The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-15


their Author, A. G.
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be deduced. from it. In the first place,
we may start with q strong presumption
that Colonel Opensshaw had some very
Men at his time Of life do not change
all their habits, and exchange willingly
the charming climate Of Florida for the
lonely life Of an English provincial
town. His extreme love Of solitude
in England suggests the idea that he
was in tear Of some one or something,
80 we may assume as q working hy-
Ipothesis that it was fear Of some one or
Something which drove him from Ameri-
can only deduce that by considering
the formidable letters which were re-
ceived by himself and his successors.
Did you remark the post-marks OF those
The first was from Pondicherry, the
second 81 from e Dundee, and the third from
rom East London. What DO you
ldeduce from that ~ -,
writer was on board Of q ship. "
Excellent. We have already q
clue. There can be no doubt that the
probability -the strong pro- ability.lls
That the writer was on board OF a ship.
land now let us conside another point.
I'm the case of Pondicherry, seven weeks
felapsed between the threat and it's full
Ihlment, in Dundee it was only some
Ehree 81 four days. Does that Suggest
Z. A Greater distance to travel.
' But the letter had also q greater
I Then / do not see the point. !.
/ ~ There is at least a. presumption that
4 the vessel in which the man or men
4 are is a sailing ship. It looks as il they
/ always sent their singular warning o.
/ their mission. You see how quickly
/ the deed followed the sign when j
/ came from Dundee. If they had come
/ from Pondicherry in a steamer they
| would have arrived almost as soon az
1 their letter. But, as a matter OF fact
seven weeks elapsed. think that those
seven weeks represented the difference
/ between the mailboat which brought
i the letter and the sailing vessel which
/ brought the writer. /"
~ It is possible,
ttMore than that. It is probable
| And now you see the deadly urgency o.
4 this new case, and why urged younf
Openshaw to caution. The. blow ha
always fallen at the end Of the time
which it would take the senders t
travel the distance. But this one come
from London, and, therefore, we can
not count upon delay
NGood God!n I cried; "what can j
mean, this relentless persecution Z"
'TThe papers which Openshaw car
ried are obviously Of vital importanc'
to the person Or persons lnFthe SAILING
ship. I think that it is quite clear tina
there must be more than one Of them
I out two deaths in such a way as to de
1 ceive a coroner's jury. There mus
4 have been several in it, and they mus
i have been men Of resource and deter
mination. Their papers they mean t
have, be the holder OF them who i !
may. In this way you. see r.. x: &
ceases to be the initials OF an ind
,dd;nek, I, and becomes the badge OF
aHave - YOU IN nevewh said sherlocl
Holmes, bending forward and sinkin
his voice haye you never heard 0
the. Ku Klux. Klanf"
/ never have.
Il Holmes turned over the leaves Q
the book upon his knee. Here it is,
said he, presently, "Ku Klux Khan.
blance to the sound produced by cock
ing rifle. This terrible secret societ
WAS formed by some ex-Confederate so
diers in the southern states after tn
civil war, and it rapidly formed locs
, branches in different parts Of the, cour
try, notably in Tennessee, Louisians
the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. 1t
principally for the terrorizing, Of tn
negro voters and the numbering an
driving from the country Of those VIII
, were opposed to its views. Its ou
!! RACES were usually preceded by a war;
{ ing sent to- the marked man in som
! fantastic but generally recognize
shape sprig Of oak leaves in som
! parts, melon seeds or orange pips j
others. On receiving this the yictil
> ways OF might fly from the countr,
IF he braved- the matter out, deaf
would unfailingly come upon him, an
! usually in some strange and unfor
} seen manner. !; So perfect was the O
8 ganization Of the society, and so systel
matte its methods, that there is hardl
l a case, upon record where any man SUI
8 ECeeuCQ III sOFdyluS II Will 1upuu1ty, 4
in which any Of its outrages were trace
+ home to the perpetrators. For SON
years the organization flourished, ]
. spite of the efforts Of the United Stat.
3 government and Of the better classt
Of the community in the south. Even
), ually, in the year 1869, the moveme1
: rather, suddenly collapsed, altho the
|. same sort since that date.
!, 't.You will observe, !" said Holme
9 laying down the volume, that the SUI
9 den breaking up Of the society was G.
9 incident with the disappearance I
: EOpenshaw, from America with their p
8 Epers. It may well have been cause an
9 |effect. It is. no wonder that he and n
9 family have some Of the more implac;
Ib1e spirits upon their track. You can III
: derstand that this register and diary ma
7 implicate some Of the first men in tt
fSouth, and that there may be many WI
i Twill not sleep easy at night until it
q recovered. -
Q WThen the page we have seen"
Q Is such as we might expect. It ra,
f Eif remember right, ] sent the pips |
), IA. B.: and Q, that is, sent the s
t |ciety's warning to them. Then the
9 Eare successive entries that A and
s Ecleared, or left: the country, and final
1, that G was visited, with, I, fear, q sil
T lister, result for 9. Well I think, 20
g !'tor, that we may let some light I'M
! this dark place, and i bellows that Il
/, only chance young Openshaw has In ii
!, meantime is to do what have told hiI
9 There lis nothing more to- be :saidsor ,
q be done tonight, SO hand me oyer n
violin and let us try to forget for ha