New-York tribune., 1907-04-14

sumo that She must have had some strong motive
Tor leaving house at that time of night and doing
the apparently purpOselesS things that she dit do
We don't know this motive from these facts-Ue
only know there was motive
Now, when you and Mr. Hatch were TALKING 10
Mrs Dillingham;, a woman entered the room Mr.
Hatch recognized her immediately as the woman IN
the automobile. Everything Indicated that She was
an intimate friend of Mrs DIllInghams S. Ue pass
on TO the point where Mr. Hatch found tha. Ia-ges
Campbell arrived at the ball early went away again.
then returned after eleven O'Clock. Mr. Hatch
wanted TO know why he left, and went to his home
to inquire Campbell's sister met him there She
was the he had met in the autoalo bile
So have Campbell leaving the ball IuIuc.. .elv
after the theft say, and his sister running
away from her home sometime betWeen u,ne-
thirty and eleven and secreting herself an autos
mobile
Why: ] have said Mr. Mallory that ir -.aa-
tion-the ability to bridge gaps ternporarilv- The
most essential part of the logical mind. Now Il we
imagine that Campbell stole the necklace. that he
went home. that his sister found it out thai there
was some sort of scene which terminated in her lt
with the necklace We account for absolurey every
incident preceding and following Mr. Hatch --r. Al
at the Dillingham; place
Il have made inquiries. The Campbells are worth,
not thousands, but millions Therefore, the oues-
ton Why should Hawes Campbell steal necklace:
The answer, kleptomania- And again, 1t was known
the sister who tired in her manner to re---n
the stolen property and avoid the scandal When
She was in the automobile, she TRYING to
collect her thOughtS-tTVIng TO invent q way 10
return the necklace. II the merest chance that
Mr. Hatch happened to get into that particular
vehicle.
Now, we come 10 the most difficult part Tie
problem. and The Thinking Machine droppel back
still further into the cavernous depths of his CHAIR
What would a frightened, perhaps hysterica. .01-
do with that necklace: From the fact thai has
not been returned know that she didn't venture
into the house with 1t. and leave il casually any
one Of a hundred places where it might have been
discovered without danger 10 herself. Yet c..~v-
thing indicates that she had II while IN The cab.
The obvious thing which suggests itself IS thar She
hid 1t IN the cab, intending 70 regain possess 20 IT
II later and return it, Now that cab nurlte- vas
S60OIQ. Strangely enough, after Mr. Hatch lrt he
cab II seems 70 have disappeared The chan eur,
John k1lraln, has another cab number now, IS
that Is auto cab No SoooIo was made 10 dIsa--
by the simple act OF turning the number board
upside down giving US 6IooQS
Well, by George, exclaimed Detective Ma
No mere words would convey the reporters as n
lshment. he gaSped
Now, continued The Thinking Machine at,.- T.
moment, there are two reasons both good
auto cab number SoooIo should have disappea-
The vital one II me IS that kIlraiu
cred the necklace inside and kept it, the other
that he was threatened with arrest by the police
man Who took hlS number for speeding. and TO
a fine disguised the identity of his cab. There
one or two other possibilities; but If the neck.--
lSn found IN the automobile, / should advise
arrest, but a close watch kIlraIn. both az
home and IN his intercourse with other Chauttcu--
at The various cab stands
There was a rap at the door, and Martha appeared
Did YOU want automobile sir.
We II pe TlSht out. returned the scientist.
And So 1t came about that The Thinking Machine
Detective Mallory, and Hutchinson Hatch searched
the very vitals of auto cab No Sooo1o temporarily
masquerading No. o1o6oS. while kiran stood
by in perturbed amazeuent. At the end he was
allowed 10 go
Remember, please. what ! advised YOU 70 do
The Thinking Machine reminded Detective Mallory.
With eyes that heavy with sleep Hutchin-
son Hatch cravlcd our OF bed and answered the
insistent ringing of his telephone The Grabbed