The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

IN touch with all that was going on
at the police headquarters. In return
for the news which Lestrude would
bring Holmes was always ready to lis
ten with attention 20 thc details of al.v
case upon which the detective was eli
gagged, and was abb occasionally. with
out any active interference, TO give
some hint or suggestion drawn from
his own vast knowledge ana expert
oncc.
ON this particular evening Lestrade
had spoke of the weather and tho
Hewsp apers. Then he had faIer silent.
putting thoughtfUlly ut his cigar
Holmes looked keenIy at him.
Anything remarkable ON hand" u"
asked.
ooh, no Mr.. Understanding very
Particular
Then tell me about it,"
Lestrade laughed.
Well Mr.. Holmes, there is no use
denying that there is something ON my
mind. And yet it Is such AN absurd
business, that I hesitated to bother you
about it, on the other hand although
II Is trivial. il is undoubtedly queer
and / know that you have "A taste for
alI that is out of the common. But i'm
my opinion. it comes moro i'm Dr.. Wat
sons line than ours.
lDlStth~tA S<llu y
Madness. anyhow And a queer
madness. too. You wouldn't think
there WAS anyone living at this time of
day who had such hatred for NapoI-
con the First that he would break any
image of him that he could see
Holmes sank back in his chair.
That's no business of mine" said
he.
Exactly. That's what J said But
then, when the man commits burglary
in order To break images which are
not his own. that brings it away from
the doctor and on to the police
man"
Holmes sat W again.
Burglary, This is more interesting.
Let me hear the details"
LestradC took out his official note
book and refreshed his memory from
its pages.
The first case reported was four
days ago said ne. 1T wa; at tine shop
IF Morse Hudson, who has Il place for
ihr sale of pictures and statutes IN tac
Remington Road. The assistant had
le1t tn, front shop for an instant. when
ne heard a. crash. and hurrying i'm he
found plaster bust of NAPOLEON
which stood with several other works
4 art upon the counter. lyiuE shivercd
INT" fragments He rushed ont into the
road, but. although several passers-by
lie cleared that they had noticed a man
run out of the shop he could neither
zee anyone no. could he find any means
It identifying the rascal II SeeaIed 10
he one of those senSeless acts of Hoo
iigauISm which occur from time To- time
~nj il was reported to the conSti BILE on
thc beat as such. The plaster cast WAS
not worth more than "a few Shillings,
and the whole affair appeared to be
childish for any particular investiga-
ton.
"The second case. however. was
more serious. and also more singular.
II occurred only last night
Tin Remington Road, and within a
few hundred yards of Morse Hudson
shop. there lives a we'll known medical
uractItiouer. named Or. BaTuicot who
has one of the largest practices upon
the south side of the Thames. His
r.siIcrcc and principal consulting room
SIS ant Remington Road. but he has =
branch surg rN and diSpenS;rN at Los
'r RriXtoD Road. two miles away. This
Or BaTniCOt Is an enthusiastic almITrr
OF Napoleon and his house is full of
books. pictures. and relics of the
French emperor. Some little time ago
he purchased from Morse Hudson two
= duplicate plaster casts of the famous
he'd Of Napoleon by the Ficncn ScuIu-
ton. pcviUc one OF these he placed
i'm his hall i'm the house at Remington
Road and tho other on tho mantle
piece IF the surgery at Lower Erixtou.
Well when Or E2ruirot came down
his morning ne was astouiShel 10 find
tlat his house had been burgIcd dur
uE the night. but that nothing had
been taken save tho plaster head from
tho hall II had been carried out and
had been dashed saNaEoly against the
garden wall. undcI which it, SpluteTCd
frg EWeutS were discovered"
Holmes rubbed his hands
This is certainly very novel said
he.
Il thought IT would please You. But
7 have not got to tn" end Vet. Or
EarniCot was due at his surgery ct II
o'clock and YOU can imagine his amaze
ment when, ON arriving there. he found
that tho window had been opened i'm
the night and that the broken pieces
or his second bust were strewn all over
the room Il had been smashed To atoms
where il stood. In neither case were
there any signs which could give us q
clue as 10 the criminal or Iunatic who
had done the mischief. Now. AIR
Holmes. You have got the facts
They are singular, not To say gro
teSGUc. said Holmes. My / ask
whether the two busts smashed i'm DIT.
BaTuiruts rooms were the exact dupli-
Gates Of the one which was destroyed
in Morse EIUdson'S shop"
They were taken from the same
mould"
such "a Cact must tell against the
theory that the man who breaks them
Is influenced by any general hatred of
NAPOLEON Considering how many hun
drcdS of statues Of the great emperor
must exist IN London. il is too much "a
suppose such "a coincidence AS that a.
Fromiscuous iconocIast should chance
60 begin upon three specimens Of the
same bust"
Well, I thought as you do said
I"stTadc. "Ou the other hand. this
Morse Hudson is the purveyoT OF bU5tS
I'm that part OF London. and these three
were the only ones which had been
I'm his shop for years. SO, although, as
you say. there are many hundreds of
statues IN London. 10 Is very probable
that these three were the only ones III
that district Therefore "a local fan
attic would begin with them. What do
you think. DR.. WATSON
There are no limits to the POSSIBLE
ties OF monOmania.' I answered.
There rs the condition which the mod
ern French psychologists have called
the 'idec hNo,' which may be triflins- i'm
character. and accompanied nv com
pIetc sanity in every other way.
man who had read deeply about Ma
pOleon. or who had possibly received
some hereditary family injury through
the great war. might conceive bIv form,
such an idee hxe' and under its iDfIu-
euce be capable of any fantastic ont
rage"
THAT won't do. ny dear Watson d,
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