The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-14

NNANS4 Is TIT runway VOol-OUllC9 WHCIG
Rouser was postmaster Lock Box ~,
TO which they were Addressed, was not
entered in the list OF boxholders You
yourself found large sum of money
in the post-ofice cash drawer that had
no business being there. Rouser HIM
self mysteriously disappeared when he
found that some one was on the trail
OF the yellow letters. And lastly, Rou-
ser and Young for weeks have been to-
gether most Of the time"
How did you learn thatp
Young, 1t seems" the inspector con-
tinued, is well known in Ardway, his
boyhood having been spent in the town.
His father was a well-to-do lawyer who
became addicted to drugs. His mother
died in the State asylum for the in
sane. The constable, Dodds, has known
him for many years. He went to Har-
ward and there was a classmate for q
while OF Crandall. He has been going
from. bad to worse, each time he re-
turned to Ardway on his periodic visits
seeming to be more and more addicted
TO morphine. His inheritance was spent
long ago and it has been a mystery to
every one where he got considerable
sums that he has had at times. With
all his faults, he has much magnetism
and a plausible tongue and makes
friends readily. So far as | can dis
cover, after he had concocted his plot
against Cen Parrish he had some diff
Guilty in obtaining satisfaction and tried
to enlist the aid of Crandall. Cfandall
went at once to Gen. Parrish and was
ordered out of the house. Crandall, de-
spite his treatment by the general, was
determined to solve the mystery, and for
months kept trock of Young, trying to
worm out the secret and render him
powerless. At times be gave Young
small sums, and for while, as | have
said, had him in his rooms One day
Young disappeared, taking with him
some jewelry of Cfandall's, and il was
only few days ago that Crandall sue
ceeded in finding him here in Ardway.
Young, having failed to blaelSmail Gen.
Parrish, tried to open up negotiations
for the sale of his documents through
Crandall. Crandall, of course, could
not communicate with Gen. Parrish, so
he called Katharine on the telephone
and made an appointment with her. Evil
IDENTIFY he explained the whole affair to
her, and when the negotiations failed il
was more than she could bear
That all seems logical" said, but
| fail TO see yet what connection there
IS between Gen. Parrish and old Andrew
Elser. Nor do see the connection be-
tween the suicide of the old woman in
the hotel at Ardway and the suicide Of
the young woman in the park lake, yet
in each of these cases there were yellozV
letters"
II do not see il myself, vet" said
Davis frankly, land yet / know II ex-
lists. ] know the hellish idea that drove
them all to death was planned by that
distorted brain inside the cottage there"
He was silent for several minutes as
he gazed at the rising sun, seemingly
absorbed in the glorious spectacle.
III hnd outP he said explosively
IN make him tell"
What are you going to dor" / asked.
How will you make him tell 2"
For answer-he took from the pocket
of his coat two sets Of thin steel cuffs,
one for the arms and the other for the
ankles, and stepped within the cottage.
/ followed wonderingly and watched
him as he turned Young over on his
face and. bringing his hands together
behind him, snapped on the cuffs. Ha
shackled his feet, too, and then, picking
up a stout rope, passed il between the
two sets Of shackles and around beam
in the side of the cottage wall, leaving
enough slack to permit the shackled'
man a small amount of liberty During
the whole operation Young hung limp
and apparently lifeless, still IN the drug
stupor, but as Davis finished his work
he began to talk incoherently
THE shaking up | gave him in fast
ching him up" said Davis, will bring
him to- He viii wake up in a few min
utes and then III find out everything
want to know. III make him tell I"
What are you going to do" gasped,
torture him!"
No" said the Inspector grimly as he
dragged a stool over near the couch and
placed on il hypodermic syringe he
had found in the cabin, and with II
morphine preparation.
He gagged the distance with his eye,
and moved the stool so that while It
would be in plain sight Of the shackled
man when he awoke, il would be utterly
impossible for him TO reach il.
He eyed his complete arrangements
with satisfaction.
NO" he said, "Im not going 10 tor