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


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be deduced from it. In the first place.
we may start with strong presumption
that Colonel sOpenshaw had some very
strong reason for leaving Il America.
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 fear Of some one or something,
80 we may assume as working by
Iipothesis that it was fear Of some one or,
sonnet thing which drove him from Ameri-
ca. AS to what it was he feared, we,
can only deduce that by considering
the formidable letters which were re-
ceived by himself and his successors.
pid yoa, remark EN- the post marks OF those
b. {. The first was from Pondicherry, the
second from d ndee, and the third from
London.
s Irom East London. What do you
deduce from that s
They are all seaports. That the
writer was on board Of 9 ship.
. I. Excellent. We have already 9
Iclne. There can be no doubt that the
tprobabi litythe strong o6a 20 ysh;n
And now let us conside another point.
IN. the case of Pondicherry, seven weeks
|telapsed between the threat and It's ful-
3hlment, in Dundee it was only some
IEtthree or four days. Does that suggest
a greater distance to travel " .
EtsBut the letter had also q greater
Il S1ssThen j do not see the point"
/ ~ There is at least a presumption that
1 the vessel in which the man or men
Il are IS a sailing ship. It looks as It they
] always sent their singular warning or
token before them when starting upon
their mission. You see how quickly
4 the deed followed the sign when u
came from Dundee. II they had come
1 from Pondicherry in steamer they
!! would have arrived almost as soon as
their letter. But, as matter OF fact,
seven weeks elapsed. think that those
seven weeks represented the dlHerence
between the mailboat which brought
the letter and the sailing vessel which
| DrOuglL Lne WFlLeT. #s 3 :
- - It is possible. IL
More than that. It is probable
And now. you see the deadly urgency OF
this new case, and why urged YOUNG
Openshaw to caution. The. blow has
always fallen at the: end Of the time
which it would take the senders te
travel the distance. But this one comes
from London, and, therefore, we can
HGood God!,' I cried; "what can i
4 mean, this relentless persecutionY' p
NThe papers which Openshaw car
ried are obviously of vital importance
! to the person or persons in the sailing
ship. I think that it is quite clear thai
. there must be more than one Of them
/. "A single man could not have carried
out two deaths in such q way as to de
!, have been several in it, and they mus
have been men. Of resource and deter
mination. Their papers they mean t
have, be the holder OF them who /
, may. In this way. you, see 4. x: +
ceases to be the initials OF an indi
y yid;n nal, ], and becomes . the badge Of
HBut Of what society,""
"Have you never said Sherloc]
Holmes, bending forward and sinking
the Ku Klux Klanf"
never have.
II Holmes turned over the leaves o
the book upon his knee. Here it is, :
said he, presently, "Ku Kux Khan. I
name derived from the fanciful resem
blance to the sound produced BY cock
: was formed by some ex-Confederate so
diers in the southern states after tn
), civil war, and it rapidly formed loca
!, branches in different parts OF the. cou1
try, notably in Tennessee, Louisians
! ! the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. 1t
power was used for political purposes
principally for the terrorizing. Of tn
, negro voters and the numbering an
driving from the country Of those VIII
? were opposed to its views. It's out
! RACES were usually preceded by a war;
{ ing sent to the marked man in som
: fantastic but generally recognize
3 shape-a sprig Of oak leaves in som
Z parts melon seeds. or orange pips, ]
9 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
o seen manner. So perfect was the o
$ ganization Of the society, and 50 ssyste,
d a case upon record where any man SUI
8 Iceedcd in Drawing it with impunity, (
!. in which any Of its outrages were trace
+ home to the perpetrators. For som
\ years the organization fourished,
s spite of the efforts Of the United State
3 government and Of the better classt
Of the community in the south. Even
), ually, in the year 1869, the movemer
= rather suddenly collapsed, altho thel
9 have been sporadic outbreaks Of tt
!. same sort since that date.
!, "You will observe, said Holme
2 laying down the volume, 6 that the SUI
g den breaking up Of the society was c
q incident with the disappearance (
> Openshaw, from America with their p
3 lpers. It may well have been cause an
g effect. It is no wonder that he and h
@ family have some Of the more implac
y BILE spirits upon their track. You can u,
l. Ederstand that this register and diary me
y duplicate some Of the first men in tt
d tSouth, and that there may be many wi
: :. will not sleep easy at night until lit it
8 ssThen the page we have seen
9 rs such as we might expect. It "a
# sif / remember right, I sent the pips !
+, Ia. B.. and 9, that is, sent the $
It Eciety's warming to them. Then the
q are successive entries that A and
is Ecleared, or left the country, and final
8, that @ was visited, with, !. fear, q 81
# lister result for @. Well; i think, 20
10 !tor, that we may let some light IN
D this dark place, and q believe that e
d, only chance young Openshaw has int
r. meantime is to- do what I have told hi
70 There lis nothing more to- be :saidsor
n be done tonight, so hand me oyer n
id vi0lin and 1ef liz try to forget for ha