The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
The Man Who Disappeared
BY L, T. MEADE and DR. CL1FFoED HALIFAX

where around the premises. tba,
a systematic search or the on1t. oss1>
from roof 10 basement. Pick ara nol1
bar were ruthlessly applied SI,u uo7
were torn up and rafters cut tbpm,
closets and cupboar1s ransaclod d'op7I|
very backs Of tho old -fashionn,
places were torn ont. and the cSi.. .uT>
explored. At last Frost called |,nnnel1
s,aITs nntne e hevSered Was r@I"'ns against the ~
This is beyond me altogethor =
| tor" he said. There is absoI,,., Do
trace OF DIghys alive or dead
Look here. Frost" | said. ",b,s 81,
| has TO be worked out logically :, .mI
by left this house lac went up. do,au
| horizontally. lip is out OF the a1sl.,
II he disappeared In O balloon w.
shot off the roof he must have
seen by US. for the house was was
/ through the Gordon OF men. He IA
go down, for every cubic foot NJ y.
ment and cellar has been accountos n
as well as every cubic foot OF sna..
the house So we come to tho SSace cSe
change of matter. Dissipation in,a
| by heat. There are no furnaess
ashes. no gas cylinders. nor Sves
nor carbon points. The time wbsn
lost sight of him to the time OF cnir.
was exactly two hours and three- ots'
ters. II you come with me, | thirs
can throw some light on the prchIas
went down TO the laboratory az
followed by Frost. When We ,ea1<
the basement | pointed TO the rnessl<
with steel blocks and the great ns.
tank.
There is the explanation Of Dis,,<
disappearance ! said He IL ~!
Frost and we VIII never see hIs 49,
No Inquest can be held, for them
nothing to hold 1t on. The winds Il,
taken him and scattered him In dusi
the surrounding grounds. I arrived
my present conclusion by procss- !
elimination Into that tank which -
tained liquid air, DIgby, gagged n
bound. must have been placed violenuv
probably after he had given away \.
chart. Death would have been mas
tancous. and he would have been frst<
into complete solidlty In something N
forty minutes. The ordinary laborsts-
experiment IS to freeze q rabbit, VII
can then be powdered into mortar n
any other frIable stone, The operati.
: here has been the same, IT is only'
: question Of size. Remember we are ds,'
ing with 3l2 degrees below Farenka
That big machine over there Is a sta'
l breaker. and on the blocks Of steel
longing to it found this"
= | held up n test tube containing b:
liquid.
q other words. blood This fact tad
+ with the facts We already know. q
:. oulv other agent of destruction OF
q body, fire, is out OF the question: IN
= this tank is the receptacle OF that ana
: nous machine In making liquid air
very large quantities: and above all,
practical possibility OF the operation
ing conducted by the men who are
- present IN the house. afford me concl
i slve proof beyond possibility Of dor
= as to what has happened. The body
that unfortunate man Is as II II nss
" had been
you have proved your case. doctcI
said Frost, tetching n deep breath vi
n I had finished. ;'It Is by long odds 1
r. most extraordinary crime ] ever hes
Of. Well, there's nothing to do but q
Y. these parties along. and see If we ~
get something in the way OF cont
n sion out OF them"
II Before | left that awful house ma
;e arrangements to have Muriel sc1i
conveyed to n private hospital. u
= was done. and for many weeks she n
is cred between life and death. MeanHh
y. Mrs. Seattle. her brother and tnelr ee
s. ants were detained by the police. Il
u long run the negro servant weahsl
& and confessed his coml'lcity In the cyiE
I'd TO the extent Of fetching the sensel
Id body OF Diebv TO the laboratory. al
IS the latter had been drugsed. Throt
re the evidence given by this witness
ne the state the brother and sister y
ar convicted for Digby's murder. but oE
IS 10 the absence OF the murdered na
ed body. a technical plea by their las1
y resulted In a sentence OF imprisonm
G., for Iife. instead of capital punishms
Nj Senior Merello. however. managed TO q
p, NIT suicide in his cell at the Tor
elt prison the day before he was TO =
es been removed 10 Sing Sing penitenus
+ and his sister died within SIX mon
after she began serving her sentenee,
nt typhoid fever The chart for which n
se der had been committed never came
V light again. and 1t was supposed
- Mrs. Seattle had DESTROYED j rathe. Q
~, allow any one else TO benefit by the
Nv Nv formation It contained, ;.
u! IL Meanwhile MurieI grew better
a.. interested in her from the tirst
a., ago she became my wife. thinA
n,sS is happy. and know that the past
~ ceased 10 trouble her. | have long
{t come To regard her as the best
nc truest woman living.
ny
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