Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-25
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fool the Dyes Of MEs. Missioner. even
for night Il IL hard enough TO get
the compact brilliance Of the diamond
IN small paste gem; Infinitely moro
dimcult II It to manufecturs . coun-
terfeit Maharanes. Britx knew that
whoever copied the cut and lust6r Of
that marvellous stone was an expert
OF high caliber. No faint simmer Of
glass could have availsd to deceive
Mrs. Missioner. Tho laboratory IRE
that gleamed from tho duplicate was
the work Of years Of experiment, and
only in Paris, Brita believed, wa the
art Of manufacturing paste gems suf-
ncfently developed TO bring forth .
satisfactory duplicate Of the Aahara-
nee.
Three weeks. at least, must elapse
before word would como from Logan.
The emissary sent abroad was himself
diamond expert Before entering
the Detective Buroan. he had been =
foreign agent Of the United States
Treasury Department. II tho dupli.
cate necklace was manufactured
abroad, Logan would ind the manu-
facturer without delay. Brftz had
faith in his man. and he waited I'M
patiently through three weeks OF tor.
ment for the first cablesram. It came
finally, and he opened II with nervous
fingers.
Missioner necklace manufactured
from drawings by three firms. Orig
inal never In possession Of manufac-
turers."
Britz let the telegram nutter TO the
door.
II knew IT," he burst forth. "They
wouldn't have dared to take the orig
fnal out OF the safe without immedi-
ately replacing 1t with the duplicate"
He picked up. the message ana
barst into the Chiefs room
Read it," he exclaimed
The Chiefs eyes drank in the
words, but his brain failed to grasp
their underlying meaning.
II don't see that this proves any.
thing" he remarked.
TT proves everything volleyed
Brtx. 1T proves that the thief was
clever draughtsman. It proves that
he spent weeks sketching the neck
lace, stone by stone. and It proves.
too. that he went 70 Paris to have the
duplicate made"
1T proves all that" agreed ths
Chief. But who had the opportunity
to sec the necklace = sufficient num-
Der OF times and long enough to make
the sketches1 Who but Miss Hol-
combr'
Il will md someone who had Al
most - good IN opportunity" Brits
returned confidently,
And II you do. Whist VIII It meant"
asked the Chief.
ut viii mean somstAinS to work
on" the detective said.
The next tw snty3our hours Drfts
spent In the quiet Of his home.
his mind focused on the prob
lem before him, trying to map out his
line OF procedure Plan after plan he
discarded - worthless. He could have
struck out blindly In the hope Of
stumbling on . trail. but that was not
Brits's method. Crime mysteries were
70 him scientific problems TO b solved
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went over the ground already covered.
and then swept the outlook with the
. keen searchlight Of his mind.
BY . process OF elimination he tT9ed
to aft the real thief from the group
Of suspects ON whom his mental Of
forts wsrs concentrated. He was un-
able to drag forth the culprit Then he
sought to discern the motive for the
crime In tho action Of each possible
criminal. but he could come to 10 sat
isiactory conclusion.
More information, more infofma-
ton 10 needed before tho real work
can besin!" he murmursd.
In his preocsupation he did not OBJ
serve the door opsn and the servant
show In . subordinate from Head
quarters. Not until the visitoe spoke