New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-05-30

Them go singing up the street. men
sank back into my chair and thought
lgain of Godfrey's theory. It seeme4
/ to fit the case precisely, point by point
| -even-and I started at the thought
/ % Miss Holidays reticence as to her
| whereabouts the afternoon before. The
whole mystery lay plain before me. In
some way she had discovered the ex-
| silence of her half sister, had secured
i her address; she had gone to visit her
i md had found her away from home
I t was probable. even, that the half
sister had written her. asking her to
| .onle-though, in that case, why had
The not remained at home to receive
| Ter? At any rate, Miss Holiday had
! awaited her return. had noticed her
| agitation; had, perhaps, even seen GER
:ain marks of blood upon her The
news of her fathers death had pointed
| Ill too clearly to what that agitation
! md those blood spots meant. She had
! iemained silent that she might not be
f., imirch her fathers name. and also,
! perhaps, that she might protect the
,ther woman. felt that held in my
land the key to the whole problem.
| Point by point-but what a snarl it
vas! That there would be vigorous
search for the other woman I could
aot doubt, but she had long start and
should easily escape. Yet perhaps she
lad not started She must have re-
NAMED IN town, else how could that
lote have been sent tn US? She had re-
! NAMED, then-but why? That she
should feel any affection for Frances
Holiday seemed absurd, and yet how
Else explain the note?
I felt that was getting tangled up.
n the snari again. There seemed nc
limit to its intricacies: so, in very de-
spair, put the matter from me as
completely as 1 could and went to-
bed.
The mornings Record attested the
ruth Of Rankin's prophecy. had
grown famous in a night, for Godfrey
nad in measure made me responsible
for his theory. describing me with a
wealth of adjectives which l blush te
remember and which I have even yet
not quite forgiven him. smiled as I
read the first lines:
| A Record representative had the pleas
/ Ire yesterday evening of dining with Mr..
| Warwick Lester, the brilliant young at
orney who achieved such remarkab BILE
! f1ctory before Coroner Goldberg yester-
| lay afternoon in the hearing of the Ho1-
| aday case, and, OF course, took occasion
% discuss with him the latest develop
nents of this extraordinary crime. Mr.
/ Lester agreed with the Record in a the
| Try which is the only one that fits the
acts of the case and completely and sat
sfactorily explains all it's ramifications.
The theory was then developed at
great length, and the article concluded
with the statement that the Record
vas assisting the police in strenuous
.ndeavor to find the guilty woman.
Now that the police knew in which
quarter to spread their net, had little
| ioubt that she would soon be found,
remaining in town
| Mr.. Graham and Mr.. Royce We're
boxing through the Record article
when reached the Office, and I ex-
| planned to them how the alleged inter-
REV had been secured. They laughed
together in appreciation of Godfrey's
ludacious enterprise.
/ 1T seems pretty strong theory
said our senior, I'm inclined to be-
ieye it myself"
pointed out how it explained Miss
Holidays reticence-her refusal to as
| list US in proving an alibi. Mr.. Royce
| nodded.
Precisely. AS Godfrey said, the the
Dry touches every point of the case.
According to the old police axiom, that
proves it's the right one'