The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-29
The Psychological
Detective

-xyrny was deeply immersed IN writing a
ar the chemical compositions OF va,
bacterial toxins and antitoxins, thing
r,;,b was as unfamiliar TO me as Kamchatka,
/ 60, ~ Kennedy as Broadway and Forty
y greet.
|,.uy . be remarked laying down mis- fountain
1, ggbtina his cigar for the huodredtb time,
-. ope thinks of how the modern criminal
4 4. opportunites The more astonishing it seems,
4 !. sey stick TO pistols. chloroform and prussic
4 ,s,u ihere is such splendid assortment OF
/ /, -sbods they might EMPLOY
n. 4 No, old man" I replied helplessly, ''un
- Nsesuse they haven I any imagination
Al Son I use them. What would become of
E'F,,s. il they did! How would you ever get a
a 1nms,ic news feature for the Star out of
4, ,bpcs Dotted line marks route taken by
yrm: cross indicates spot where anti-to1in
~ h!-ha! ha! moi mucn for the yellow jour
IA that. Craig.
4 I, ~ mind Walter. il would be the height OF
;,ri,ie--far more dramatic than sending
Eir.o a man. Any fool can shoot pistol or
Lirc,t. but it takes brains to be up 10 date.
IN r,Y be- So ~ ] admitted. and went on reading
.K,aredy scratched away diligently on his lee
4 ~, psrbaps a quarter of an hour later when
|srsr on our hall door sounded. Imagine my
~ o. opening the door to discover the slight
J what appeared TO be a most fascinating
4 hdy who was heavily yelled. She was in a
izOs bordering on hysterla, as even l, IN
q nv usual obtuseness. noticed
IN Professor Kennedy in;' she inquired anI-
|is, ma 'am, l replied, opening the door into
fsn Professor Kennedy Pray be seated he
IA presence OF lady in our apartment was
\ novelty that really | forgot to disappear,
|hssd myself sraightenIng the furniture and
Ea window TO allow the odor Of stale tobacco
y; .ane is Evelna Bisbee, she began. az
Mad Professor Kennedy. that YOU are an adept
E,s at the bottom Of difficult mysteries -
|lk hstter me, he said in acknowledgement
= vas so foolish TO tell you that''
A ihsnd who has heard OF the Kerr Parker
q. replied.
Il tea your pardon. interrupted 81 didn u
I n rtrudc. think I II 90 out. I'll be back
. bar or two w.
Et.e Mr Jamesou-it is Mr. Jameson is it
|ks.d in surprise.
|fh is possible ] wish you would stay and
" 1ory. | am told that you and Professor
~ always work together.
ns NY turn to be embarrassed by the com
|fn Fletcher of Great Neck 4" she explained,
4 M ne. ! believe Professor Kennedy has per.
great service for the Fletchers, though |
Ii
2 you with my case. in which | have small
y obtaining assistance unless you can help
X Professor Kennedy cannot solve it-well. ! m
,aoody can" She paused moment, then
40 doubt YOU have read Of the death OF
;iiaan the other day
4 tnnse We had. Who did not know that . Jim
she southern California oil msgnatc. had died
II d typhoid fever ri the private hospital
Sel where he had been taken from his magnifi,
|4'1neut on Riverside drive? Kennedy and !
|,sus;ed il at the time. Indeed we did know
. V gee death Of Jim Bishee But there was moth
Essous about II. 1t was Just typical IN al
endng' of the first decade Of the twentieth
great, artificial city-a lonely death OF
nd Tcad Of his ward. TOO, the beautiful Miss
II sS'oee. distant relation. As under the
ns room and her excitement, she raised her
~ seic very much interested in her.
F.ue @ Is somthing about my guardians death,
go 10 low and tremuous voice, that
4, s,n bear investigating. 1t may be only
:, .n,oohsh fears, bnt-but-I haven Z told this
ron @i now, except Mrs. Fletcher, My guardian
sgs Perhaps know, spent his summer at his
,1sJ r1'e az Bisbee Hall, New Jersey, from which
49, rather suddenly about week ago. The
''T T,t ne returned. his gardener fell sick OF
|s n. ,oal decided Mr.. Bisbec to return to the
Sae following day. Imagine his consterna-
mo & HI; valet stricken the very next morn
r,1s ase ne motorcd 10 New York Immediately,
sma 70 me at Newport, and together we
In, a. sPNlmeDt at tho Louis QuinZe,
80 na' was not to be the end of it. Ono after
IN. % servants ut Bisbce Hall were taken
as eaSe s'. !; until five of them were down. Then
E"M olow-Mr. Bisbce fell victim in New
Ia 0u. l have been spared, But who knows
|h yIses lses II will last? ] have been so fright
ana adEep eaten n meal in the apartment
Ia w. pack When ! am hungry ] simply
his%y holel-a different one every time. /
|hsn,lra any water except that which l have
Nsiry Vo'led IN my own room over q gas
nlnn lelants and germicides have been used
lstbo,;,;auu aud still ] don I feel safe, Even the
nt dss.ts aon remove my fears. With my
4 6Y IN pi, i had begun TO feel that possibly
| |a1s nm Ds, no This morning another servant
Ia ny rom the hall last week was taken
| " The nap.r Svstor pronounccs that typhoid, too
| psisns neAtI n. Is it just foolish fear! Why
Ne Halls rs to New York? Why didn t it stop
/hs by ns Snt ever saw living creature more
/Fsy S.of by an invisible deadly fear. In
&e absoIn,ane toward Kennedy, my own mind
a. s1iY any one you suspect of being tho cause
"a rrht Ne.u he asked. "I may as well
<-one raus aow that ] have already formed two
2 eyer,gySiiaaee,iy natural, the other diaboicai.
eeiag gII'"rs, free and clear, by his will, and
lllt ua. an informed by his lawyer, James
&igr Rm, ss" viii had been made. It is still
sber OF cba;t. ,ae remainder, instead OF going
isned. gost e"ari'ies in which he known TO
~ Mechanical Arts "sT of which rId M Mr 'n 6enny
cant help wondering about il
10 You yS ~ you wonder-at least what other rea-
smrs express thom Nayb. after all i4,s
W the nas.ye suiy intuition But often / have
real tpass lew days about this illness Of
Aud so vas so queer. He WAS always so
~ "how the rich don often nave