The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-08

brought poured the the top the safe
the hole. There it lay little mound of reddish
powder Kennedy took little powder of another kind
the other bottle and lighted it with match.
'Stand back--cose to the wall, he called rs he
dropped the burning mass on the red powder In two
three leaps nc joined at the far end of the ROOM
Almost instantly dazzling intense fame broke out,
and sizzled and cracked. With bated breath we
watched 1t was almost incredible bat that glowing
mass of powder seemed literally be sinking, sinking
right down into the cold steel In tense silence We
waited On the ceiling could still the reflection
Of the molten the cup which IT had burned for
itself in the top of the safe.
At last it fell through into the safefe the bum
ing roof of frame building would fall into the build
ing No one spoke word, but as cautiously pecred
over the top of the ustnctivey turned to Ken
nedv for explanation The central office man. with
eyes as big half dollars acted almost as If he would
have liked to clap the irons Kennedy. For there IN
the top the safe another hole smaller but identi-
cal in nature with the first
'sThermit, ~ al Kennedy said
''Thermit?' echoed Andrews, shifting the cigar
which be had allowed TO go out in the excitement
Eyes an invention of chemist named Godschmidt,
of Essen, Germany 1t is compound of IRON Oxide
such comes of blacksmith anvil or the rolls of
rolling mill and powdered metallic aluminium. You
copld thrust red-bo bar into IL without setting OIL
but when you light little magnesium powder and
drop ii themit combustion is started that quickly
reaches ffty-four hundred degrees Fahrenheit 1t has
the peculiar property Of concentrating its heat TO the
immediate
ate its way through the steel. Either black or red
thermit will do the trick equally we'll
No one said anything. There nothing to say.
Some one uncommouly clever. or instructed by
uncommonly clever, must have done that Job,
added Craig :'Wel. there is nothing to be done
here he added, after cursory look about the office
Mr.. Andrews. may have word with you9 Come
on, Jameson Good day, Mr.. Kahan. Good day, off
cer.'
Outside stopped for a moment at the door of An.
drews g car
II shall want TO see Mr. Morowitchs papers
home. " said Craig, and also to call Dr. Thornton
Do you think shall have any difficulty!
None at all - replied Mr. Andrews, none al all.
viii go with you myself and see that you have none
Say, Professor Kennedy he broke out, 'that
marvellous J. dreamed such thing possible.
But don You think you could have learned something
up there in the office by looking around'
''I did learn it, answered Kennedy :'The lock on
the door ntae-wboever did the job let himself in
by key. There is no other way to get IN
Andrews gave low whistle and GLANCED inyo1nG:
% sed the vHSsw s eor h n of
Don T look up, think that was Kahan 8 looking
%ondsr St n H he hs 1s I than 1 he S
He was the company, you know but his interest IN
the eo & 0Py n.y. Craig
We have still to SEQ Mrs. Morowitch and the doctor
before form any theories. -
ga very handsome woman. too, - said Andrews,
than Morowitch. Say Kahan ism i bad-lookng chap,
his partners house Well which first Mrs, NJ or the
'trhe house. answered Craig.
Mr.. Andrews introduced us to Mrs Morowiteh, who
not help noticing rather TO heighen than lessen her
beauty BY contrast it brought out the rich deep color
was altogether very attractive young widow.
She seemed to have a sort of fear OF Andrews.
whether merely because he represented the
company on which so much depended because there
were other reasons Tor fear could not Of course make
caught myself asking if it professional rather
than personal poiteness Remembering his stress
he died it suddenly flashed my mind that
where had read of detective who as his net was be
ominously polite toward the victim. know that An
drews suspected her Of close connection with the
No objection offered TO request to examine
Mr.. Morowitch personal effects in the library, and
cordugly Craig rnsaced the desk and the letter file
There was practically nothing to be discovered.
Had Mr.. Morowitch ever received any threats of
robbery'' asked Craig. as he stood before the desk.
'sNot that l know Of - replied Mrs Morowitca ''Of
every jeweler who carries large stock of da
monds must be careful, But don't think my husband
had any special reason to fear robbery. At least he
never said anything about It. Why do you ask?''
hint to the motives Of the robbery said Craig.
He was lingering one of those desk calendars which
have separate leaves for each day with blank spaces for
appointments.
Close deal Poissan, he read slowly from one of the
entries, if to himself THAT IS strange 1t wa.
the correspondence under tho letter ,P' that was de
file here. either. Who was Poissan1''
Mrs Morowitch hesitated, either from ignorance or
from desire to evade the question. ''A chemist ]
think she said doubtfuly, ''My husband had some
dealings with bim-some discovery he was going to
buy, don Y know anything about it, 7 thought the
deal off -
''The dealt
Really Mr.. Kennedy, YOU had better ask Mr.
Kahan. Ny husband talked very little about busi
affairs
'EBut what the discovery
s.I don t know. only beard Mr.. Morowitch and Mr.
Kahan refer to some deal about discovery regarding
diamonds -
Then Mr. Kahsn knows about it'''
II presume so, -
II thank you. Mrs orovtch," said Kennedy when
il was evident that she either could not or would not
add anything 10 what she had said, pardon me for
causing all this trouble
.'No trouble at all she replied gracously though
could she intent every word and motion Of
Kennedy and Andrews
Kennedy stopped the at drug store few blocks