The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-23

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81 search from tie analy tlcal to the syt,..s
I'a'Y5n psec,e he continued u had from
the ,rst been to find the ssassitl
| tthe crime was Committed .ss ! nov deter
mined ftoI nsccrt AIN how, under the same
licircunstatices, i could commit such aE
crime, and leaye behind .n rl other cyl.
in@our3 posse Hso1.. ! be gati n ID de-5
tectiye stories, with all 4 he nvidity Of q
Western Union elegra PHI n, esseng GER
nndlof course read II, those BY GSn nan
11o iriial that there Is ~ novelty .ln3
|fcrl,no;I that crimes, like history, repeat
themselves; and that criininnls read and
copy others rethods, deeply Impressed ed
assassn was not Original, whom did he
copy r. 5. 5Sss ~
.was. While reading THE Sign Of the!
Four which t had procured NJ ~ he.P
lie Library, that madegtfe first discov,
crime therein l1nrr,iteu I, p z ~
3;er8that It at once attracted nXsat ten
}tion. The victim had npparently been !,
murdered without anyone llhying cit her
onterod room nst y RESPECT !
solve Might not this book, I said to-
myself, have suggested #to your fat hers
assassnSth course he pursued 4 g. l con;
% list ofEthe names OF persons 3 w,1 Q Z had
taken out thls'I book for = few months
5prior#t your father death fwas fully
aware that The chance Of my learning r "!
Ini In ifrst place. i reasoned that It was
not especially likely your athcr's muir
4ierer had read 4 The sign, }of the -Four
and in#the$ second place. even ~ ne had, 4
th is part s COPY of itY Notwithstand-
Ing this, however, II felt irnpelled 10 give
my synthetical theory fnir "a expert A
mental trial. wa 81 in formed.by a. IL
much read !, and givens5t the list ~, &, some 2,
twenty names OF persons " no had Dor.
jrowed the book during the time 7 mad
these twentyodd na'i =,
next step should 4 be. went carefully
over this chain OF reasoning Ink by
link. 4flnd g certain mur S e,
and have ado cd n his met NOD w as tne
asst stance at oil + from IT, II will be be-
cause my man Y has read this part culnr5
copy y OF this work; n therefore, may as
we'll assume at the start that among.
these twenty-odd names is tina, I q y the
!; maj want. Is there any posi- blllt y or
this crime having been committed bys q
woman D. was my n ext8 question, and my
was q I, ont .,s
1t out for the time bel a ccording
II set aside all the female names, which
cut s@my list down Z. o. teen Several =,
Of the applica nts fnd s Y, Inc
tcndant, copying them 81 from Il the 81 rs,
had done likew SO: SO T was obliged to
goE toathe Eregistrat ion clerk to. determine
this question sex and While I, sheT Ri,
c,nts-t hat u 81 of3nll but two 7 he reg
|istrar could 4 give mo ano in formation re-
gardlng Or e., NY: Kszzi;
had copied the names for me from appli;
l5catlon slips, he Informed me that u
would "a. back to her would sundo doubted
lyl find she had taken he two 5last-mell;
toned names irom the nslrs
ne lsiprls J'a Welt nor IS yv Rzz was
ascard- holder,a 81 IA sS5s 4 ~ $s E "
t.".I declded$to let tn ese two names rest
d while, and to give MY attention % me SI,e
others carefu delibera.ion : y,
could }not fail to be g. man OF mature
| jud gment and # extraord nary cunnlng:
proba bly, a man pa dole lite--T-ht ail
events. could safely say ne rwasa dxer
upon this assumption my list r was :2 |, re-
duced to ten .namos. But how should =
| further continue I this process Of eSolu-
sion This was the yhie g 1n ler
way, apart from personally making TIE =
gentlemen acquain lance, which SIl y d q
not then wish to do and tina I q was Is eto
:, 9opss In e. a they
| had read THE Sign Of the IFour.ifs.AI ms
4 was the course determined y 70 pulir' sue.
ssuIf YOU ask ms why ] 30 perslstently,
followed an ,lnyesti gat lon, a. successi ~
outcon1e. Of which anyone mus. rssosnlSff
| can only say tina III felt mpe!led 70 & :.
So. i Perhaps the Impulse was due 70 my
|hablt OF testing pa tiently and ! moro usniy
each theory which , nnabe nd
perhaps 1t was due to something ei Sc,
Cleopatra, perhaps eh, Doct Org? II don't
| know + determined however to thorough
i'made q careful list, SwlthSth assistance
az an attendant, OF ten books to ken. ~
each man. i've taken Just prior = ne 9
Sign Of the Fl Four. and e the othernl =
Just following maze ~ ~ p ,1ho,p
/ tbegnn to SEQ certain things Of interes a 3
We We worked upon 1t. AT length the whole
hundred titles we're spread "a pe1ores.il !, ];
make 1M Of I'll them. / purposcy reserved con
/ sidernt,on IS Of the BOOKS n borro wee AS py
4 Welt and Rizzi until the last, because. !
had been able to learn nothing o. e. tn men,
ana cons,deTea 5nere versions In tic list
ahs m ,Siom a'lttSu setisfy myself found
4 the { other eight exhibited mo system N ?
their reading One hGa read 6s n 19l ~
Which they were BORE elma,g , IN
d er Two Flags David ECopperfleld ,,,.IIh !, g
4 story.aof an African Farm, "a Study ", N
Scariet1, aThe Sign Of the -Four, The
Prisoner Of Zends The polly p ,na1s
~ ~ y d and ,Ideala This lis a. fair sample
az iH ( the other seven, Not 50. however
With Messrs. Weltz and Rlzzi.i3,S ne srcad I
\ TX" ofT these men mt once mpre ssed ms
4 as having. a purpose behind y s1
Totbo Continued ,ro-n'orrow,) j3}5,
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