Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-11

pertinent and pointing to 20 Photograph. i,
ITS the same man sti"'. only changed |
lot. II would be easy 10 prove IT, | |
suppose they took lii. BrrtilQl meas. !
urrmcnts az the mOrgUr and we've |
only to compare tlcm with ours |
They'd be the same. no matter how |
much he'd chHngcl."
And he had changed. indeed. The !
Johnson Of Tho prison Photograph was.
Of course. smooth shavcu: his face was
alert. lutr,liGcnt; there was no s:ar
ipon the temple. nor did the features
slow that subtle blUatiug Of long con.
tiuucl dissipation. Eut 1t was the
same undoubtedly II was die same.
There was no need 70 apply amy finer
tests.
81 remember him now" said Jones
looking from one photograph 10 thr
other. Every well. lie wHa a quiet
well behaved claIp: had been captain
of II little tramp. steamer, brli"vc. lie
had II perfect mania for Uui tiHg piece.
out Of newspapers and FASTING them
IN scrapbook. lie spent all his lei
cure time that way. oh. yes; | rcmcm.
Der. too. he tried to escape but his
pal went back on him and left him lay
In out yondcr 10y the wall. Ills pal
. was bud one. he was; hr got away
and I've often wondered what become
of him. Here he is"
lie swung open another cDmpart.
mcnt. ana found myself staring ut
Trcmainc!
Not until was quite near New York
did recover sufficiently from the
effects of this discovery to heed the
cry OF the train boy MS hc went through
the coaches with the evening papers.
"All about tn Edgcmcrc MURDER"
/ he was crying. and the name caught
my ear
"Edgcmerc." I repeated to myself.
"Edgcmcrc. I've heard that name
somewhere"
Then In flash remembered, and In
moment more the whole story Of the
tragedy of the night before the muir
der of Graham and the theft Of Mrs.
Dclroy's nccklacc-lny before me.
With what intensity of interest ! read
it can he easily imagined. was
shaken. nervous. horror stricken. That
there was some CONNECTION between
Ibis second tragedy and the one IN
suit fourteen ! did ~; don't. nrl |
read and rrrcnd tho details with the
greatest care. In The effort TO find
wnCrc that connection lay.
But II was impossible to sos how
Trcmalnc could he implicated IN the
Elcrmcrc mystery oven IN the lea {
dcgrec--hls alIbi was perfect. ON tho
other hand. tn evidence against Young
Drysdalc seemed complete In every
link. Certainly mnEc of the papers
dnubtcl his guilt AMI they handled bis
past career and his family history with
a mlnutcncys and freedom which must
have been most trying to his friends.
! Coroner IIc!lclhDvcr came r. for the
lions rharc Of plg,!gc-cvcry one agreed
that he had conducted the Ca.'c with
rare skin aal ucumcn. OF course the
Record had his photograph. rs well rs
tho'c Of his wife and six children. and
rs looked TT his round face fanclcl
|
saloon. InlItcd with pride and listening
appgovingly to the constant ringing
of the cash register. It's an IN wind
but certainly there was 10 denying
that he had handled the case adroitly.
Drysdulc, 1t appeared. had been lOdg-
; 81 In the jnil ut Babylon and stead
} tasty refused 10 make any statement
; or to explain his absclcc from the
house. mo reporters had been admit.
, ted to Edgcmcrc. though that fact did
not prevent two or three of them from
writing minute descriptions of the con.
/ dition of affairs there and publishing
interviews with the members of the
family. Marvellous accounts were Civ.
, en- of the exquisite beauty and i'm.
, mcnsc value of the missing necklace
and the Record published II drawing
1 of II from description by Tiffany"
{ We pulled into the station, und
, took a car down to my rooms, turning
this latest enigma over and over IN
my mind. lDoklng ut II from every an
: gle, trying IN vain To discover some
t fact that would implicatc Trcmainc
l \: my door | paused II moment, Then
crossed the hull and knocked NJ Tire
maine's door, Perhaps Ceclly had for
: given mo. and In an evenings talk
!, ought surely to he able 10 find on
something more.
But II was not Cccily. II was Ire
maine himself who opened 10 me.
l "Oh, Mr.. Lester" he cried. witt
Z hand Outstrctchcd, "how are youf
wanted to see you. I've been listcnlnl
,, for your step. You must join us her,
I this evening"
II shall he glad to-" ! said, return
!. ing his clasp, all my suspicious melt
q Ing away, reduced to absurdity NJ sigh
OF him. But why so particularly thi
u evening"
because we've planned little cele
!. bration. Cccily is going away
l. Going away"
"Yes-baci to 81, Pierre to get m.
=, house in order But I'll tell you nj din
II ner. It's to be served here in an houl
II You will Gomez"