The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-25
By CHARLES e. PEARCE

day he had had a slight paraytic seizure,
and I dreaded the consequence of such a
communication. I told the circumstance
to Chatwood, the detective, but he did not
seem to think 1t Of much Importance.
tried myself to believe it was nothing
more than a hideous practical joke, but I
know now that it was meant in terrible
earnest"
Again she shuddered. Those who saw
her graceful frame culver attributed her
emotion to a recollection of this warning
OF murder, for such was it's true character.
TO some extent 1t was true, but it was not
all the truth. The envelop, as will be re-
membered, bore the words: ITO the Ire.
maine Family Did not this menace ex-
tend to her? She was the last of the Ire
maines and it might be that this stealthy
assassin had marked her down for death
also. This was the frightful thought
which had flashed across her brain.
Then she told the story of the. man in
the crowd whose expression and saluta-
ton, as tho of recognition, had caused her
so much alarm. This man, she explained,
had been also subject of apprehension
to her father, but for what reason she
was totally unable to say. So much
however, was certain, that Mr.. Tremaine
was extremely anxious the identity of the
man should be discovered, and for this
purpose he employed the detective Chat
wood.
and what was the result of the detect
ives inquiries
HE found out nothing at all-nothing
whatever. Oh, beg your pardon, have
forgotten something. Yes, while we were
at Monte Carlo we received a letter from
Mr.. Chatwood saying the police had rea-
son to believe the man had gone to Aus
trala. I did not know this at the time,
but I have found the letter since among
my fathers papers. ought to say, too,
that one night, just before we left Monte
Carlo I fanced I saw the man who
caused me such uneasiness lurking in the
hotel grounds, but might have been mis-
taken
Throughout her story Eleanor had stu
diously avoided mentioning she had seen
Frank on the Jubilee Day, sketch book
in hand, standing near the man who bowed
to her, and that he had also come to her
assistance in Kensington Gardens. She
told however, how she had noticed the
prisoner working on students days at the
National Gallery.
The mention of the blood stained letter
and of the man in the crowd on Jubilee
Day, while having no direct bearing on
the actual murder, was, of course, of i'm
portance; but, as the magistrate re-
marked, the matter was one to be dealt
| with by the police, and possibly what Miss
Tremaine had said would assist them in
their investigations. In other respects it
was distinctly in favor of the prisoner
| The inspector of police in charge of
! the case shrugged his shoulders when he
heard the magistrate pronounce his opin-
| ion. He had made up his mind that Holt
! had, knowingly or unknOwingly, some
connection with the assassins, and to as
sist his theory he had sitted ont every
thing he could discover concerning the
prisoner even from his boyhood.
But nothing in any way discreditable,
much less discriminating, was put before
! the magistrate, and then the treasury So
licitor had to admit that he could not at
present carry the matter further.
Under these circumstances, said the
magistrate, II do not feel justified in