Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-12
CONTINUED from Yesterday

Where the panic would have torn
men up by the roots and flung them
in terrorized mobs through the con-
gested ways and out into the inhos-
pitable country, the uneasiness of
dread held them covering at their
accustomed 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
theatres empty, the accustomed care
less life of the Great White Way
thinned, the streams of life slackened.
Furthermore, the intelligent criminal
Immediately 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, provided only he kept
out of sight. In the darkness he
could; pilfer at will, with only the
proyiso 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
people individually and collectively
rose to heights of forgotten ingenuity
The physical life of a city is so well
established 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 OPP
posing forces. In an incredibly short
space of time they grew out of aim
less panic. They learned to sit tight,
to guard adequately their lives, their
treasure, and even to a certain extent
their time against undue loss.
In the meantime the moneyed
powers had been prompt to act. They
did not intend to stand idly while
| their pockets were being picked by
untoward circumstances; nor did they
intend to continue indefinitely the un-
usual expenditures necessary to
guard themselves against even a
greater loss. As there seemed 10 De
two men to find they employed the
best of detectives to search for NC
! Carthy-and Professor Eldridge, as
the greatest living expert, to hunt
| down the unknown. Thus uneX-
pectedly Eldridge found himself with
definite backing in his strange duel
with barrow.
1t 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.
ITO the People: The sign has been
sent YOU. You must nov believe
The traitor is among you, and you
must hunt him down. This is your
sacred duty. for I, your master, have
laid it upon you"
That was one of the first. After
round dozen of similar import there
came this:
| TO the Geople. l, your haStei
am displeased with you. The vista
lions of darkness and of silence have
been sent. but you have needed lit
tie. l doubt not that We search, as
I have commanded, but you do moi
realize to the full your sacred obliga-
ton. You go about your business
and YOU carry on your affairs. You
business and your affairs are not sc
important as these, my commands
Beware lest you draw down the
wrath of the Lords Amounted. l an