The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-19
THE HATRED
Of A WOMAN.
Detective Cronkitc Clears Up a
Mystery About a Preacher and
y. Another About a Murder.

so YOU reSaAmber. sir, asked Abe Cronk-
tie. -~receiviAgfOur Years ago an anonymous
letter which took you 70 task for your Sue
cessful conduct OF the Neames ejectment
case against the Bethany foundation
Judge Josiah blarceuus looked up with the
natural irritation Of a p~reoconpied mind.
1T is no more necessary for me to answer
than it as Tor youto ask, he replied, testify.
sOf course / don't remember; how. could /
accomplish all | do If my mind were clogged
with such trihes2 Please attend strictly
10 the matter in hand, Cronkite; the serious
charges which have been preferred against
nv old and esteemed friend, the Rev. DR.,
Eliphalet WyUkoh, OF attempting I'M
worthy means to be retained in his present
pastorate at an increased stipend
Bear with me, sir" persisted the detec-
tive, for that is just what am trying TO
do. That ANONYMOUS letter struck me as
unusual in several respects. l kept it.
Here it il. II is written by a enthusiast;
one who would, / should say, go to any
means to accomplish her ends. She de-
nouncc' you in the phrase and with the
vehemcnce Of the prophetic
-She?" asked the Judge, interested de-
spite himself, Il thought you said the letter
was anonymousY"
-Tha bitterest den,meiation is reserved
for tho Last. sir, added as an a~fterthought,
lenCtnwis, across the blank page. The
language shows education and culture.
Its eXcctitude shows age. The handwrit-
ing il primal INC careful with little or no
- 4--aa LWa1nnNW NhAR. ma
no idea that the postmark, knevals, could
ever have any Significance 10 you
"Ah. | see" interrupted the Judge,
sKneyals is the place where Horace Blythe
lives. the young clergyman who is 80 in
sistently and indiscreetly--I was almost
going 10 siy Inherently urged for DR.,
Wyckoh's plEPe. A curious coincidence,
Abe. nothing more; and really ! haven't
the time tDrspsculation.
EVEN the hack of the envelope shows
signs Of the business of the writer, 'Cronkite
went on uDheeding. Look along the
line. sir. where the flap was fastened, See
thgt fuzzy gray substance that still clngs
In bits here and thereY
This Is what the writer must have done.
She was not satisfied with the adhesive
guilty Of the gum on the flap, 30 she stuck
il down with mucilage Of her own; laid a
gray blotter over IL 10 dry IL, and then
placed n weight over tfat with the result
that particles OF the hlOtter stuck in the
uiucilage as il dried at the edges, leaving
what looks at first glance a mere soil or
smear
IAN right cried the Justly incensed
Judge. Il am perfectly willing TO admit
thst four years ago q iussy, precise and
cGntGaAerous oiG maid living IN knevals
sawft to write me thaS most disagreeable
letter. But what Of III Who cares how
she may or may not nave sealed iti'
This Of it," responded the detective,
taking a little stack Of letters from the
,iesk. Here s.s the letters, said TO be
written by DIR. Nyokoh in his own interest.
and purporting to be from various public
men and church dignitaries.
Look at them. cir, and see il you cannot
detect that each and every one Of them
was also Rummed together with mucilage,
dried with a gray blotter and then pressed
down by some weight like a heavy die
iionary, for instance, This ia proof enough
for me.
II l cared for handwriting tests, which
do not. ! should nave little dihiculty in
showing points Of similarity between these