Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-05

you will perceive" continued my
friend, spreading out the paper upon the
table before us, that this drawing gives
the idea Of a firm and fixed hold. There
is no slipping apparent. Each finger has
retained-possibly until the death of the
v!ctim-the fearful grasp by which it
originally imbedded itself. Attempt now,
to place all your fingers, at the same
time, in the respective impressions as you
see them"
made the attempt in vain.
This" 1 said, lis the mark of no hui
man hand"
Read now" replied Dupin. this pass
age from Cuvier.'
1t was a minute anatomical and gen.
orally descriptive account of the large
ourang-outang of the East Indian islands.
The gigantic stature, the prodigious
strength and activity, the wild ferocity,
and the initiative propensities Of these
huge apes are sufficiently well known to
ALL 1 understood the full horrors of the
murder at once.
1.-THE description said I, as 1 made an
end of the reading, sis in exact accord
ance with your theory But 1 cannot
possibly comprehend the particulars of
this frightful mystery Besides. there
were two voices heard in contention, and
one of them was unquestionably the voice
of a Frenchman."
True; and you will remember an ex-
preston attributed almost unanimously,
by the evidence, to this voice-the express
sion Mon Dieu! This was an expression
of expostulation. Upon these two words,
therefore, l have mainly built my hopes
of a full solution of the riddle. A
Frenchman was cognizant of the murder.
1t is possible-indeed it is far more than
probable-that he was innocent of all par
ticipation in the bloody transactions. The
ourang-outang may have escaped from
him. He may have traced it to the cham
Der; but, under the agitating circum-
stances which ensued, he could never
have recaptured it. 1t is still at large.
will not pursue these guesses-for
have no right to call them more-since the
shades of reflection upon which they are
based are scarcely of sufficient depth TO
be appreciable by my own intellect Ii
the Frenchman in question is indeed, as
l suppose, innocent of this atrocity, tins
advertisement which I left last night up
on our return home at the once OF lie
Monde "a paper devoted to the shipping
interest, and much sought by sailors)
will bring him to our residence"
He handed me a paper. and read thus:
"CAUGHT-In the Bots de GoulognS,
\ early in the morning of the - inst.
(the morning of the murder, very
large. tawny ourang-outang or the
Bornese species. The owner (who Is
ascertained TO be sailor, belonging 10
a Maltese vesseD may have the ami
NAL again, upon Identifying 1t salts
factorily, and paying a few charges
arising from its capture and keeping.
Call at No. -, Rue -, Fauloourg ST.
German"
i'How was it possible" I asked, that
YOU should know the man to be sailor
and belonging to a Maltese vessel?
'.I do NOT know it, said Dupin. 1
am not SURE of it. Here. however, Is
a small piece of ribbon, which, from It's
form and from its greasy appearance
has evidently been used in tying the hair
in one of those long queues OF whlch san
ors are so fond. Moreover, this Knot is
one which few besides sailors can tie, ana
is peculiar to the Maltese. picked the
ribbon lp at the foot of the lightning
rod. Now if, after all, am wrong In
my induction from this ribbon that the