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

| G clock this evening. Until then
should like to keep this photograp h.
found in the dead mans pocket. It Is
possible that / may have to ask your
, company and assistance upon a Sma II
expedition which VIII have to be I'M
dertaken at night. if my chain of rea-
soning should prove to he correct. Tn
/ til then, goodbye and good luck
SherlOcE Holmes and I walked to-
ECther 10 the High street. where We
stopped at the shop OF Harding Broth
crS, whence the bust had been puT-
| chased. y young assistant informed
us that Mr. Harding would be. absent
until afternoon. and that he was him
! self newcomer. who could give us no
Information Holmes face showed his
disappointment and annoyance.
wei. well. we can't expect TO have
it all our own way. Watson" he said.
at last. We must come back i'm the
afternoon, = MT Harding will not he
here until then. ! am as YOU have no
doubt SUTmised. endeavOring to trace
these bUSts to their source. in order to
find II there Is not something peculiar
which may account for their remark
bic fate. Let us make for Mr.. Morse
Hudson. Of the Remington Road and
see if ne can throw any light upon the
problem"
4 drive Of an hour brought us to
the picture dealers establishment. He
face and d DeDpery manner.
Yes. sir On my very counter. sir. e"
SAID he What We pay rates and taxes
for 1 don't know. when any ruffian can
come in ana break ones goods. Yes.
SiT. il was | who sold Dr. Barnicot his
two statues. DisSTaCeful. sir, \ Min
Hist niot-that's what l make it. No
one but an anarchist would go about
breaking statues Red republicans
that's what I call EN-. Who did ! get
the statues from? / don't see what
that has to do with it. Well. if you
really want to know. / got them from
Gelder&CO..in Church street Stepney.
They are a well known house in the
trade, and have been this twenty years.
How many had L Three-tWO and one
are three-tWo Of Dr. Barnicot'S.. and
one smashed III broad daylight on my
own counter. Do I know that photo
graph? No. | don't Yes. ! do though.
Why. it's BeDpo. He was a kind Of
Italian piece-work man. who made him.
self useful in the shop. He
gould carve a bit and gid and
frame. and Go odd Jobs The
fellow left me last week, and I've heard
nothing of him since No. don't know
where he came from nor where he went
to had nothing against him while
he was here. He was gone two days
before the bust MAS smashed
We'll. that's all we could reasona bly,
expect from Morse hudson SAID
Holmes. a. We emerged from the shop
I'VE have this Beppo as common
factor, both in Remington and in
Kensington, so that = worth a ten
mile drive Now, Watson. let Us make
for Geider & Co. Of Stcpney. the source
and origin Of the busts / shall be
surprised II we don't get some help
FdoWn there. -.
/ In rapid succession we passed
through the fringe of fashionable Lon
I don. hotel London, theatrical London.
literary London. commercial London
and, finally. maritime London, till we
( came to a riverside city of a hundred
/ thousand souls. where the tenement
! houses Swelter and reek with the out
| casts Of Europe Here. in a broad
! thorouShfarc. once the abode OF
wealthy city merchants. we found the
! sculpture works for which We searched.
/ Outside was a conSidcra BILE ward fun OF
monumental masonry Inside was a
! large room in which fifty workers were
/ carving or moulding The MANAGE. "A
! big blonde German. received us ciVilIy.
! and gave clear answer TO all Holmes
! questions. 4 reference to his books
3 showed that hundreds of casts had been
1 taken from marble copy Of DeVjUa'S
! head Of Napoleon but that the three
! which had been sent to Morse Hudson
/ q year or 50 before had been half OF n
/ batch of six, the other three being sent
! to Harding Brothers, of kenSiuEtOn-
I There was no reason why those six
| should be different to any of the other
! casts He could suggest no possible
. cause why anyone should wish To de-