Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-05-01

Robert Cameron capitalist ,pn-ults
Enillp clyde, newspaper Publisher. re.
taid.ns anonymous threatening lrttDrs he
mas received. Tho first promises "a sample
Of tn writer's power on q ,.r'ain DAY.
IN that day the head Is mystrrIlu-lv cut
from a portrait of Cameron while the lat
yer Is IN the room While visiting Cam
iron IN his dressing room Nell Gwynne
mirror is nlystcrIously shattered Cameron
Dsecones seriously ill as "a result OF the
check. Tho third letter appears mysteri-
ously on Camcron's sick bed. 70 makes
direct threats against the life of Cameron.
ISly1e tells Cameron the envelope was
! empty Tie tells Evelyn everything and
liahs 10 take Cameron on "a yacht trlp.
the yacht picks up fisherman found
ltllunE htlplessly in boat lie gives
The name OF Johnson Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's back Is
aurncd. a fruitless search Is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain just be-
tore cameron disappeared. johnson is al
lowed TO 60 after being closely questioned.
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert in
Ihlnese literature. who pronounces them
lot Chinese origin. CLYDE seeks assistance
from Chinese fellow college student.
VINO recommends him to Yup Sing, most
Iprominent Chinaman in New York Clyde
soes to meet Yup Sing. sees Johnson. at
tempts 10 follow him. falls into base
8snent sprains his ankle and becomes un-
CONSCIOUS. Clyde is found by Miss Glenn
nj a missionary among the Chinese. He
sick several days as a result OF inhal-
ng charcoal fumes. Evelyn tells Clyde
pi 2 peculiarly acting anesthetiC which
snders a person temporarily unconscious.
Auphy Is discovered to have mysterious
elauons with the Chinese. Miss Clement
promises TO get Information about Cam
IRON. slump in Crystal Consolidated, OF
Nhich Cameron Is the head. is caused by
rumor Of Cameron's Illness. Clyde finds
arneron on Fifth avenue in a dazed and
inaciated condition and takes him home.
cameron awakes from a long sleep and
peaks In a strange tongue. Evelyn de-
1aree the man II net her uncle. Evelyn
mo clyde call on Miss Clement for prom
TfHH "a aanTa gv.I ~
man who was to give It has Just been
Xnurdered. Miss Clement gives CLYDE a
hoie, afking him TO read IL after he
csNes the mission and then destroy IT,
tells Of the abduction OF a white man
r Chinese who shipped him back to
nina The man is accused OF the crime
Sab.e lsorcha" in which 100 Cinnamon
Eere killed. The appearance in New York
n the man they supposed they had ship
go 70 China throws CONSERVATION into
pc Chinese The brOugham In which
31yde and Evelyn are riding in held up
III an armed man, Clyde Is seized by
murphy and fight ensucE. Evelyn and
rtyde are rescued by the police and re-
lrn home. They find Yup Sing and the
hinese consul awaiting them. Yup tells
lyde the story Of the crime Of the "Sa-
1le i)orcha." in which 81 Cinnamon we're
ponald NJ Nish. whom they declare Is
ameron. They declare that M'Nish can
identified by a tattoo mark on his arm.
lyce declares that Cameron has no such
bark The nurse IL called IN and de-
rribes a tattoo mark on his patients
pm. Clyde goes to investigate and
nds the patient attempting 10 hide a let
n. 1t is addressed to Donald M'Nish.
he letter is from the mans mother in
cotland and identifies the patient as
Nish. Confronted by the sole survivor
the Sable DOrCha"-whO. u develops
Soy. a half-breed Chinaman. recognlz-
by Clyde as johnson. the fisherman
Nish shoots him and kills himself Miss
emeut gets the whole story from Soy
sfore he dies Murphy. whose right
hfne Is Moran. had been a partner Of
'Nish in the nefarious Chinese trade and
ter became his most relentless purEuer
e was the author OF the threatening let
rs. Soy WIS responsible for the myste-
ous happenings az Cameron's home by
e aid of the ether Of invlsihlity. Cam
on was drugged and shipped a mem
r OF the crew of tramp steamer bound
r Hongkong