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room yet. but with your permission !
shall do so now. t5!E 81 3,s3 5s
AS he spoke. no whipped 4 tape.mea,-.6
sure and q large, round ma gnifying glass
from his pocket, With these two implee-
nents he trotted nolselessly about the
room sometimes stopping, occasionally,
kneeling, and once lying fiat upon his
face. So engrossed was he With his oc-i
cupation that ha appeared to have for
gotten our presence, for he chartered
away to himself under his breath the,
whole time keeping IN a running fire @ {
eXclamatI tons. groans, Whistles and III
tln cries suggestive Of REIMBURSEMENT and
OF hope, AS I watched him i was ir-
[reslstibly reminded of a pure-blo CODED,
Well-traned fox hound as It das hes back
ward and forward through the covert
whining In its eagerness. until 4 Ecomes
across I he lost scent. For twenty mir,r
utes or more he continued HIS researches,
measuring with the most exact care the
distance betWeen marks which We're en-
tirely = dnvisi BILE to me, nd coca sionally
applying bis tape to the. walls In an equal-
| w incompr ehanslhle manner, In one
place he gathered very carefully a little
pile Of gray dust from i he floor, and
packed " away In an enyelo pe, Finally
he examined with his glass the word
upon the, wall gong over Y J, every 9 stter
This done. he appeared TO be ga tisfisd,
for he replaced his tape and his glass
in his pocket s
They say that genius Is an infinite
capaci w for tai lng pa ms ,''S he remarked
With q, snlil y, n 81 a very bad definition
hut It. does apply to detecti I've work, ~ 6
| & Gregson and I.e ade had watched the
| man oenvres OF their am teur co panion
With consid era BILE curiosit y aud some con,
tempt. hey evidently FAILED to appre,
lciate the fact, htch i had begun II
realize that sherloc k i Holmes % Il sn,a los
Actions were all directed toward sons
ldeanite and pra ctIcsl end. ss sls a W
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There s no room for O mistake he
ar swered 1 a he very first thing which,
observed on arriving there was that e.
cab had made two ruts wi tn Its wheels
close to the curb, Now, up to last night
We have had no rain for a week, SO thai =
preston, must have been there during
the night There were the marks Of the
!hcrse' hoofs. too, the outline OF one
Of which was far more clearly out than
that of the other three, showing that
that was a new shoe. Since the cab was
there at any time during the morning
u hnve Gregson's word for that-lt follows
that it must have been there during the
llight, and therefore, that It brought
Those two individuals to the house,
"That seems simple enough said ] ! but
|huw about the other, man. height e 3s5
""Why,5the height Of q man, In nine
cases out, OF ten, can pc told from me
length of his stride. It Is W simple cal
|cIulation enough, though there IS no \ use
limy boring you with figures. ] had THIS
lfcilow's stride. both on the \ clay outside
ard on the dust Within Then i had q
Iway of checking my cal ton When
| n man writes OH a wall, his instinct lea s
him to write about tho level OF MS own
eyes. Now. that writing was lust over
six feet from the ground. It was chlld's
play. Xxx
'And his ase?" I asked
well, IL IA man can stride four ana "a
1 half feet without the mallest effort. he
can't be quite In the sere and yellow, That
Twas the breadth Of puddle on enc So =
del. walk which he had eyid tlyi wa lked
across. Patentrleather boots had gone
round and Square toes had hoped over,
There is no mystery bout y az o.. vs.
lam simply applying to ordinary lie g 5fe "
i OF those precepts OF observation ana de-
lduction which advocated in thss or ticle,
Is there ything else that puzzles you t'l =
fsa'The fingerrnails and the Trlchinopoly'
4 i suggested,
nrhe writing on the wal y was done
Sytth "a mans forehnger dipped IN blood,
4 MY glass allowed me TO observe that the
2l,plaster was slightly scratched In doing
4 III. which would not have bee the case
Little mans nah had been trimmed.
A eethered up some sea TERED ash from the
4 ffoor} 1t was dark In color and max =
1such an ash as lis only mat ~ W q ~ MN.
i, opoly. / have made q specia Y s ud Y tof
& oigar as h es--inl fact, M have Written a
Il lnono graph upon the subiect, fattel
Il 1nyseif that can dlsting at az gla nee
8I1la ash OF any known n brand eth AZ
nsar orFof tobacco. 1t Is lust IN such
Il details that the skilled Diet tive diners
"a fran Z he $Gregsor and Lestradey styl
!, And the tior!d 8faee2 aske
4 t.Ah. mat was II more daring shot
4 ISthoug Ii ii have no doubt that I va rlght
n YOU must not ask me that az ne prsseh'
i; state Ok the aft air .sS5 lss5 Z,
n vi tpassed my hand ever my pro W
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HOUSEBREAKERS
And IHORS THIEVES
Graveyard at Acquia Church,
Where Lady Baltimore n
I is Buried. 81
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FREDERICKSBURG. IA. August Is. .-.$
1T has Just come to light that the two
ramps. Joseph Sidney and Clarence: Kerl--s3
snedy, 8of Pennsylv ania, now III jail hero
for stealing Calvin Walkers horse and
wa gon on the streets here, stopped in 1
lfford and robbed the sidence OF ME-
y. "a Callahan, while making ~ yss ~ III 4
the horse and was on. The family was
absent at the time, and the tra1npsg rokeS
the front doc, open and \ secured some
money, clothing and four razors. n RI
Callahan came here, Identified the arts
cles and secured most OF them. as3
Ri The Baptist Sund day school of this city
which numbers seven hundred, s. is so large
that has to take its annual picnic In Sec
tons This week the pr mary departt--s
ment, II In charge OF its seven teach rs,s
spent the day at the Sui hur Spring Gfa rr
of Mr.. Henry Dannellls In Spotsy lyani e
county, three miles from the q MS q
department n unnbers one 1undre dsssa nd ~
seyentN az tvesofl the rol E8ss. sS,s
M The old graVeya rd a at Acquta Churcn.s
In Stafford county, Is beln IS cleared OF u
bushes q and debris by gent ernan7:% IS ot
EWasiing ton This is a. very old bnry,tln!gs
ground, and 4 is a ting place Of many man
notable people Of colonial %da vs.. on$ons8
re the tonlbstones is the nanc# Of D. iadyti
baltimore. buried In 1867 ,sss
Mr., John Leonard 8of this q y no.
was recently injured In an cidentsn
Alexandria, is Il now In g hospital inS;thes
Halter city where IT. became necessar TO-
mputate his foot a
Hermon BAPTIST Assoc on vii meet
lsat pper ri lon Church, In Caroline $conn y.
ty, Thursday and Frtd ay iii ugus ST. 2at I'm
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GREAT SFIREMEN's PARADE
Officers Elected and Next Place e.
Of Meeting Chosen.
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s6E8 Especial tOtIhe2IlrneS-lllSpd tCitll
M AI,BxAND VA, August IS Attir .s
IN the gay unit OF their respe ctlye
companies, with banners Wayin gFSs az anu y
bands discoursing lively music ne v .,.-
i,lnteer firemen Of Virg lna, at endln & the
convent Ion Of the State Assoc alton. mere
5paraded over miles @ ~ he city streets s4
this afternoon 8 - q, =,
Hurd reds 81 visitors from ~ as NM Ton ten
and the surrounding count ny ged me !,
streets as the great proce on 9 e. tlre
fighters passed Z, s. s,,rn
IN the line were many fire engines,.1 l..,.n
the most modern and imp we'd lire
Ing apparatus3to the old types, pres q eryeu
al Sreiics Aof former days and con1ll y
The Friendship Compan y, Of " Ms en-
eral George Vashin gton was q as ~ q pe,r
was in line, and hlbted a reel olllitsi y
ne The e. parade formed & on Was llington|
street and was head ed by pla toons " ..
mounted police. Mex ane.8 Chlef ME- "; r.
shall Park gnew foil lowed by his Stall tsi
then the dis inguish he'd yisl 70 rs n ~ s
sriages the Alexandria ~ ghts infantry llQ
the FIRE companies and the ba nds.
The following Ulcers have been eisGLea
for2tlle ensuing year: r.. Saum, of Hal
risonburg presid ent IS earf?ey.ySo!l
fPhoebus 81 senior Ice -presid w y,
Withers, Of ID Charlie tesyille ct
Cumming Of = rtsmout ~ s ses,,
Etary; T. Hams OF ~ y ~
treasurer, and, John II. RedWoo OF ftlc-
!mond 4, chairman Eof ia the le ~ COM
mittee. d. y, !, So
1ciat ian; wi III hf4 held In {HarriSOnDu1ss
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..What do you think Of 1t, STRIP they.
both asked.
SIT, would be robblng you of the credit
of the case III Il was to presume to help
you,s remarked my friend. You are do
Ing so we'll now that 4 t would he a. pity
for any one to interfere There was O.
world OF. sarcasm in his voice, as he
spoke. .,If YOU viii let me know how 1
your ADMINISTRATIONS co. he continued, ~
shall be happy to give you any help q
.ca h, In the mean time, II should like to-
speak to the constable who found the
body. Can you give me his name n and
address ,3S @
IN I,estrade glanced at his note book,
John Rance b he SAID, 80 ss He is off duty
now. You will find him "a y 46 Addley
Court, Remington Park Gate,
Holmes took a. note Of the address.
H Come along, doctor u ne 5sai ID We
shall go and look him up. i II tell you
one thing which may 4 hel n you in the
case he continued turning to Y he two
detectives, u. here has been IN urders done
and the murderer was a maj II 5|Was 8
more than six feet high. was in tho
prime Of life, had small feet for his
height. wore coarse, square-to ed \ boots
and smoked d Trichinopoly cigar. He
came here with his Victim In a four
wheeled cab, which wa $ draw by a horse
with three old shoes and Il one n CIV one
on his Off fore-leg, III al probability
Ethe murderer had a florld face. and tho
Iflnger-nalls of his right hand were re-.
nlarkably long. These are only ia FEW
Indications, hut they may a sslst you, \,
3. Lestrade and Gregson 81 anced at each1
other with an incredulous smile.
eff this man was murdered, now WAS
| II done?,1 asked the former, 5ss
88"Poison,i said Sherlock Holmes cur
and strobe or. zone other thing, y es-s
trade he added, turning round at the
door: 'Rache, is the German for res
yenge; SC don't lose your time looking
|, for Miss Rachel, il Il
with which Parthian shot he walked
away, leaving the two rival open tmouth n
4 ed behind him. l ias
4 WHAT JOHN RANCE ~ p TO TELL To 4
ii was one o'clock when we left n
II i.auriston Gardens Sherlock n olmes slet
I,ne 4 the nearest tele grap PHI ftlce, " q
y Ses despa tched a long teleg N. l1e thef
sEhaIied M ca h. and s. ordered the drlNel
Flo take MS to the: ad dress
trade.
a uThere Is nothing Ike mrs hand cyl
a Gcnce,s' he rel,a ed /; "a q = m 9
i fact. my mint IS 5ent made up npol
u the ga SCI i but 'stlll we may as well learl
4 IAN chat is 10, be learned III, sSs
q 81, 0 amaze me, dimes, said q
II yo, are not az sire ~ vow ~ 4
tend 70 be of All hose pa tlcplars Wt9c
ASi,ep xaYs, NEE !
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SKELETON FOUND
UNDER HOUSE
George Smith Not Poisoned by
Sweetheart, as Sttp- I'd
posed.
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= NJ I
$ DANWLLE VA, August The 't
skeleton Of a man has been discovered 20 Y q
under the foundations Of q house Il at
Spray, N. q, which is being torn down, vi,
The bones had been buried without
coffin. The house which WI as re n, oved = a! ad
been built ten years. Tho house has been e'l
occupied for the past five years by "a 5 7.
p. SEllingto n u 3 "a ~ II ].
The coroner jury this afternoon fou Ll
that the man, George Smith. who died
Smysteriously several weeks az and who
was supposed to have been po isoned BY
q Jealous girl, came to his death from ON
unknown causes. The verdi let OF a the
Jury was based on al, examir,a ton Of the ne
mans stomach, made by CT ystc1i Ian
R.8W. r robinson, whose testinony was g TO
the effect that the man had not be pee en- ~
poisoned. &.
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SIXTY WERE,
POISONED.
People at Baptist Association
Eat Twice Frozen
Cream.
FELL ALONG THE /: ROADSIDE 9. 1: j:
Taken Back to Church and At At
tended BY Several Doctors
on the Ground. @
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LYNGHBURG, VA, Aug. 18.--Meageri
reports Of wholesale ptomine poison at
New Prospect Baptist Church, near
Pleasant View, Amherst county, about
twenty-five miles from 1,ynchb,irg, were IRE
received here to-day, but persistent eff
forts to secure the details and names OF
those who were poisoned have been un-
nvalling on account OF the distance OF
the church from telegraph lines. 4.
It appears that sixty persons. who
were attending the sessions OF the Pied
mont Baptist Association ATT hat 'c ny ~
were poisoned by eating Ice cream at a
stand at the church, which had been
frozen over after standing in the freezer
for twenty-four$ hours or me- pre-. VA 3I u
ls ONE STILL ILL. 8 b IA Il ass8
"a a late hour this afternoon all OF
those affected were reported to be- out
OF danger, except a Miss hawthorne. Her
condition is said to be critical.
The persons who ate the cream becattle|
Ill shortly after pal. taking Of II after
the afternoon session OF the assoc latlor
closed, and In q short time many OF.
them grew 50 III that they were almost,
unconscious. 855 .S "a
They were found lying along the. road
more than quarter OF a mile from the
church, and carried back to the church
where four doctors worked n herolcally3
for four or five hours to counteract the
effects OF the poisoned cream. 81
There were 1900 persons on the grounds
at the time. Is " \.
SIXTY At ONCE. . $s,s
It was In the afternoon when the peo-S
pie at first began to complain, and be-
fore long there was about sixty persons
out on the grass receiving at
3tention from the doctors who were pres
sent. The crowd became very much ex-3
cited and q q rope had to be stretched
around the sick TO keep the crowd from
pressing too near. 85;5s
4 AT one time It was thou ght that sew
8eral of them would d lei
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MEET WITH
SICK. MEMBER
Appointment Of New Chief and.
Other Police Officers
Confirmed.
The COURT YET FL TO { DECIDE Z! | {:
New Incoming Council Expects.
to Make Police Appointments.
Dr.. Dorset In Custody.
me COURT YET TO DECIDE )
~ 5tii $3.50 - NJ ~
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y NORFOLK, VA. August Il. --Dr. w. ".
Dorset, Richmond dentist. Is tonight
In charge OF tho sheriff. Dorsett who
was brought from Richmond by q Nor
folk detective, was arraigned In 4 Police
Court this morning on q charge OF pass!
ing a bogus check on w. Y. Hart. the
Mayors stenographer. and A. w. Nun
nally to the amount o. $40. Tho case 9,
was continued. II was said. on account
OF absent witnesses, but It Is learned that
this was done TO give Dorset chance to
make the amount good. Hart and Nun
nally being willing to drop the charges.
The case will be concluded tomorrow.
LIQUOR sDELEGATEs.
n THE Liouor Dealers Association to-
day elected delegates to the State Con-
vention OF Liquor Dealers, which will
bc held at Richmond next month.
The Common and Select Councils today
confirmed the appointment of p Jones
for chief Of police Charles West for
first captain and George Cuthriell for
second captain. The Select Council i met
In the room Of Councilman Consolyo at
the Monticello Hotel where the member e
was ILL. His vote was necessary LOT !or, e
quorum. The Common branch met net az at the
City Hall.
COURT 70 DECIDE.
The commissioners who appointed the
CHIEF and captains were elected by the
ring Councils, and the legality Of the
commits sioners' election is yet to be- de- cs.
clded BY the Supreme Court.
I The good government Council. which
;coneg into once on the first Of septem-
her. viii also make appoint n,entt!s n Of Of
police officials. q
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SENATOR DAVIS NOT
HOSTILE TO LABOR A
Came Up From the Ranks Film
self and Knows What 1t
5ss5 IS to Work.
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SpEClHls
VI ROANOKE, VA, Aug. Is. The follow
Ing letter from II. G.ii Davis, the Demo
cratic candidate for Ice PRESIDENT has
been made public here: u 81
.Elkins, W. Va, Aug. Ii, 1901.
"Air. l. ". Johnson, Roanoke, Va: 5s.
~ Dear NJ Johnson, IL am glad to
have your letter calling my attention to
tho publication placing me in an atti-s
tude of hostility to the laboring class
No one who knows me personally or 10
at all acquainted with the circumstances
OF my life, Will put any credence In the
statements to which you re fer. ~ think
& can well claim that I belong to the la
boring class For many years z worked
In the ranks as q wage-earner, and i
know What 1t is TO earn my living by
the sweat OF my brow. On the other
hand, have been O large employer OF
labor. In railroads, coal mines, lumber
mills, etc, and have never had any Sc
rious trouble with our men 4 s;S 81, ,!,
II g can recall but two instances IN.
which there were strikes, and those were
sof short duration and peaceably5 settled.
No man has ever been discharged from
our sekyice because he was a. union man,
or been eyicted from q company's house
for any reason. think y GU q Will find
that the conditions OF the railroad man
5enferprises n have directed will compare
most fayorably with those In other local
it.es OF the country. have always5 be- ,e;-
slieved. Il and my conviction came from the
hard school OF experience, that, meas
sured by character Of the work he does
and 8the cost OF living. ever y man Is Een-
titled to full com pensatl On Tor his SER
vices. sssss e.. MS rs II
$$,ls..I am charged with having Instituted
proceedings which led to1 VI an in junction
against strikers by dge ackson,s OF
this State. The fact Is, r had nothing
whatever to do with the case. and knew
nothing about the matter until 7 S read
Sofs IT In the newspapers. The Injunction
did not apply to- the men IN our employ
nor pertain ito them In any way On the
contrary. "a remem Der on a one occa sion
one 81 our superintendent suggested an
Injunction against our men and 7 de-
Eclined 10 consider 1t. < s35
neg (slgned> III. G. DAVIS
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II. II Continued.


5 Il < : "a remarked that, the paper ha
fallen away In parts. In this particular
corner az the room a large piece had
peeled OF, leaving q yellow square Z 9 8
coarse plastering. Across TINS pare
snaoe there was scrawed In blood-redi
letters aFsingle word
~. RACINE, .S5
sS,9}.'yWhat do you think Of thai cried
the detective, with tle air of a. snowman
exhbtting his show his was Y. over
5ner Of the room, and no one thought OF
looking there. The smurd erer has Writ
ten ii with his or her own blood 50 See
this smear where II 1t has II killed down
the wall! That disposes of the idea Of
suicide, anyhow. Why was that corner
chosen to write 1T on? will tell you,
See that candle on The mantel- piece. u
was lit at the time, and II y. was litI
this corner would be me nrlghtest m,
stead Of the darkest portion OF the wall. y
,.And what does 1t mean, now that you
nave found 1it?N asked Gregson, In q,
1tMeang why, It means that the writer
y asIuoing to put the female name
Rachel, but was dlstuTbe Z hefore he or
she had time to finish, You mark my
words. when this case COM s ito be clear,!
ed up, you will And tina ~ woman named
Rachel has SpmetnlpG ~ GO VIII w. ~ -
All Very we'll for you 4 o " gh, +. sher-
look Holmes. ~ X on ma y ibe very smart
and clever. but the old hound is the best,
when all III said and done.
Is II really beg your pardon!' said my
companion who had rufhed the little
man,s temper by bursting into an ex plo-
sion of laughter, You certainly have
the credit OF being the tlrst OF US to find
this out, and, as you saw At bears every
"a. NJ
other participa Mt In last night s mystery.
II va not had time ia 4 examine this
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head sis in a whirl, remarked; "the
more one thinks of It tho more nlyster-

head is in 4 a whirl, i remarked :; the
more one thinks Sof 1t the Il more3 myste
inus IL grows. How came these Two
rlen-if there were two men-into an an
empty house? hat has become Of the
cabman who drove them? How could one
man compel a another to take poison? =
Where did the blood como from Nv AZ
was the object OF the murderer, since
robbery had no part In 1t? How ca me
the woman ring there? II "a oye oil, Why
Should the second man Write UP 81 the
German word Rache before decamping?
way OF reconoilng all these facts,
My companion smiled approyingly.
81 you sum up tho difficulties of tho
situation succlnctly and we'll" he said, y
There IS much that 81 Isl still obscure
though I have ri te made up my mind
on he main IA cts. AS to poor Lestrad To- 9;
discovery. It was simply q blind Intended q,
to put t the police upon q wrong trac k,s
iby suggesting Socialism and secret So,
.cletles.t a t was not done by a German.
The "a, n ir you no Iced n was printed some
allat after the German fashion. n owl
a real 6 erman5 Invariably prints In the
Latin character, SO i tina " we ma y safely
say that this was 3, not written by one.
hut by a clumsy imitator, who overdid
his part. It was simply a ruse. to d.
vert Inquiry into q WRONG channel, m
rot going to tell you much more az the
case. doctor. y GU know a conjurer gets
no credit when once he has explained his
trick, and lf II s how you too much OF my
method OF working. You will come to the
conclusion that I am q very ordinary intli-
syidual after all. If 81
a II shall never do that answered; 4
you have brought detection as near an
exact science as ~ ever will be brought
inSthis world. Us Ell 81
Ny companion flushed up with pleas
ure at my Words and tho earnest way
lii which uttered them. had already
observed that he was IS sensitive to
tlattery on the score OF his art as I any
Glrl could be OF her beauty
''Ill tell You one other thing, n he said,
l.patent feathers and S1na re7toes came In
the same cab, and II Icy wa lked down sshe
pa thWay together as friendly as possible
a1m-ln-arml In all prohab ilty. When they
rot inside they walked up and q down the
roonl--oT rather, Patent-leat hers stood
|still while Square.toes walked up and
down, I could read all that in the dUst;
and 4 could read that. as he walked he
grew more and more excl ted That y
| shown by tho Increased lenGt h ofs his
strides. RI was king all the While,
and working himself Mp, no doubt. into
| Il fury. Then the tragedy occurred We
told you I'LL know myself, now, for the
| rest IS mera fslrmise and cont lecture M q
Ehaye a. good work ng basis. hoYsey on
! which to start. We must hurry up, Nr
III want to 90 ia Halle's concert, TO hear
4 Norman Neruda. this afternoon II n Ess
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DOUBLE N ARR GES A I
gFAMl l-Y1# REUNION

fsnect al " Is Tho Times Dispatch. @
~ 81 DFsFoI. * Az, Aug. Is. a t Il he re-
u,nlonn#of the escendants and friend sSof
the late Colonel George r. Hal IN SO
for#Wigtt county he occasion was given
a rom anticS flavor by the nlarrilaag o.
two OF e. his grandch I'D rem They re.
Miss; Pearl Hall, sdaught ers sof n the late
Horace Hall !, and II wood EDWARDS ls,.s
The ceremony was pe rfoTr1ed Il byEt eV.s
CT. Isyla1,d Sc Wind sor, Va
There were y over one hundred persons
az the reunion, viii oh was $he Id #at the
home OF a gorge il. Johnso on. 81 si Si$i