Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14

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tor leaving house at that time of night and doing
the apparently purposeless things that she did do
We don't know this motive from these facts-we
only know there motive
Now, when you and Mr.. Hatch were talking to
Mrs. Dillingham;, woman entered the Mr..
Hatch recognized her Immediately the woman in
an intimate friend of Mrs Dillingham's So we pass
on to the point where Mr.. Hatch found that Halves
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. Campbells sister met him there. She
was the woman he had met in the automobile
So we have Campbell leaving the ball, Immediately
after the theft, say, and his sister running
away from her home sometime between nine
thirty and eleven, and secretng herself in auto
mobile
Why? 1 have said, Mr.. Mallory, that magma
tion-the ability to bridge gaps temporarily-s the
most essential part of the logical mind. Now if we
imagine that Campbell stole the necklace, that he
went home that his sister found it out, that there
some sort of scene which terminated in her flight
with the necklace account for absolutely every
incident preceding and following Mr.. Hatchs arrival
at the Dillingham; place
Il have made inquiries The Campbells are worth,
not thousands, but millions Therefore, the ques-
ton, Why should Halves Campbell steal necklacea
The answer, keptomana And again. it was known
to the sister, who tried in her manner return
the stolen property and avoid the scandal When
she was in the automobile, she trying to
collect her thoughts-trylng to invent way to
return the necklace. 1t the merest chance that
Mr.. Hatch happened to get into that particular
vehicle.
Now we come to the most difficult part of the
problem, and The Thinking Machine dropped back
still further into the depths of his chair.
What would frightened, perhaps hystercal, wom-
do with that necklace? From the fact that it has
not been returned, know that she didn't venture
into the house with it, and leave it casually in any
of hundred places where it might have been
discovered without danger to herself. Yet every
thing indicates that she had it while in the cab
The obvious thing which suggests itself is that she
hid it in the cab intending to regain possession Of
it later and return it. Now, that cab number was
S6ooIo Strangely enough, after Mr. Hatch left the
cab 1t seems to have disappeared The chauffeur,
John Kirain, has another cab number now 61o6o8
that is, auto cab No S69o1o made to disappear
by the simple act of turning the number board
upside down, giving us 6Io6o8.
We'll, by George!" exclaimed Detective Mallory.
No mere words would convey the reporters aston
ishment; he gasped.
Now, continued The Thinking Machine after
moment, there are two reasons both good, why
auto cab number S6ooIo should have disappeared
The vital one it to me, that Kilrain discov
cred the necklace inside and kept it, the other,
that he threatened with arrest by the police
man who took his number for speeding, and to avoid
fine disguised the identity of his cab. There are
two other possibilities; but if the necklace
isn't found in the automobile, l should advise not
arrest, but close watch on Kilrain, both at his
home and in his intercourse with other chauffeurs
at the various cab stands.
There was rap at the door, and Martha appeared
-" Did you want automobile, sir?'
We'll be right out returned the scientist.
And so it came about that The Thinking Machine
Detective Mallory, and Hutchinson Hatch searched
the very vtas of auto cab No s6oo1o, temporarily
masquerading No 6Io6oS, while Kilrain stood
by in perturbed amazement. At the end he was
allowed to go. U.--r
Remember, please, what advised you to do,
The Thinking Machine reminded Detective Mallory
With eyes that were heavy with sleep Hutchn-
Hatch crawed out of bed and answered the
insistent ringing of his telephone. The Grabbed
voice of The Thinking Machine the wire,
in a question.
If Miss Campbell anxious to return the
necklace that night, she couldn't have done better