Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06

on to those VITO need it. What cAaace
have we now to ovrtaiSe or even to trace
it? It Is beyond our reach
The prime minister rose from the settee.
| What yeu say is perfectly logical. Mr..
| Holmes. | feed that the matter is .Wdeed
| out of our hands"
| "Lef us presume. for arguments sake.
| dhat the document was taken By the maid
or by the valet"
| They are both odd and tried servants"
Il understand you to say that your room
! Is on the second floor. that there Is no esa-
| trance from without. and that from within
| 10 one could go up unobserved. 1t must.
| then. be somebody in the house who has
| taken 1t. To whom would the thie( take it :
| To one OF several irterNationaa spies aad
| secret agents. whose names are toierably
famiiiar to me. There are three who may
| be said to be the heads Of this pro-
feseaon. l vii, begin my researof, by
| going round and finding If each OF them
| is at his post. Ii one is miss1ng-espeoially
| il he has disappeared since last might've
| will have some Indication 10 whsre the
| document has gone.
why should he be missingr' asked the
| European secretary. HE would take the
as not"
| II fancy not. These agents work indie
| peadntly, and their relations with the en-
| bassieS are often strained.
The prime minister, nodded his acQuieS-
/ ceNce
| II believe you are right. Mr.. Holmes He
would take valuable prize to head
| quarters with his own hands. L think that
| your course of action Is an excellent one.
| MEANWHILE. Hope we can not neglect all
| our other duties ON account OF this one
! misfortune Should there be any fresh de-
vedopmeutS during the day shall COM
| n,uncate with you and you will no doubt
| lei us know the results OF your own in
| QuiIes.
! The two statesmen bowed and walked
-gravedy from the room.
| When our illuStriouS visitors had de-
| parted Holmes lit his pipe in NleCce and
| sat for some time lost i'll tha deepest
| thought. l had opened the mornin. pager
and was immersed in a sensational crime
which had occurred in London the night
| before. when my friend gave an exdama-
| ton. sprang to his feet. and laid his pipe
down upon the mante]pjece.
Yes said he, there is no batter way OF
| approe ching it. The situation is deSpera te,
| but not hopeless. Even now. if could
| be sure which of them has taken it. 1t is
| just possible THAT it has not yet passed out
| OF shis hands. After ALL it is question OF
moneY with these fellows. and L have the
| British treasury behind me- If it's the
| market I'll buy tiff it means another
| that the fellow might hold 1t back to see
| what bids come from this side before he
| tries his luck on the other. There are only
those three capable OF playing so bold a
| game-there are Oberstein. La Rotaiere and
Eduardo Lucas. L will see each of them"
| l glanced at my morning paper
rs that Eduardo Lucas of Godoiphin
| street,"
| yes"
| ''You will not see him
| "Why not?'
HE was murdered In his house last
| night.
| My friend has so often astonished We in
| the. course of our adventures tha. IL was
| with a sense of exultation that L realized
+ how completely 1 had astonished him. He
| stared in amaZement, and then SAa tched the
| paper from my hands. This was the para
| graph which 1 had been engaged in reading
when he rose from his chair
MURDER IN WESTMINSTER
A crime of mysterious character was
committed last night at 16 Godolphin
street. one of the old-fashioned and Sc
cluded rows Of eighteenth century houses
which lie between the river and the
Abbey, almost in the shadow of the great
tower of the houses of parliament. This
small but select mansion has been inhab-
tied for some years by Mr. Eduardo Lucas.
well known in society circles both on ac-
count Of his charming personality and be-
cause he has the well-deserved reputation
of being one of the best amateur tenors In
the country. Mr.. Lucas is an unmarried
man, thirty-four years of age, and his es-
tablishment consists of Mrs. Prlngle, an
elderly housekeeper. and of Milton. his valet,
The former retireS early and sleeps at the
top of the house. The valet was out for
the evening, visiting a friend at Hammer
smith. From 10 o'clock onward Mr. Lucas
had the house to himself. What occurred
during that time has not yet transpired,
| but at a quarter to - Police Constable Bar
rett, passing along Godolphin street, OBJ
served that the door of No. Is was ajar.
He knocked. but received no answer. Per-
ceiving a light in the front room. he ad-
Vanced into the passage and again knocked
but without reply. He then pushed open
| the door and entered. The room was in a
state Of wild disorder the furniture being
all swept to side. and one chair lying
on its back in the center. Beside this
chair, and still grasping one of It's legs lay
the unfortunate tenant of the house He
had been stabbed to the heart and must
have died instantly. The knife with which
the crime had been committed was a curved
! Indian dagger. plucked down from tro-
| ply of oriental arms which adorn one of
| the walls Robbery does not appear to
| have been the motive of the crime, for there
| had been no attempt to remove the valuable
i contents of the room. Mr.. Eduardo Lucas
was so well known and popular that his
violent and mysterious fate will arouse
painful interest and intense sympathy in a
| widespread circle of friends
| well, Watson. what do you make of