The daily Alaskan., 1905-08-21
JAMES HOPE,
 INSPECTOR
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 lady swung herself on thD step and dis appeared among the crowd. The bank CT lived long enough Co say that she was young and handsome woman. richly attlred. and that she had large brown eyes. She had moi robbcd him. nor could be tell why she had sought hls death. She sat near him. blt they hnd not spoken @ word when she sud denly drew a dagger and pluncl t Into hls side. Fifty different p"7.'- saw the young woman leave the oEIEi bus. but five minutes later when thc alarm was given. nn one could say in which direction she baj dIslUpClrd
 Evgr .l his dying hour, as was after w d rsCertarucl. the banker lad lied NIaug years previously and in another c'v Hc had wrongcd a trusting girl and lCft her Co die In shame and dis r-acc That girl had a sister, md the mur 1crcss of the omnibus vas un- dorrfply she The banker had two sons. both of them yourg men. One held a responsible position in large icwc.-v house. and the other was Just setting mp us a blrristcr The police thr-anf it would bc on easy matter Co llrck ~n G.a woman with thc brown ey, but .hcy found Co the contrary. She dIH -s' have haf an hours start of them. md yet they failed Co dis cover a trace. For weeks and weeks they were looking frg H- -vn eyed wo- men and keeping thg0 "-'7r survcil- lance. hut nothing rlu ~T .
 One day three monthv .s.r y'ra; woman who spoke French fa..." E... ! but who was undoubtedly I1CliSh, call ed at a icwclry house in Boul street and looked at a I0t of v7'ual'c 'c gems and asked that they Do sent Co her rooms at certain hotel at a certain hour. She would then pay for what she finally sclcctci. 1t vas thc l1usc ln ! which Che bankers son was oT ployed. and De was selected tp go u.th the val u7hlcs He reached thC hotel, was con. drctcd Co the lady's rooms md two | hours later was fouul lead there. Ue had also been stabbed. As nor of Inc gems had lcyn t-r.a a.' ar tt, wou. an had mvstCriously dIsaUpr 'rei it WIS s-t down aa 0 rs~ rf rsvcnge. According Co thc cIgra gai the r'rvants of ,rc r.,gI n.n s.... O. large brown eyes uul bcr general lcscrip. ton fttcd that ot uic woman of the l cab.
 At thls time two events happened in the life of Inspector Hope. IIe was given the cnsc of thc brown eyed wom- an to work out. and h's wife had par
 tlal stroke of paralysis and engaged a young woman Co act Rs nurse and com panion. She had advertised. and in an- swcr came a stranger who knew a good deal about nursing and who brought ! the very best or characters. Inspector Hope saw and talked with her himself and was pleased to find her Intelligent and anxious Co please She freely an- swercd an questions and took the place on probation. The inspector was to write tO certain parties In regard Co her recommends. When two weeks had passed she asked lf he had written. He ! had not. His wife was so well pleased with her nurse that he decided Co take | chances.
 For five weeks tho nurse never left the house. and for Eve weeks Inspect. or Hope brought an his luck, logic and ncumen Co boar on the last mus- der case. but be made no progress. He was in despair, hut still at work, feel inr that hIs reputation wns at stake, when a third mysterious murder was committed The son Of the banker who was In Jaw had received as a client one afternoon a young and handsome woman wearing a half veil. She was In his office nn hour. During the first halr hour two people saw her there. No one knew when she de parted. but when a caller opened the door the young lawyer was found breathing his last. He had been stab. bed as his father and brother had been, and by the same dagger and the same hand. Again the murderess had disappeared and left no trace.
 As member of the family, almost, the nurse heard a great deal Of talk about the strange murders and seem cd interested Co an extent She knew how feryCHtly the inspector desired Co make a capture and was kind enough to hope that he would succeed. Two days after the murder Of the lawyer Mrs. Hope and the nurse went to the country for a two months stay, and the inspector set Co work as he never had before Spurred by the rewards offered. thousand detectives and constables were on the lookout for the woman with brown eyes. When six weeks had passed and their hrior had begun to cool Inspector Hope received word that his wlfe's nurse was strangely missing. He went down Co tbe farmhouse and found that such was the case. She had simply walked out Of the house in the evening and been swallowed up In the darkness.
 The inspector sat down and thought for an hour Then hc rose up and made a search of the baggage he woman had left behind. One simple thing betrayed the whole case to him. On plotting pad found in her trunk he found the addrcss of the lawyer as .f, t.H fn.tF.a Ff,n ..,.-,fsrr,r g1a hal