The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-22

for they enabled him TO keep IN touch with all
that was going at the police headquarters' IN re
turn for the which Lestrede would orlng hoies
was always ready TO listen with attention TO the de-
tails Of apv case upon which the detective was en-
gagged and was able ally without any active in
reference 10 give hint suggestion drawn from
his own vast knowledge and experience
On this particular evening, Lestrade had SPOKEN OF
the weather and the newspapers. Then ne hao lahen
silent putting thoughtfully at bis cigar Holmes
looked keenly at him.
Anything remarkable on bands' he asked
''oh, no, Mr.. Holmss-notbing very particular
''Then tell about it.
Lestrade laughed.
sWelI Mr. Holmes there ia no denying that
there is something on my mind. And yet IT is such
an absurd business, that besitated to bother you
about it, On the other hand. although 1t is trivial 1t
is undoubtedly queer, and l know that you have
taste for all that is out of the common But, in my
opipou it comes more in DR.. Watson s line than ours
''Dissssef' said ].
Madness anyhow. And queer madness. too.
You wouldn't think there anyone living at this
time of day who had such a hatred Of Napoleon the
First that be would break any image Of him that ne
could sec.
Holmes sank back in his chair.
'sThat s no business of mine, " said be.
Exactly. That's what l said. But then, when
the man commits burglary in order to break images
which are not his own, that brings it away from the
doctor aud to the policeman
Holmes sat up again.
Burglary This is more interesting. Let me hear
the details"
Lestrade took out his official note book, and re-
freshed his memory from its pages
'sThe first case reported was four days ago, SAID
he ''It was the shop of Morse Hudson, who has a
place the sale of pictures and statues IN the Ken
ningtou road The assistant had left the front shop
for an instant when he heard crash, and hurrying
in he found n plaster bust Of Napoleon, which stood
with several other works Of art the counter lying
sbivered into fragments He rushed out into the road
but although several by declared that they had
noticed a man run of the shop, he could neither
see anyone DOT could be find any Of identifying
the rascal It seemed be of those senseIess acts
Of Hooligapsm which from time to time, and 1t
was reported the constable the beat such The
plaster cast was worth than few shillings
and the whole affair appeared to be too childish for
any particular investigation.
E'The second case however, more serious, and
also more singular It occurred only last night
''Ip Remington road and within few hundred
Va rds of Morse Hudson shop, there lives weknown
medical practitioner, named Dr. Baruicot, who has
Of the largest practices upon the south side of the
Thames His residence and principal consulting
is at Keupington road, but he has branch surgery
aud dispepsary Lower BrHtou road two miles away
This Dr. Barpicot is enthusiastic admrer OF Napo
eop and his house is full Of books pictures and relics
OF the French emperor. Some little time ago he pur
chased from Morse Hudson duplicate plaster
of the famous head Of Napoleon by the French sculp
tor Deviue One Of these he placed in bis hall in the
house kennlngton road, and the other ou the man
tepece of the surgery at Lower Bri1ton. Well, when
Or. Barpicot down this morning be was aston
shed to find that bis house bad been burgled during
the night hut that nothing bad been taken save the
plaster head from tbc hall 1t had been carried out
aud bad dashed savagely against the garden wall
under which it's putered fragments were discovered
Holmes rubbed his hands.
.'This is certainly very novel; said be.
II thought it would please YOU. But have not
got the end yet Or. Barnicot was due at his sur
gerry at 10 clock, and you can imagine his amaze
meut when on arriving there, he found that the VIII
dow had been opened the night and that the broken
pieees of his second bust strewn all over the
room It bad been smashed to atoms where it stood
In neither there any signs which could give
us clew as to the criminal lunatic who had done
the mischief Now, Mr.. Holmes, you have got the
facts
Holmes MAY ask whether the two busts smashed
TIE one Which was destroyed in Morse Hudson shopi
"They were taken from the same mold -
'sSucb fact must tell against the theory that tho
mau who breaks them influenced by any general ha.
statues Of the great emperor exist in London, it
i, too much TO suppose such coincidence as that
promiseuous iconoclast should chance TO begin upon
three specimens of the same bust.
thought & Moy Si you 0a.s saa he hss5aa o9 on
Sus in that part Of London and these three were the
oOiy ones which bad been in his shop for years SO,
statues ip London very probable that these three
the only ones in that district Therefore local
fanatic would begin with them. What do you think,
Dr. Watsous'
''There limits 10 the possibilities of
mania, - answered There is the condition which
lbe modern French psychologists 5a'e called the idee
fxe. which be trihing IN character. and
psuied by complete sanity IN every other way.
who had read deeply about Napoleon. who had pos
sbly received hereditary family injury through
the great war; might conceivsby form such 'ides
6xe and under us influence be capable Of any fan
tsstie outrage.
"'Ths; won Z do. dear Watson, said Holmes,
shaking his head, ''for amount of dee AIe' would
enable your interesting mopnmaniae 70 find where
these bpsts situated -
Well, how do you explain IL
II don Z attempt 20 do So | would only observe
that there s certain method in the gentleman ee-
centric proceedings For example In Dr.. Barricot's
nal. where 9 sound might the family