The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-20
By W. HOLT WHITE.

I train moved out OF me sldlloH WAS 10
open the bundle or papers. IL was
! three days since he had heard any
news OF the outside world, and he
was anxious 10 see TO what extent
he himself had supplied that outside
world with matter for conversation.
IL did not take him long TO ascer'
/ tain that. Every newspaper which he
opened contained column after col
umn pertaining 10 the amazing Jewel
/ theft from Lady Stapleton's. Inc
/ Daily Wireless had succeeded in oO'
| taining an interview from the old lady
| herself. and though she could not
throw much light on the subject, her
! theories we're distinctly interesting.
/ One passage on which his eye dweit
was as follows: The porch was so
constructed" Stapleton was re-
ported TO have said-"that no one
could possible have scaled It. Ana
/ II ladder. even light one, had been
used, the marks OF II must have been
/ imprinted on the gravel. which had
been freshly laid down that afternoon
and was soft and moist from the rain.
But there was not even footmark.
And here | may say that the use or
the front entrance had been forbidden
20 the household. because | wished
the new gravel To set. And there
were no visitors. Really. | cannot
~ N-stant the thiuG at all. | have
not YET heard OF burglary by balloon.
/ but that seems To me the only solu'
ton 10 the problem"
From this John turned to the equal
/ ly lengthy and far more exciting az
counts OF the communication which
! had been made 10 Scotland Yard con
corning the Whereabouts OF the pur-
j Joined jewels. Apparently not even
the influence of Mr. Jones-and
Strong felt perfectly sure that In such
q case he would have eXerted himself
F In his capacity OF King or Balkania-
} had prevented the news becoming
public property that the jewels were
| found In the exact spot which Scot
land Yards informant had pointed 10
and that. moreover. the body or an
unknown man had been found buried
several feet below the jewels them
/ selves
The affair too. Strong read. had
naturally aroused all the greater in.
terest because the jewels and the
( dead man were found on the property
OF the King OF Bahama. Indeed. the
/ fact that the supposed American mil
| lionaire. MIR. Montgomery Jones. was
In reality the Balkanian monarch In,
creased the sensation OF the hour ten
fold.
Though comment ON such a case
was. OF course impossible. there none
! the less ran through the newspapers
tone which suggested that even
monarchs may occasionally fall under
suspicion. So as Strong read he felt
that after all he had proved incon.
venient 10 Mr.. Montgomery Jones.
On arriving at Paddington Strong
took a hanson and drove down 10
! Conduit-st. where on the door OF o.
was a neat brass plate announcing
the fact that Mr.. Patrick OiGorman
had Offices on the first floor
On his private cards. neatly printed
on good pasteboard. Mr.. Patrick
OGorman described himself as detec
tive-inspector (pensioneq. late OF
Scotland Yard. His present business
he described as that OF private in
lquiry agent
Mr.. Patrick OGorman, indeed, was
one OF those prosperous-looking gen
tlemen, who having lived many la
borious years in the unearthing OF
crime. retire when practically IN the
prime OF life on an insufficient pen
sion TO make considerable fortunes by
adding a touch OF semi-official TO
nance to the domestic affairs OF the
well-to-do and sometimes distinguish
ed persons in need OF the assistance
of a first-class private detective.
In appearance, Mr. Patrick O'Gor
man was the ideal type or detective
inspector OF Scotland Yard. He was
large and plump and jolly and vel
groomed He had sun-tanned cheeks
a brown mustache turning grey. ano
humorous eyes that were decidedly
Irish in aspect. But then, indeed, Mr.
Patrick O'Gorman, as all the principa
officials OF Scotland Yard have ever
been. snd apparently always Will be
hailed from the Emerald Isle.
His own speciality had been foreign
Anarchists, and he had more than q
nodding acquaintance with good