Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-10
,vNopsrs or pRrvIoUs CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
A body, bearing evidence Of wealth, Is
| found dashed to a grating with one WrlsL
enclosed in handcuf, on the shore OK
Lonesome Cove. Professor Kent, SCENT
list happens along and interests himself
in the case. He discovers cocoon in
a crevice of the wooden grating. Len
Schager, sheriff, also makes a discovery,
which he pockets and goes OF. taking
Gansett Jim, a half breed Indian, with
him. Kent learns Of meeting the pre-,
vious evening between Elder Bennett ana
a strange woman, who went on to the
home of Francis Sedgwfck, an artist, and
talked with him for few minutes. Kent
calls on Sedgw4ek and is recognized as
an old college friend.
Among Sedgwick's pictures Is one
called "The Roughrider," of corpse
dashed TO a spar. riding on the crest OF
wave. There is also a black and white
sedgwick finally acknowledges is that
Of young lady who has visited his
studio a number Of times, but whose
name he does not know, but with whom
artist that his picture OF 1.-THE Rough
rider will cause the villagers to sus-
pect him strongly of having. had hand
n the death Of the woman founa ,t on ne the
strange woman the previous evening
will add to the suspicion.
Sedgwick admits that the strange
woman had on a necklace. which ne mad
visitor. At the inquest over the corpse
Elder bennett relates the story OF Sedg
wick's encounter with the woman, ana
tells of the picture in Sedgwick's studio.
Sheriff Schlager opens the coffin, but sud
denly closes it. announcing that the pody
is not fit for inspection. Forthwith IL is
taken back to DR.. Breeds house to be
prepared" When it is brought back for
inspection, Kent examines 1t through
monocle which he has had effected for
the purpose, and pays particular atten-
ffnt, 10, - rternf OH
Kent proves by the cocoon found on
the grating that the body was not
washed ashore. as was supposed ana
seds@lcf sn az are ad
yised by the sheriff to leave town.
Kent returns alone and finds Simon r.
Groot a street yender, relating story
of his encounter with strange woman.
Kent invites Groot to ride with him in
his motor car and obtains the complete
story Gansett Jim accuses Sedgwick OF
the murder. From ,Groot he also OBJ.
tains an embroidered star which tiroot
found on hazel bush when he followed
the woman upon hearing a man cry near
the cliff overhanging Lonesome Cove.
head of the Cove corpse could not have
been caused by blows, but by fall
from the Cliff that the other handcuff
was attached to the right wrist OF some
other person. who had broken 1t off In a
struggle. He sets out to find a man
with a bruised right wrist.
Kent declines position offered by
Alexander Blair TO find out introducing
the clothes moths into his wooden mills,
but finds out from Blair that the shreds
of cloth hanging on the star are not all
wool and therefore not Mt for the uni.
form of an army or navy officer Kent
learns that Blair is trying to get him
away from the scene of the mystery.
A picture Sedgwick had started to paint
and left on an easel had been broken dur
ing his absence by a bullet fired from a
nearby copse. The ground was soft, but
the gunner left no track Kent and Sedg-
wick meet Gansett Jim to effect a truce
with the half-bree