The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04

or any sudden natural cause never Nv s M Sss
chance exhibit Citation upon theirs fea-
lures Having shifted tile deal rnarss6 s
lips detected g slightly sour smell. ana S
poison forced upon him. 4 gain L arg uea 5
that y had been forced upon him.. from @
the hatred and fear expressed Upon his n
face. BY the method OF exclusion i iiad All
arrived this result. for no other llys s2s
fpothesls wouh meet the facts II d not 8
Ina gire that II was very unheard-of
iidea-s The forcible admin tsratohs OF, poi
son Is by no means anew thing in scrinli-Sst
nal annals. The case OF Ioolsky iii 34
Odessa. and Of Leturier, III Montpelier. XII
VIII occur at once to any toxicologs
And now came the great question us ss
to the reason why! Robbery had not ID
been the object of the murder. for noth44Ss
Ing was ia ken.s Was 1t epoit tics. or was 1t 8
a woman That was the question which III
confronted me. was inclined from the 81
first to the latter supposltionae Poll teal
Sassssa So. ire only too. glad to do their a#
work aid to- fly. This murder had n on S ss
the contrary, been done most deliberately,
and the perpetrators had left his tracks s
all oyerftf1e room, showing that he i1aafa
been here all the time. It must ghuve5E
one, which called for such a. nethodica gs
revenge. When the Inscription was dis s8
covered upon the wall Y was more Ills
clined than ever to n, y opinion. The a5
thing was too evidently h Blind. " w henFss
the ring was found. however, It Ssettl led sas
the uestion. s5 Clearly the murderer had. Ss
used Y to remind his Bvctinlso Of some dead s
or. absent woman. q t was Ia this point VII
tina til asked Gregson whether $ho had sSs
Inquired In his gS legram TO Cl1yeland a s:
as to mn par ic,llarp Joint in NJ n sDreb
ber's former ca reer. He answered, q YOU VS.
remem Der, In the negative. 81 s
2s''I then proceeded Nto} make a carefu I'll aE
examiIlat ton of the room, VIII lch confirmed
me In my opinion us to- the murderer's5as
height, and furnished me with the add
tional de tall as to the STrlchinopoly cigars n
and the fleng 9Th or his nails. had alread
come to the conclusion, since there we're
no 81 gns OF "a strug gle. that the bl ood sIsi
which covered the floor la burst FROM Mo-
the murderer's nose & In his cltemenl I,
coul ID perceive tina the track OF blood ss
coincided WI the track OF his feet 5ss
full blooded brea III out in ~ this way
through otion. 81 so sI hazard the opili-Sss
Jon that the Grim l1al was pro loa bl az rot
bust and 5rudd y-fa ced man Events SproVeds Hi
that had sjud ged $correc ell 81 q sfS
Ing heus
do what Gregson had eglected - steiG-S
gra he'd ito the he ad Rof the &poi lice q ~
Cleveland, limiting m inquiry the
|clrcumst tan cesS connected with mar
riage OF Enocl ebber.s sl 4 me answer A
was nclusi I've. q Id me: that Drebberss
lldu lppllcQ9lOTSLu
the law gains N old & riYal 81 Owe
named 1Je fferson 1ope, aid tina It this same
Hope was IA tSpresent Il IN Euro pc. u knew
now that I2s had III the cleWS to the ETlys
terry In my hand. and S5al i that renal ned
was to secure tho murd erer
Hgfs''I Ind q lready5 g determined In my own
mind tina the man who had wal into;
Isthe house wi til Drebb elB$Was NONE " ti,er
THAN thnRmall who d had driven theEJ ab.s
The marks in the; road showed has ss
the horse n had wandered on In a yyay iss
which would | have been sible$Sss
had there been any one ii charge of "A sSs
Where, then, could the liver, I'm less 8
he were inside the house a gain, sSs
absurd to suppose tina Y. an sal g I'm mn
would ca Try out q del berate crine% lndslgHS,
the as b
person who IS sure betr him
Lastly, surprising one man wi led a tosssis
dog another through London 81 what bet tefssS
means could The adopt han to- turn absssf
driver Il these cons lions led 8lllegss
to- the irresis concltls that Jef FER
son Hope was to be found San1on g II Y hoS
jarveys OF the tropois. ssss
g2sS. he had been one there was no reaSs#
son to believe that he had ceased stof be sss31
EOn the contrary. from his point OF vi ". 8S
any sudden chang would K be u lkel ys to fSs
draw "a ttentlon to hmsel Il s would RS
probably, for al time a t len ST. con nue.
to perform his altie les II here wa 81 no grea-s
an assumed name. by s1ould he c ha ngsasss
his name in a country VIII ere no one XII 9 W.
his orig inal one q III therefore sorganzedse,
my street-A rah a tectiye corps, and sent ~
them systematic lea to &every ca pro-. .sai
sprietor In q london unit Il " ferre ted
they ucceeded and how q tckl y ~ took
advantage Of 1T arc ST III fresh In your
recollection. The murder Of Stang ersonss
was an incident which was Sent irel un--jSss;
expected but whlc h could ha rdlysSln anyS
case have been & proven ted Ihrong p ~
the pills, the existence of which ii "a naa ss
already su,Inised, NJ OH see the whole
thing Is a chain Of gicnl sequ noes VI thu
out q break or flaw. "a ii.
tit Is wonderful: cried * our merits
should bppubcly recognized You 81 Should a
publish an account of he cas- tssSl rBS you ss
won't, r viii for you. s;iS ..s8
Oh may do what you Ike. doctor,
lhe answered. See here he CONT uec, ssi
handing per over TO me r'eh look at
8this IL VI 81 IL ~ IA
B It was the Echo for the nd the
para graph ia which he pointed WAS derssS
voted to the case In Guesti $9.s
pubic"iit sale. AVE lost a. sei.-Ss55
sational treat through the sudden death Il
OF the man II ope, who wa stls nee ed Ssot $
the murder OF Mr.. Fnoch 5Drebber ana Ilc sss
of Mr.. Joseph StanGerson.s The details {8
j OF the case viii probab never be known
now though we are Informed upon good
authority that the crime wa q he result
OF an outstanding and romantic fend.
iinSwhlchs love and onism bore Y pa ft.fFa
1t seems that both the victims belong
In their younger days. to the 81 "a tte r-5,S
Day Saints, and Hope, the deceased pyissi-i4..i
Eoner, halls 4 also from Sal a y 81 ty,tI&
IL the case has had no fothe feet, ~
at least brings out In the most strikin Re-
manner the efficiency of our detect We
polIce force. and Will serve as a lesson
to- all forelgneys nat they viii 90 wisely
to settle their feilds at home, and not ~
carry them on to British sol IT Is az g
open secret that the cred I Of this smart s
capture belongs entirely to the We 85
known Scotland Yard ofticials. Messrs.s
Lestrade and Gregsnn. rhe man ss,ia : sss
of a certain Mr.. Sherlock iolmes, " no ggi
has himself, MS an ana teur,S shown some sss
TALENT In the detective line. and Who g