Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06
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on the night Of the crime If her master
had visitor he had himself admitted
him.
SO for three mornings the mystery re-
NAMED. SO far as l could follow it in the
papers If Holmes knew more. he kept
MS own counsel, but, as he told me tina,
Inspector Lestrade had taken him into his
confidence in the case, l knew that he was
In close touch with every development
Upon the fourth day there appeared long
telegram from Paris which seemed to solve
the whole question.
"A discovery has just been made by the
Par1sian police" said the Daily Telegraph,
which raises the veil which hung round
the tragic fate of Mr. Eduardo Lucas, who
met his death by violence last Monday
night at Godolphin street Westminster
our readers will remember that the de-
ceased gentleman was found stabbed in
to his valet, but that the case broke down
on an alibi. Yesterday a lady, who has
been known as Nine. Henri Fournaye oc-
cupying a small villa in the Rue Austerlitz,
servants as being insane. An examina ton
showed she had developed mania of a dan
serous and permanent form. On inquiry
the police have discovered that Nine.
henri Fournaye only returned from a
Journey to London on Tuesday last, and
there is evidence to connect her with the
crime at Westminster. A comparison of
photographs has proved conclusively that
EDUARDO
were really one and the same person and
that the deceased had for some reason
lived double live in London and Paris.
Mime: Fournaye. who is of Creole origin,
Is or an extremely excitable nature. and
has suffered in the past from attacks of
Jealousy-lwhich have amounted to frenzy
1t is conjectured that 1t was in one OF
these that she committed the terrible
crime which has caused such a sensation
In London. Her movements upon the
Monday night have not yet been traced
but 1t is undoubted that woman answer
ing to her description attracted much at
tention at Charing Cross station on Tues
day morning by the widness of her APP
pearance and the violence of her gestures.
1t Is probable. therefore, that, the crime
was either committed when insane, or
that its Immediate effect was to drive the
unhappy woman out of her mind. At
present she is unable to give any coherent
account of the past, and the doctors hold
out no hopes of the establishment of her
reason. There is evidence that woman,
who might have been Nine. Fournaye, WAS
seen for some hours upon Monday night
watching the house in Godolphin street
What do you think of that. Holiness I
had read the account aloud to him, while
he finished his breakfast
MY dear Watson, said he, as he rose
from the table and paced up and down the
room. you are most long-sufferng. but 1
told you nothing in the last three days, 1t
is because there is nothing to tell. Even
now this report from Paris does not help
us much"
Surely it is final as regards the mans
death"
trivial episode-in comparison with our
real task, which is to trace this docu-
ment and save a European catastrophe.
Only one important thing has happened
in the last three days. and that is that
nothing has happened. 1 get reports al
most hourly from the government and
it is certain that nowhere in Europe is
there any sign of trouble. Now, If this
lot MT ha
but il 1t isn't loose, where can it be?
Who has it? Why is it held back? That's
the question that beats in my brain like
a hammer Was 1t, indeed. a coincidence
that Lucas should meet his death on the
night when the letter disappeared? Did
the letter ever reach him? If SO, why is
it not among his papers? Did this mad
wife of his carry it off with her? If so.
is it in her house in Paris? How could
search for it without the French police
having their suspicious aroused? 1t is
a case. my dear Watson. where the law
is as dangerous to US as the criminals
are. Every mans hand is against US, and
yet the interests at stake are colossal
Should 1 bring it to a successful conclu-
ing glory of my career All, here is my
latest from the 'front.'" He glanced hur-
riedly at the note which had been hand
ed in. 'Halloa!' Lestrade seems to have
observed something OF interest. Put on
your hat Watson, and we will stroll
down together to Westminster"
1t was my first visit to the scene of the
crime-a high. dingy, narrow-chested
house, prim. formal and solid like the
century which gave 1T birth Lestrade's
bulldog features gazed out at us from
the front window, and he greeted US
warmly when big constable had opened
the door and let us in. The room into
which we were shown was that in which
the crime had been committed. but no
trace of 1t now remained, save an ugly.
irregular stain upon the carpet. This
arna a "a 1rnD Qraf in
the center of the room. surrounded by
a broad expanse of beautiful, old-fash-
toned wood flooring in square blocks
highly polished. Over the fireplace was a
magnificent trophy of weapons, one of
which had been used on that tragic
night. In the window was a sumptuous
writing desk. and every detail OF the
apartment, the pictures. the rugs and the
hangings all pointed to a taste which
was luxurious to the verge OF efYeminacy
Seen the Paris news?" asked Lestrade.
Holmes nodded.
Our French friends seem to have
touched the spot tots time. No doubt It's