The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-11-03
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, dead In his apartments near the hos.
pital early this morning. a knife OF
oriental design, Imbedded by the force
of terrific blow IN his breast, was
plainly the cause of his death. AS the
doors were all locked from within, the
first theory of the police was suicide,
but the angle at which the blow was
struck and the force with which IL was
delivered seem to suggest murder. pr.
Ranthan was said to be quiet and un-
assuming and without known enemies 80
That's enough" said Clarke. III
you read the whole story, IL will leave
nothing for me to tell. Here is the
case rs | saw It,
Ten years ago was serving as an
inferno in Bellevue. In this capacity
met DR.. John X. Ranthan. He inter
ested me at once: first because of his
immense stature-he was six feet five
and modelled in proportion--and next,
for the reason that he was pursuing
special work along lines that interested
senses.
We could not agree. however. He
was theorist. while he called me a
gross materialist."
when you have seen the things
that ! have seem he often roared out
to me in his thunderous voice. you
will believe. | have seen an Indian
yogi take tibia and materialize the
complete body, raiment and all. What
do you think of that?' bringing his
ponderous fist down on the table until
the windows ratified.
What would you say II you saw
me materialize from this skull the body
of her whose face forms the handle
what would you say TO that? Hal
- should like to see that. an
swered.
"'Ah, but you should have seen her
in the flesh, he resumed meditative
ly. God! but she was beautiful!
found her in the mission at Mus
soorie, but she was not born for the
hymn.singing trade Her father was
French, her mother a mountain maid
OF Gurhwal, and she had been up "a
Slmla once and seen life. When | told
her of the great world beyond. where
her bosom heaved and her eyes
flashed like those of the shetiger
that had taken that year toll OF q
hundred lives in the foothills. She
left the mission and the half-castC
Hindu who had dared lift his Cyel
toward her glorious self and came
with me-"
"'And them asked" continued
Clarke.
"'And then she died. For two shor
months | showed her in the Calcutts
bazaars. Paris. London, New York
were denied the light"
"a few days later bolted into Ran
than's apartments after n book he haC
promised me had not been accus
toned to knock, and as l opened ia,
loor I heard the unmistakablc swisl
: " skirts. and Ranthan stood hefor,
ne confused and sheepish. misse,
, he silver skull from the table.
, Pardon me, you are not alone
said
'No-yes-that Is, ] am alone, O
! course. The book is in that room
Just step right in
The next night ] was calling o.
Dr. Cartwright. whose rooms were d
rectly below Ranthan's. | had see
, Ranthan so up alone; in fact ] ha
, walked over from the hospital wit
? him. Soon we heard footsteps over
\ head, the heavy elephantine tread c
l Ranthan, and then the light patter c
p a pentler foot Through a faulty regis
b ter we heard, also, Ranthans steI
I torious voice alternated with swee
, coniralto. The conversation was in a
! unfamiliar tongue, but one aboundin
in beautiful intonations.
Gone over at once he sale
p Something's wrong with Ranthan.
\ heard the crash of falling bod
overhead. / can't raise him. BOT
his doors are locked
? Suicide, was the verdict OF th
police
; but Cartwright and both lHe'
] lthat Ranthan's hand nevsr GtrnGk III