Bisbee daily review., 1913-10-25


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 customed tasks. They were afraid; but they had had time to think, and they realized what it would mean to leave their beloved or accustomed or necessary city. as the case might be. And it must be remembered that the definite knowledge of what might be feared was not yet disseminated among them.
 But this attitude hurt business, and business struck back. The subways were practically deserted: the theaters empty; the accumstomed careless life of the Great White Way thinned; the streams of life slackened. Further more. the intelligent criminal imme diately discovered that ideal shields were being provided him gratis behind which to conduct his crimes. In the silence a man could blow out the side of bank building with impunity, pro vided only be kept out Of sight h the darkness he could pilfer at will, with only the proviso that he forget not his gum shoes. The possibilities of night crime when electricity lacks have already been touched upon.
 To meet unusual conditions the peo- pie individually and collectively rose 10 heights of forgotten ingenuity. The physical life of 8 city is so we'll es- tablished that the average city dweller grows out of the pioneer virtue of adaptability. Now once more these people were forced to meet new and untried conditions, to guard against new dangers, new opposing forces. In an incredibly short space of time they grew out of aimless panic. They learn ed to sit tight; to guard adequately their lives, Iheir treasure, and even to a certain extent their time against un- due loss.
 In the meantime the moneyed pow CTS had been prompt to act. They did not intend to stand idly while their pockets were being picked by unto ward circumstances; nor did they in- tend to continue indefinitely the un- usual expenditures necessary to guard themselves against even a greater loss. As there seemed to be two men to find, they employed the best Of de tectiyes to search for Mccarthy; and Professor Eldridge, as the greatest living expert, to hunt down the Un- known. Thus unexpectedly Eldridge found himself with definite backing in his strange duel with Darrow.
 It is now desirable to place before the reader samples of the messages sent by Monsieur x and received in the wireless office of the Atlas Build ing, after which we can proceed once more to follow out the sequence of events.
 '"To the People: The sign has been sent you. You must now believe The traitor is among you, and you must hunt him down This is your sacred duty, for l, your master, have lald it upon you" That was one of the first. After a round dozen of similar import there came this:
 ''To the People: I. your master. am dis pleased with you. The visitations of dark ness and of silence have been sent, but you have needed little I doubt not that I do no: realize to the full your sacred ob- iEation. You go about your business and you carry on your Rffairs- Your business and your affairs are not so important as these, my commands. Beware lest you draw down the wrath of the Lords AnoinJed. I am patient with your ignor- snces bat give heed"
 The last at present to which your attention is called came just before the events to be detailed:
 ''To the People: Your time Is drawing short You are a stubborn and a stiff- necked generation. My patience is ebb- ing away. You have been shown the power Of my right hand. and you have gone your accustomed ways. You have defied the might Of the Right Hand ot God Now l will lay on you my com nsnds. You must seek out Apoilyon and deliver him even into my hands. and that shortly. l shall be patient yet a little while longer, for I know that you gTope In darkness and have not the light that shines upon me. But soon shall strike"