Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-10

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anew with the mystery. found tw,
reports awaiting me at the Office. Mi
Royce had passed q good night ant
was better: the clerks who had spen
the afternoon before in visiting thu
stables had as vet discovered nothing
and were continuing their search.
I looked up time card of the Long
Island railroad and found that Mis-
Holidays coachman could not reacl
the city until $50; SO put on my ha
again. sought a secluded table at Wal
lacks, and over a cigar and stein OF
book drew up resume of the case
to clear the atmosphere, as it We're. Il
ran something like this:
March 49, Thursday. - Holiday fount
murdered; daughter drives to Wash
ington square.
March IA, Friday = Coroner's inquest
Miss Holiday released mysterious
note received.
March 16, Sunday.-Holladay buried.
March 10, Tuesday.-Will opened and pro-
hated.
March %, Friday.-Nfiss Holiday returns
from drive, bringing new maid with
her and discharges old one.
i Q1drCn %, Wives ORDERS LO
open summer house.
April l, Tuesday.-Asks for 100000.
April 2, Neutrality-suspicious. 1t.
April 8. Thursday.-Leaves home, osten-
sibly for Belair, in company with new
maid.
April H. Monday.-Butler reports her dis
appearance; Royce taken i'll; begin
my search
There I stopped The last entry
brought me up to date. There was
nothing more to add. But it seemed
impossible that all the developments
of this mystery should have taken only
month. For years, as it seemed to
me, had thought Of nothing else
I looked over the schedule again
carefully There was only one opening
that could see where it was possible
to begin work with the hope Of accom-
plishing anything. That was in the
very first entry. Miss Holiday had
driven to Washington square; she had,
l felt certain, visited her sister; must
discover the lodging Of this woman
Perhaps should also discover Frances
Holiday there. In any event, I should
have new point to work from.
The police had been over the ground,
/ knew. They had exhausted every re-
source in the effort to locate Mr.. Hol-
laday's mysterious visitor and had
found not trace of her. But that fact
did not discourage me, for hoped to
start my search with information
which the police had not possessed.
Brooks, the coachman, should be able
to tell me-
Recalled suddenly to remembrance
of him, looked at my watch and saw
that it was past his hour. l was pleas
ed to find him awaiting me when l
opened the Office door three minutes
later. had only few questions to
ask him.
"When your mistress left the car
rage the day you drove her to Wash
ington square did you notice which
street she took after she left the
square?"
Eyes, sir; she went on down West
Broadway"
"On which side?"
9Th left hand side, sir; tn east SIDE"
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get to that SIDE"
Eyes, sir; she did. I noticed per-
tic'lar, for l thought it funny she
shouldn't We let me drive her on down
tn street to wherever she was goin'.
it's dirty place along there, SIR
Eyes, know. When you drove her
out on the 2Sth-the day she brought
back the maid-wlere did she go?''
ITO Washington square again, sir"
"And left you waiting for herr"
Eyes, sir; Just tn same
cAnd went down the same streety
Eyes, sir; crossed to tn east side
Just tn same as tn time before"
"How long was she gone?'
"O7er an hour, sir; an hour an
half, should say"
did you nDtiee anything unusual in
her appearance when she came back?"
mo, sir; she was wearin' a heavy
veil. She had tn other woman with
her, an she just said 'Homev In kind
o hoarse voice as I helped them into
tn carriage"
That was all that he could tell me,
and yet felt that it would help me
greatly. In the first place. it narrowed
my investigations to the district lying
to the east of West Broadway, and
knew that the French quarter extended
only block or two in that direction. |
And, again, it gave me point to insist |
on in my inquiries-I knew the date
upon which the mysterious woman had |
left her lodging, Or at least. l knew
that it must be one Of two dates The
lodging had been vacated, then, either
on the 2Sth Of March or the Sd of April
AS last resource I had the photo
graph. was ready to begin my search
and dismissed Brooks, warning him 10
say nothing to any one about the mys-
terry.
AS passed out the door to the pave
ment happened to glance across the
way, and there, in the crowd of bro
kers who always line the street,
perceived Martigny. He was listening
lntently to one Of the brokers, who
was talking earnestly in his ear-tell-
ing him how to make his fortune, l
did not see me. For an
instant was tempted to cross to him
and get him out of danger. Then l
smiled at the absurdity of the thought.
It would take clever man to fleece
Martigny, and recalled his strong