Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-04-20

appeared. and within week they had
taken n leaf out Of his book and adopt
ed DISCUSSES. A seeming mendicant ac-
costed him one day and sought to stab
him in the back. AS he walked the
streets one night a bullet whizzed by
his head. A box was left at his lodg-
ings which proved TO be an Internal
machine. and I'm the crowd at the en-
trance OF a theater an attempt was
nade TO assassinate him.
II was n game OF life and death
well played, but though the detective
realized that the odds were against
him he would not give up. He shifted
his lodgings. had the press announce
that he had left England and went into
the sums as an evangelist. After two
weeks he spotted one OF his men, but
before he could make a move he was
assaulted and laid up for a fortnight.
He was traced to his new lodgings,
and a bomb was used to blow out the
front OF the house.
He was determined to give the nihil-
fists no rest until he had them In limbo,
and on the other hand a new center"
appeared and solemn oaths were taken
to run Frazer TO his death before car
rying out any other work. He was
warned by anonymous letters of what
was being done and what was inevita-
bic unless he drew off, but each new
development only made him the more
determined. He felt now that it was
losing game on his side, but he would
continue to play it to the end.
In four months Frazer shifted his
lodgings seven times. During the same
time he shot and wounded two men
who had sought to corner him, and he
arrested eight or ten suspicious char
acters. A man who had entered his
lodgings at midnight was almost killed
by a blow from a club, and another,
who was surprised in the act Of throw
ing a bomb through the window, was
flung into the gutter and had his leg
broken. At his last shift of lodgings
Frazer moved clear across London and
assumed the disguise Of tramp. For
q week he heard nothing from his foes,
but If they had dropped him he had
not done with them. He had subordi-
mates who were picking up threads for
him as he rested. One afternoon, as
he sat in a small park after having So
licited aims in his disguise. a middle
aged man of the dress and bearing of
a clergyman turned in from the street
and sat down beside him. At first the
detective rose up in an excited way, as
If to flee; then he sat down and seemed
perfectly helpless. His face grew pale,
his eyes dilated, and, though he made
an effort to speak, his words stuck in
his throat.
All this was witnessed by two other
strollers in the vicinity. a nursegirl
who was wheeling a child up and
down the walk said that his lips were
blue and his chin quivering. She heard
the supposed clergyman address him
several times, but there was no an
swer. The sun was shining, the peO-
pie about him were laughing, and it
was summers day. but the disguised
detective shook and shuddered. 1t
could only be said afterward that the
chill of death was upon him and that
his nervous system had been suddenly
upset by the unexpected appearance of
one of his foes.
By and by the clergyman went away
and left Frazer sitting there bolt up
right, his hands clasped and his eyes
staring into vacancy. 1t was ten min
utes before a policeman came along
and had his attention attracted by the
pallor of the mans face. He laid his
hand on the tramps shoulder and
asked him II he were i'll, and the body
toppled over sideways on the bench.
The disguised Frazer had been stab
bed to the heart by a small dagger In
the hands Of the clergyman, and the
man who had been marked down had
been removed at last. What was called
''the park mystery" created a good
deal Of talk and wonder, and it was
announced that the best talent of Scot
land Yard had been put on the case
| No arrests were ever made, however
and to this day 1t Is a mystery to the
English public why the murder should
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