The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-04-08
IN ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY
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tective Soon after l entered the pro- fession Father Vost, a Roman Catholic priest. one of whose flock l was, called me one day into his study and told me the following:
 What 1 am about 10 narratc hap pened last night. know nothing about law or justice or the workings of the police force but as it is your business to track crime give the information Co you. and you can make what use or 't you think proper It was about II o'clock. and |. who had been up later than usual visiting a sick parishionor' had lust come in and was preparing for bed when the servant came to my room and Said that a carriage was waiting at the door to take me Co give absoIu- ton to one about to die. | went down. stairs and out to the carriage. found a masked man Inside.
 "I was driven for full hour The carriaac made few turns, and l fancy that | must have been driven Co a suburb of the city, for after leaving tlc pavement wc drove tur time over a dirt road, then again a pavement. ! made am effort Co engage my companion In conversation. hut Inc gave mc no rc. ply. Finally thc carriage came to @ stop and hc bound my oycs w.,h a handkerchief. thc door was opened from without aud some onc guided my steps over tacsiouos | tu.u.. and We mounted steps. counted s.N. Then after goiu. a short distance Nl mount- ed more stons this time ] counted twenty uud ,,o made oa' .". iu another moment was 'cl ..HH N."a- CT atmosphere. and tac hand. was taken on by some one who ..H.u o., Of a door behind me. Before m', lr.. and haggard. stood a man who saI. upon his knees.
 "'Fathcr' hc nid. 'l uu a'Ht ,' le murdered. My rur..u ... '..n brought mp iu or church. u.' uau. ence. you well kuo,. ... ..... n. y.. tircly overcome. N.H ..i l.' dissolution before h,..- N., .r |. t.w'r way. they could no. r.... I. .H'" me, father
 "'Glyc mc you r.. .. ... even 1T raut Ir.H '.'r may at least bring ,. ... .. "- mcnt of yuur mutie...
 "'Should l reveal t.. -....' ,s cumGaucc you. tu. W.I .c p"t where you cannot harm r.."
 "I received h., comics .. ... him ahsoluuou AN ,u. N.... ! rr. fess, was studyu a.. room .aat ! might know it a-1.n l". 'H. a' open hr"pl3cc with u l..... .... .T was used luO oc 2ol years ..I ...i the bcadwork iu my wiui and u... d drawing of it a, soon u- returned. , tried Co lind some other special m., about th" room. bUi tL,rr .r n....- else unusual lciJ thr mn p.-t...I and was driven home. ;s h.i come. . over pavement, dirt road and pavement ogjin."
 Father Vest went t1 30 desk. io., out the drawing and handed it t' uH
 was young in my business aaj G'- tcrmlucd to make some reputation '.' myself on this ease. d.I mot report it at police headquarters. as wa, .H duty bound Co Gn, bUi spent months ID searching thc newspapers t' o,,. a . notice of some m'.,.N. u.H V! ,.. ! forts were withuu, >Urr,,.. arI H. "s' . gave it Up. That was 'vn yc. ...o. l and since then ! hjN" lr'u Hr.' my conscience for uu. q. ,Hn. the ease The only effort laro ..H.a . ued to keep mp is am examination o. a.. old mantels offered for sHie .I' ] m"" . compared hundreds of tuom W.h i'a | ther Vests dreaming always ,p AAo ] them different
 One day recently. while ] was pJ,s ing through the very street m which . Father Nost had lived, not a block fgom the house I passed a building which !. was being converted from dwelling l to store. X crowd had gg g,lc.ed, and l some workmcn were carrying out a l skeleton which. Was told. had been . found brickcd up in a chimney. Such . things may at any time be of service to :. a detective, and went up 10 examine ]. the room from which the bones had . been taken. The first thing to catch | my attention was a mantcl which had ]. been taken down and was leaning against the wall. The moment looked !. at 1t it seemed familiar. Taking out !. Father Vests drawing. which l always . kept in my leather case for papers, l ! compared the two. They corrcsponded . exactly.
 Going downstairs. counted twenty 1 steps and from the front door to the . sidewalk six At last | had stumbled . by accident on the room of the murder, . The willy murderer had drawn Father Vost out of the city and back to with , in block of his house. returning by . the same circutouS route.
 l succeeded in getting the name Of the tenant on the date of the murder and hunted up people who had lived in the neighborhood during his occupancy, but as it was very short-Only thrcc months-they did not remember much about it. One day when ] was eSamin- ing the room. hoping l might find some concealed message from Che murdered man, workman engaged there hand cd me bit of paper which hc said had fallen from behind the mau.c. when it was taken down. ] seized upun it eagerly and read: