Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-08-07

finds the house in great excitement over
the attempted suicide of her sister Kath-
arine. Kent starts an investigation and
finds that Hugh Crandall, sutton for
Katharine, who had been forbidden the
house by General Parrish, had talked with
Katharine over the telephone just before
she shot herself. A torn piece of yellow
paper is found, at sight of Which Cen
eraI Parrish is stricken with paralysis.
CHAPTER II-Kent discovers that
Crandall has left town hurriedly. An
drew Elser, an aged banker, commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life.
CHAPTER TIA yellow envelope is
FOUND in Elser's room. PoStoffice lnspec-
tor Davis, Kent's friend, takes up the
cas-,
Crandall is at the bottom of the mystery.
CHAPTER v-Kent mad Davis search
CrandalPs room and find an address,
Lock Box II. Ardway, n. j." Kent
goes to ArdWay to investigate and be-
comes suspicious of a Henry Cook"
CHAPTER VIA woman commits sui
eide at the Ardway Hotel. A yellow let
ter also figures in this case.
I was thoroughly disguised with the
dwelling way in which the proceed
ings were being carried on. I could
see little hope of any discovery that
would establish connection with the
similar events in New York. turned
from listening to the witness to study
ing the face Of the man Cook. Could
it be possible he was Hugh Crandall?
| saw that he was watching the testi-
mony with eager interest Against
my will l had to confess that his face
was one that attracted rather than
shrewdness about the eyes, the chin
was square and firm and the skull
well-balanced. I tried to read in the
shape Of the mouth or the curve Of
the ears some sign of the criminal,
such as expected to find written on
the countenance Of Crandall but it
was not there.
''She was sitting there crying
A sentence Of the maids testimony
suddenly thrust itself forward from
my subconsciousness as if demand
ing my attention and | listened in
tently to what she was saying.
''That was the way it happened that
[ didn't make up the room the day be-
fore. When went in to do it she was
sitting there crying and tearing a
letter to bits"
A letter! 1t came on me in flash
that here was the clue, that this was
the connecting link with the other two
cases.
[ pushed my way forward into the
room, determined to learn all there
was about this new phase Of the case.
The proceedings stopped abruptly at
the hustle my movement made, and
everybody, coroner, jurors and spec
tators, gaped at me.
Il am lawyer" said. "May
ask the witness one or two questions?"
Still the coroner gaped and 1 wait
ed no longer for his permission.
WAS it yellow letter." l asked.
NOW that you speak Of it I kind OF
remember that it was"
HAS the letter been found?"
She was tearing it in pieces
Where are the pieces?"
The eyes of everybody present be-
gan rowing about the room, as if in
answer to my question. The con-
stable Instituted a hasty search, in
which | myself, the coroner and the
jurors Joined. 7 felt that if we could
only find those pieces, the mystery
might be solved. While the room was
being ransacked | kept my eye on
COOK. AS | asked the question about
the letters color l noticed that he
looked startled. I was amazed@now
TO see him edging. toward the door. I
was tempted to demand that he be re
strained and searched. I felt almost
sure that il the pieces Of the yellow
letter were to be found anywhere it
would be in his pocket. Yet second
thought advised against such rash ac-
ton. | had no positive proof that
Cook was Crandali. Until 1 had, sure
~ 1t would be unwise to accuse him.
remembered that there was no train
by which he could leave the town IN
I'll late in the afternoon, so there was
little prospect that he could escape
me.
How did you know it was a yellow
letter." the coroner asked me sus-
p1ciously, pausing suddenly in his
search.
1t was an awkward question. 7
realized that my impetuosity had
placed me in predicament. / was
! by no means ready to tell him the
whole story, and yet the fact that |
knew or suspected the color of the
letter that she was tearing up certain
~ indicated that I knew something
| about the woman.
L didn't know it."
We'll, what'd you ask the question
about 1t for?'' he repeated, his sus.
/ picion of me rapidly increasing.
was thinking quickly what I could
say that would divert his thoughts. I
noticed with annoyance that the ewes
OF every one in the room were on me
and that they were curiously await
ing an answer. I assumed an air of
mystery and drew the coroner to one
side.
i am perfectly willing to tell Won
! everything" / said. 81 am out here
on another matter that is something