The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-01

Tom sand nothing until the others had Withdrawn.
Kennedy he burst out then do you believe
bcicye That eo poessary us start
'5ar ar rS % -" "S & yet e
riugton and DR.. Putuam away from the house for
short time, YOU did with your uncle and cousin this
morning, may be able TO tell you something about
Again Kennedy stole into another bedroom, and
returned to our room with hunting Jacket. Just
he had done before he carefully washed it off with the
ga5e soaked in the salt solution and quickly returned
aud, last, that of Tom himself Finally he turned his
back while | sealed the glasses and marked and
The next day was spent mainly in preparations for
The journey to New York with the body of Lewis Lang
10 be preparations for mysterious chemical eXper
iments found myself fully occupied in keeping spc
Ihat evening after dinner we were all sitting in the
open summer house over the boat house, smudges of
green pine were burning and smoking little artificial
islands OF stone near the lake shore lighting up the
trees on every side with red glare. Tom and his
while some distance from Harrington was engaged
IN IN earnest conversation With Isabelle The other mem
bers of the family further removed. That seemed
fypGS to re of tn? way the family group split
tone, - what do you make Of that Record artcle?"
,,I|gery clever no doubt, " replied Craig.
10? bSpered snHT Tan oT fargs f aeGH' the the
ton had ceased talking and might perhaps be listening
Just then one of the servants came up with tele-
Tom hastily opened it and read the message eagerly
glowing smudges felt instnctively that it was from
his lawyer lie turned and beckoned to Kennedy and
What do you think of that9" he whispered
We bent over and in the aickering light read the
message:
New York Pspsrs full of spontaneous combustion
story hecord mad exclusive story yesterday but all
wire additional details at Also immediate nstruc
n Gns REGARDING loss OF Will Has been absracted from
less facts must make loss public or isSue state
ment Lewis Langley nteState DANIEL CLARK.
Tam 1oor rod la.
was passing in his mind With all his faults Lewis
children But all over now if the will was lost
What can can do -; asked Tom hopec5sy. 81 havo
But | have, quietly returned Kennedy, deliber.
atfy c tqiang b up the message G and haading it back
This message hurrics bit, but am prepared You
I'LL T have h something to wire Mr. Clark after that
ment.
A quarter of an hour later we had all assembled
in the library, across the hall from the in which
Lewis Langley had been found As usual Kennedy be.
gan p eSpng i'm t srsght into the middle q his subject
slowly "a woman was found burned to death. There
I were no cews and the scientists of that time suggest
We were leaning, forward expcctantly, horriGed by
inc thought that perhaps after ALL the Record was cor
Now, resumed Kennedy, his tone changing.
tried very convncngly by the immortal Liebig Here
Is sponge am going to soak it in gin from This bot
the night of the-er-the tragedy 'O oi
Kennedy took the saturated sponge and placed IL
IN an agate iron pan from the kitchen Then he IbteG
IT, The blush flame shot upward, and in tense Silence
We watched 1T burn lower and lower till all the alcohol
was consumed Then he picked up the sponge and
passed it around 1t dry, but the sponge Itself had
''Wc now know he continued s'that from, ,ho
nature Of combustion it is impossible for the human
body to undergo spontaneous ignition or combustio m
the way the scientific experts of the psst cent III
ieVed The experiment which 1 have shown Won sonId
be duplicated with specimens of human orgsns nr
served for years in alcohol in museums Thev 1apid p,Ld
burn Just as this spopgethe specimen itself SsoIJ lu
very nearly unulured by the burning OF tbo sIcoh, =,
Then Professor Kennedy you maintain itg1nor fba{
asked James Langley. " iucne.