Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14
T 7t1EP{,AcK MOT0RCAR~ 70
- By 1App1s RApIAND C,ouriO1t oo. -, CS3Ija1baSS-go
Copyright 1905 by GWDillineham CO

DO you remember the murder of Lord Over
cnte! the detective continued "and the story
OF William Jordison?''
The mans face Frightened. He slowly grasp
ed the situation. The reference to the motor
became clear to him.
Ten thousand pounds" was all that he could
gasp out.
"Yes," Kennedy replied. "and half Of IL is
yours # you will keep your mouth shut If you
don't, neither Of us will touch a penny The
clue IS certain one. Jordison used TO be chair
man Of Jacquart ct Gle. II only remains for us
to follow the clue up. This is a great, mark
you great discovery. But keep your mouth
shut: Are you married."
Yes, sir"
We'll, don't tell your wife anything. Now
let's have another look around"
In less than week the whole affair was for
gotten Had II occurred two months earlier half
England would have attributed it to Jordison
and his servants, and thousands would have
rushed to the spot in the hope of ferreting out
some clue. But now it fell fiat on a nation that
was exhausting all its energies on the fiscal ques-
ton.
Only Kennedy and the silent, stolid policeman
OF Warley Dale knew the truth. The one quietly
followed up the clue that chance had given him.
The other went his daily rounds and kept his
mouth shut.
But before another fortnight had passed the
Duke of Barstowes castle in SoDlersetshire was
and the famous Barstowe tiara stolen No trace
was found of the thieves. but Kennedy took up
the broken thread of his clue again and started
on fresh trail.
The very next week the safe of the Welsh Ma
tional Bank of Bangor was blown omen with
dynamite and several hundred pounds in gold
were taken. Again the thieves got clear with
their booty and again Kennedy took up the
fresh scent.
During the next month another bank was
broken into, and there were five great jewel rob-
berries in different parts of England and Scot
land One of them took place in Inverness. and
another in Sussex, within twenty-four hours of
each other, SO that it was clear, If the two were
the work of the same gang of thieves, that they
had at their command some very rapid means
Of transit. In all these instances the criminals
got clear away with their spoil, and left no clue
behind them.
1t was then that the crime investigator of
hafpenny morning paper wrote special article
for his journal. The article was headed, "Has
Jordison Come to Life Again?" and it set forth
reasonable theory that all these robberies were
the work of one gang of thieves, and that in all
probability Jordison and his accomplices were
responsible for the bulk Of them
Kennedy saw that the game was up, and that
the results of his own patient researches were
in the hands of every fool in the United King
dom. He resolved to make what he could out of
his information.
One morning he called at the office of a great
evening paper and left there with substantial
check in his pocket. That very evening pos.
ters fared out all over London with Authentic
News of Jordison," and the first real evidence
against this determined criminal appeared in
print.
Arthur Home had taken no part whatever in
the general search for William Jordison. For
reasons which we're known only to himself he
had desire to ever meet the man again.
Day and night he had loaded revolver ready
to his hand, for this was the only answer he
was prepared to give to any of Jordson's ques
tions.
But, in any case Holme had been too busy
to play the part of an amateur detective The
commission on the oyster-fisheries had occupied
four months, and had been brought to salts
factory conclusion. The infected oysters had
been traced to three pans in one village The
creeks had been declared free of sewage, and rig
orous methods had been instituted by which all
danger of future contamination would be
avoided.
Then one March evening news was brought to
him which sent him post haste to Heatherstone
Hall, and converted the case of William Jordison
from an abstract problem into personal mat
ter.
The black motor car had been seen for the
first time since the destruction Of the Red
House, and not only had it been seen, but it had
been seen in Essex. And that very same day
Lady Agnes Cliffe had gone out for walk in
the park, and had never returned to Heather
stone Hail.