preceding conversation.
81 can't give You an opinion on it,"
said Mr.. Everett "Yol know I have
been in the case only Il day, and
have done no work on it at all. 1
have told Herbert to keep his mouth
shut. Tomorrow we are to have an
interview. and he is to give me his
case
When Mr.. Everett reached his Office
Irving Ward" was waiting for him.
The lawyer had known Irving ever
since he was Il boy and had always
taken warm personal interest in
him. Whenever Irving got into any
kind of Il ianwir he consulted Mr.. Ev-
crrtt and il was OWN" to these con-
SITUATIONS that N" managed TO write
correctly about some nb%iruSr legal
topics and tn avui, IT," shoals Of libel.
The lawyer had the III most confidence
in the yo,in" r}:,n and llnnw thnt
when he unl,,,s,,, al Himself frankly,
but privately. No m3h!i" n.n would
ever be made Il ti& opinions,
Il came to SOC Nou thput th"
Wright ease" said lI,jr@. II haze
Just learned That y"r will d,fon hi,n.
and want to tel v,tt ~ at (! k't~w."
The lawyer cN,,r~ '! his willing
II, Of! I,i L.,
account Of lh~ strj1 iun iui,lcnts with
which The r"a;a" las already E~en
made familiar.
'In addition" I've eAi,l. ITO the M
explained lectures Il thr ril't-lmStan-
tial evidence. Nni can readily "stnb-
fish the fact that ,'a" pistols were
changed. Ii is ON rally understood
that Herbert Wright has Il story to
tell which will place :, nrW phnsr on
the murder and p"&~i'> innpicatr
some one else. So an attempt is made
to poison him. have announced my
intention of working at the puzzle,
and have made some important dis
covcrics. What is he result? am
lured into a den of crime and tumble
into a carefully laid plan to assas-
sinate me. All these things prove to
my mind, Mr.. Everett, that there is
powerful organization at work. AT
first the life of John T. Wright stood
in the way of it's accomplishing some
great end. He was put out of the
way, but not without some telltale
evidence being left behind. Herbert
Wright having in some way come
across these evidences is marked fol
death: and the attempt made on my
life satisfies me that 1 was on the
right track. Mr.. Wright's death was
I am convinced, but a part of some
far-rcaching enterprise, some grea
undertaking that had been planned
with commercial nicely. His dealt
was not matter of passion, bu
business, and the interest that de
manded it now wish to close Her
bert's mouth, and put n period to m,
Investigations"
''I can hardly believe it, said tn
lawyer. 'bccause it implies the pos
session of power almost unlimited
not to speak of the money necessar
to hire all the agents.
At this inncturc the door opene
and Detective Fenton entered til
room. ...
ST am glad to find you both here,
he said.
"You've struck something new i
the Wright case?" asked Irving
eyes: 1 have been DISCHARGED fror