The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-03

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CONTINUED From Yesterday.)
at seemed to me that my sudden ap-
pearance might shake his nerves and
lead him to say something unguarded.
The Boots volunteered to show me the
room: 1t was on the second floor, ana
there was a small corridor leading up
to 1t. The Boots pointed out the door
to me. and was about to go down.
stairs again, when I saw something
that made me feel sickish, in spite OF
my twenty years experience. From
under the door there curled a little req
ribbon Of blood, which had
across the passage and formed a little
pool along the skirting at the other
side. I gave a cry, which brought the
Roots back. He nearly tainted when
he saw it. The door was locked on the
inside. but we put our shoulders to IL
and knocked 1t in. The window of the
room was open, n beside the window
ali huddled up, lay the body or a man
in his night-dress. He was quite dead
and had been for some time, Tor ms
limbs were rigid and cold. When we
turned him over, the Boots recognized
him at once as being the same gentle>
man who had engaged the room under
the name of Joseph Stangerson. the
cause of death was a deep stab in the
left side, which must have penetrated
the heart. And now comes the strang-
est part of the affair. What do you
suppose was above the murdered MANI:
felt a creeping of flesh, and a pre-
sentiment of coming horror, even be-
: fore Sherlock Holmes answered.
| The word 'Rache,' written In letters
3 of blood" he laid.
THAT was it," said Lestrade. In an
: awe-struck voice; and We were all
= silent for a while.
There was something so methodical
1 and so incomprehensible about the
deeds of this unknown assassin, that II
impaired a fresh ghastliness to MS
t crimes. My nerves, which were steady
enough on the field of battle, tingled as
a l thought of 1t.
1.-The man was seen," continued Les
trade. "a milkboy. passing on his waS
to the dairy, happened to walk dowr
f the lane which leads from the news al
: the back of the hotel. He noticed that
p a ladder, which usually lay there, was
: raised against one of the windows OF
the second floor, which was wide OPEN
After passing, he looked back and saw
a man descend the ladder. He came
} down so quietly and openly that this
1 boy imagined him to be some carpen-
\ ter or Joiner at work in the hotel. HI
4 took no particular notice of him. be-
4 yond thinking in his own mind that II
4 was early for him to be at work. He
4 has an impression that the man was
' tall, had q reddish face and wa
dressed in in a long, brownish coat
@ He must have stayed in the room some
|. little time after the murder, for we
t found blood stained water in the basin
: where he had washed his hands. and
I marks on the sheets where he had de
e liberately wiped his knife"
1 glanced at Holmes on hearing the
description of the murderer, which tai
n lied so exactly with his own. There
4, was however, no trace of exultation OF
+ satisfaction upon his face.
Did you find nothing in the room
which could furnish a clue to the muir
derer?' he asked.
Nothing. Stangerson had Drebber's
purse in his pocket, but it seems thai
: this was usual, as he did all the pay
4 ing. There was e~ighty-odd pounds II
/ it, but nothing had been taken. What
ever the motives of these extraordinary
, crimes, robbery is certainly not n OF
= them. There were no paper or mem
, oranda in the murdered mans pocket
! except a single telegram. dated from
, Cleveland about a month ago and con
l tanning the words, j. H. is in Europe.
! There was no name appended to this
, message"
And there was nothing else?'
: Holmes asked.
Nothing of any Importance. Th'
y --..J x,,skI x,1fa1L lA hod rnqF
himself to sleep, was lying Upon the
{ bed, and his pipe was on a chair beside
{ him. Their was a glass of water on the
9 table, and on the window sill a small
! chip ointment-box containing a couple
of pills"
Sherlock Holmes sprang from his
5 chair with an exclamation of delight.
"The last nnkl" he cried, exultantly
my case is complete"
The two detectives stared at him ir
amazement
81 have now in my hands," my com
s panion said, confidently, "all the
threads which nave formed UGH
tangle. There are, of course, details
r to be filled in, but 1 am as certain o.
all the main facts, from the time thai
Drebber parted from Stangerson at thu
e station, up to the discovery of the bod!
of the latter, as if I had seen then
with my W eyes. l will give you
3 proof of my knowledge. Could you lay
/ your hand Upon those pills?"
t II have them" said Lestrade, pro
ducing a small white box; II took then
Y and the purse and the telegram. In
o tending to have them put in a place o
8 safety at the police station. 1t was tho
: merest chance my taking these pills
for bound to say that I do not attaci
r any Importance to them"
e "Give them here" said Holmes
k Nov, doctor, turning to me, ARE thost
o ordinary pills?"
0 They certainly were not. They were
t of a pearly gray color, small. round
$ and almost transparent, against the
s light.
"From their lightness and trans
n parency, / should imagine that they
are soluble in water" I remarked.
k "Precisely So" answered Holmes
: Now would you mind going down and
9 fetching that poor little devil Of a ter
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