The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

they had beaten the Star in getting any of i'm
'lH bet do said, .for was one of about 2
who worked It's the hsa shaw .Inu5 murder trial
II am afraid tho cigars will be on you, Walter
Crowded over the second page by lot Of stale
sensation that everyone has read for the fftieb time
nov, You viii find what promises to be real seusa
ton curious hafcolumn account Of the sudden death
laughed ''Craig'' 7 said, "whcn YOU put up
simple death from apopleXy against murder trial and
s sTf3 a murder 'F''-"'' you a's'pp0iD' "o-''''
sfIs it 4 simple case OF apoplexy?'' he asked pac
ing up and down the room while | wondered why be
should excited what seemed very ordinary
news ITEM after all Then he picked up the paper and
80 JOHN G. FLETCHER. STEEL MAGNATE, DIES
".sArn OPEN But f1pPhHaa nAFer SUM OF CASH
john Graham Fletcher the aged philantbropst
morning at his home at Fletcherwood Great Neck,
Long Island Strangely, the safe IN the library IN
found opened but as far could be learned nothing
IS missing had ,,u,vs ,sen Mr. rr,+cbsrs custom to
rise at clock. This morning his bousekceper be-
came alarmed when he had not appeared by o'clock
Listening at the door she heard sound 1t was not
locked and entering she found the former steel
nate lying lfelcss on the floor between his bedroom
". c. Bryant was Immediately notified ''
q Close examination of the body revealed that
was given by tic physician as apoplexy He had ev
IDENTIFY been dead about eight nine hours when dis
- Mr.. Fletcher is survived by nephew. John G.
Fletcher H. who is the Blake professor of bacterioogy
at the university and by grandniece, Miss Helen
Bond. Professor Fletcher was informed of the sad
S ao @ F a Ia vo n %sPa gs
statement other than that he inexpressbly shocked
M and s as fr Of e
prostrated by the shock.
paper and, without any sparrns, directly to
the point, "there was something missing from that
had no need to express the interest I now really
felt and Kennedy fastened to take advantage OF it.
Fletcher called me up from Great Neck. You probably
don't know i but it has been privately reported in
to leave the bulk of his fortune to found great school
Of preventive medicine and that the only provso
profess told over the wire that the will miss
ng from the safe, and that it was the only thing
more 70 the story than he cared TO tell over the phone
He said bis car was the way to the city, and be
say how. Now, know hin, pretty well, and m going
to AK YOU to along Walter, for the express pur
get sstps 9h the Soom Of R
few minutes later the telephone rang and the ball
down to it: the chauffeur lounged down careessy into
his seat and NC were of the city and river and
We found Fletchorwood a splendid estate directly on
the BAY: With long driveway leading up 10 the door:
Professor Fletcher met at the porte cochere, and
glad TO note that, far from taking an iutru-
@ a o e some oud one who m w
tween him and any reporters who might possibly drop
he usherod us directly into the library and closed
the door 1t seemed if he could scarcely wait to tell
Kennedy he began. almost trembling with ez.
element, ,IoOk at that safe door
way as to break the combination It vas a heave
door closely fitting, and il the best kind Of small
safe That the state Of the had produced Yet clearly
it had been tampered with, and successfully.
Fletcher swung the door wide and pointed to little
OPEN Then out he Carefully lifted steel steel ad boH and
deposited it on the library table,
asked Craig oniclly
soas5 smile i sb ef R.5Sss as5s;s Fsts1sT features ~
hat YOU once told me about anesrputs onV my
self has TOUCHED IT, and was careful to take hold of
and the 0a KEY to s box %a w usuS S 10 veil ss
me me val val iS sGGe That all nothing else was touched
s s % m Of ne can Sot Soa sDG %1 % t9 box
night like last night should say it pretty likely
sns n Box Rss left
where the compartment had been iinmied pfSy low
whistle aroused us Coming to the table, Craig
tore white sheet Of paper OF pad lying there and
fdnS S1qpS abe Of sFng email particle sI on it
STEEL ySss Sss iss$f ss he
Tove side of them shows lines that look as if they
ghr s nss on mee and the
using them clew, except-well ddu t know Grim
iras IN IN America knew that stunt "
why, you know how keen the new detectives are
of the upo.date criminals in Europe did was to wear
rubber gloves that they would leave prints. But
in Paris heard Of fellow who had given the police
lot of trouble He never left mark or at least it
LIQUID rubber which he had invented himself 1t did
al that rubber gloves would do and yet left him the
r,ss Of touch. Fletcher. whatever Is at the bottom
of this affair. feel sure right now that you have
deal with no ordinary criminal
''Do you suppose there any relatives besides
those we know of'' asked Kennedy when Fletcher
bad gone to summon the servants.
o. he replied, u think not Fletcher aud Helen