The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-28
The Silent Bullet
An Absolutely NEW Type of Detective Story
By Arthur B. Reeve
BY Arthur B. Reeve

We ungere0 awhS1e over our cno0us
men .auistsy uaAd the ehsss ~ -
parted.
that Indicated Silence. he I'D " ~
the stairs 10 The sGead 0oor AnA
quickly, opened . door into WAT asaansd
20 be Q faAr -sissd private dining -room.
A man was pacing the 6oor nsrvous1y.
On q cable was come eooA. untouched.
~ the door epsosd thought ~ started
- n In Ssas. and I Am sure his dask
faOs elancAsd. q only NJ - instase.
Imagine our surprise at oes1ha Gen
marc. the Srsst toner. with whom merely
70 have Q speaAlng Acquaintance Was
to Argue oneself famousi
Oh. Il 10 you, IAsigi." he sxelaAdAel iu
perfect Enslish. rich end mellow. "AAo
who ere thsss gsntlomsnr'
Luigi merely replied, "frseo1a" n -.
lish Alss,. and then AsopDs1s ~ iats .
volubae. tow-tonsd sxpiAaa3te6l IN Italian.
could go. ~ he Wstt0o,' that tAe
sams idsa he'd nashsA Sve xsnnslyes
mind a. ovss ny ewn.1 Il. IVES now
three or four days since the papsn had
reported The strange kidnapplng Of Gen.
n n" av ,s;;x sea.ssS i! As:l'ns.
muad for eiasse rrsnesm. slOned. a.
usual. with the mySsic 'BixkkS HaSb-
name to eoniHrs With N. ,hAalmait anA
A. sisnor 6snaAso sayAnssh tcwsra
u.s. amer his short eeif, With, LNiSi Al
most besorS ths ihtroductS6us wv Gesr,
Kennedy anticipated him ,eH,sAyonQi
II undssVtanA. eienos. bsfors you asas
ne. I AAvs, rs61 ~ ub6oe ieS1g me
papsrs. yes wa.s sSns "a e Ac!e ysu
catch tiss ertminaas who sssN ose0ag
'cs S. No.; -. s.'l ...i lam: "a c,.s...,y
citsdiy. '1sot thAs.'-l 'vsas ~, ~ @y
dsugbtsr .Arst. AStsr that .esbch then
Il you cAn-yss. shsulT Inc y have
soma one Do n. But .rsaA. tAle ,qeDA AnA
tell me what you think az IT How
should I act to get my tstls 31sosA
S.o. -. without Aa.mins . .A.'s = -
The fa.aeus s,nsAr ars4l aen .
sr,.mplsd letter. ssrss'sa"sa >Asas
Kennedy TRANSLATED II quickly.
Aoacrahas. Dir: Yevr eougntec =
10 you gtvs this isstse - ~ 49,
81. y your az s. ~: 49, s ss n: s say
10 you. win SulssV. We VIM net faii
% we AiA wsdaesaey. 'Is yeu vant
your daughter heck. % yossce2.
sl S~ x:?ss s:lsise s scSs :; z. 3.
scSsSsis With es.esS IN Ssiis 49,
In Saturdays II Progress ltajiAso.
In III: beek room yss w - 9
VII ssv. . rsS 1 s'ev :! % s. .ssss:
PSslisccl: Il he sssS:rs. mot
w vt SSs. os"n a., NO. ~ r. &: nm
n I'M iesvims hia OVn. TIA Iolh(n
On The third pare you VIZ nnA xsit:
ten the place where yo1r dAnsnter
has bee. i.st wcitins tor yeu: ~.
II. you have 20 much a re shaAew
S g: q; pI Vii - -: :... "s 9 sss
SSn 'hS e. n mI.Ss. DO not f (. e
fairly u YOU deal fairly. This b 9
; last warning. Lest you sesah tergee
We win show one other sssn OF our
power 'e-"'''of IA MANo NpaA.
The end Of this orninous ssttsr was
grussomely decorated with . SKULL and
crossbones. . ronsh drawing Of . dag-
Ger thrust through bleeding heart. .
CONN. and. under al. . hugs black hAnd.
You have not showed this 70 0e
police. ] eres'Ansr' said KsnnsAy.
"Ars you ssing SATURDAY usghtr.
away" was the rsply. and the voice q
, the lfty-th0usaad- doaiass-a-eeasoa teaos
was a. human as that a . dvedo11ar-a-
week father. for NJ bottom all men,
high or low, ere one.
I'VE will not fasi ~ We aid on
? Wednesday," rsread craAg. What
. does that meanT'' e ~
Oennaro fbn,bied In his pock1sbeels
again. and 1t last drew forth ! typs-
: written letter bearing the lettet-head
! Of tho Leaiis Laboratories. In1osvar-
ated. . ~
After q received the Arst tNrsst''
explained Gennaro. my wife rand
went from our apartmsnts ct ~ hete'
to heS fathsr's. the banker Cee11A you
know. who lives on Fifth ave1us.
gave the letter to ne Italian oQuaA q
tho police The next morning nv
:. nathsr-1n-laws butler noticed some
: thfag peculiar about the milk. He
barely touched some OF u - Ais
' tongue. and he has been violqqtly 81
: ever since. ! At once ssnt the smilk "a
: the laboratory Of my friend. DR.. Leslie.
. to have II anaiysed. This lsttsS SHOVE
, VIVA; the household ssesped."