The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-07

some indication as to where the docu-
ment has gone"
Why should he be missing?' asked
/ The European secretary. He would
take the letter to an embassy in Lon
/ dom AZ likely as not"
I fancy not These agents work
independently. and their relations with
the embassies are often strained
The prime minister nodden his ac-
quieScenCe.
I believe you are right. Mr.. Holmes
he would take SO vaIua bic a prize t.
headquarters with his own hands. ]
think that your course of action il an
excellent one Meanwhile. Hope. we
cannot neglect all our other duties on
account Of this one misfortune Should
there be any fresh developments du-
ring the day we shall communicate
with you, and you viii no doubt let
US know the result Of your own in
quiries-7
The two statesmen bowed and walked
graveIy from the room.
When our illuStriOus visitors had de-
parted Holmes lit his pipe in silence.
and sat for some time lost in the deep
est thought. 7 had opened the morning
paper and was Immersed In 4 seusa-
Upual crime which had occurred i'm
London the night before when my
friend gave am exclamation. sDrauE to
his feet and laid his pipe down upon
the mautelpiece.
Yes" said he. there Is no better
way Of approaching It. The situation
Is desperate but not hopeless. Even
now. If we could be sure which of them
has taken it. it is just possible that
II has not Vet passed out of his hands.
After all. it Is question of money
with these fellows, and I have the
British treasury behind me If it's on
the market I'll buy tiff II means an
other penny on the income tax It is
conceivable that the fellow might hold
it 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 Rothiere and
Eduardo Lucas. l viii see each of
them"
I glanced at my morning paper
Is that Eduardo Lucas of Godolphin
street,"
Yes"
You viii not see him"
why not2"
He was murdered I'm his house last
night"
My friend has so often astoufshed
me in the course of our adventures
that it WAS with z sense Of exuItation
astonished him. He stared in amaze
meTu. ana then Snatched the paper
from my hands. This was the para
graph which I had been engaged in
reading when he rose from his chair.
y crime OF mysterious character was
committed last night DIT I5 GOdoIDhlu
street, one of the UlQ-IaShiOned and Sc
cluded rows of eighteenth century houses
which lie between the river and the 4 b.
Dey. almost in the shadow of the great
tower Of the houses of parliament This
small but select mansion has been iuhab-
tied for some years by Mr.. Eduardo LII
cas-, well known IN society circles both
on account of his charming personality
and because he has the Wcll-deScTvpd
reputation of being ono of The best anna
teur teuOTS I'm the country. Mr.. Lucas
Is aG unmarried man. 81 wears of age
and his eStdb ishmcut consists of Mrs
PriHgIo, an elderly. hUuSekeeper- and of
Milton his valet The former rctireS
early and sleeps at She TOP of the house
The valet was ont for the evening visit
ing a friend at Hammcrsmitb From 20
% clock onward Nj Lucas had the house
To- himself what occurred during that
time has not yet TRANSFERRED nut at =
quarter TO u Police Constable Barrett
Passing along GodoiphiH street. observed
that the door Of No IS was aiar He
Knocked but received no answer. Per
CelVIug q light IN the front room. he adj
yanced into the PASSAGE and again
Knocked. but without reply. He then
pushed open the door and entered The
room was I'm state of wild disorder the
furniture being all swept To- one side and
one chair lying on its back in the center.
Beside this chair and Still gTdSDiug one
Of its legs lay the unfortunate tenant
OF TIE house Vie had been sta bhed TO
the heart and must have died Instantly
Inc knife with which the crime had been
committed "dS a curved Indian dagger.
pluckrG down from trophy of Oriental
arms which adorned one of the walls
Robbery does Hgt appear 10 have been
Hrsv-s Ia.
Hycu uD attempt GO remove the valuable
contents pf Ih~ room Mr.. Eduardo LII
cas- Was 80 wei known and popular that
Gis violent and mysterious fate will
arouse painful interest and inteIfss. SYM
pathy iH d widespread circle Of friends.
Welt. Watson, what 90 you make
of this asked Holmes, after long
pause.
ia is All amazing coincidence"
a coincidence, Here is one Of the
three men whom We had named as
possible actors in this drama and he
meets a violent death during the very
hours when we know that that drama
was being enacted The odds are
enormous against its being coincidence.
No figures could express them. No.
my dear Watson. the two events are
connected-must be connected. It is
for us TO find the connection
But now the official police must
know all
Not at all They know all they see
at Godolphin street They knOw-and
shall know-nothing of Whitehall Ter
race. only we know Of both events,
and can trace the relation between
them. There is one obvious point whit
would. ia any case, have turned my
suspicious against Lucas. GodoIphin
street, Westminster, is only a few