Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-01-16

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which lacks a link where It should be
strongest"
That chain we must throw away"
And forge anotheri"
sweetwater approached and sat
down.
Yes: believe we can do It; yet
have only one indisputable fact for
starter. Mr.. Gryce, don't trust
Brotherson. Though he should tell n
story ten times more plausible than
the one with which he has satisfied
the coroner's Jury, would still listen
to him with more misgiving than con-
hdenoe. Perhaps II is simply deeply
rooted antipathy on my part. or the
rage one feels at finding he has placed
his finger on the wrong man. Again
It may be-"
What, Sweetwater7"
"A well-founded dstrust. Mr.. Gryce,
I'm going to ask you a question"
ASK away. Ask fifty II you want
to-"
Did you ever hear OF case before,
that In some OF Its details was similar
to this?"
mo. It stands alone. That's why It
is so puzzling."
You forget. The wealth. beauty
and social consequence of the present
victim has blinded you to the strong
resemblance which her case bears to
one you know. In which the sufferer
had none Of the worldly advantages Of
Miss Challoner. allude to-"
wait! The washerwoman in Hicks
street,"
THE same. Mr. Gryce, there's a
startling similarity in the two cases
II you study the essential features
only. Startling, | assure YOU"
Yes, you are right there. But what
IL there is? We we're no more sue
cessful in solving that case than we
have been in solving this. Yet you
look and act like hound which has
struck a hot scent"
The young man smoothed his fea.
lures with an embarrassed laugh.
Il shall never learn" said he, mot
to give tongue till the hunt ia fairly
started. II you will excuse me, wen
first make sure OF the similarity
have mentioned. Then I'll explain my
self. l have some notes here, made al
the time It was decided to drop the
Hicks street case as wholly inexplic
able one. Shall j read thsmf" -.
Fire away, my boy, though hardly
see your purpose or what real bearing
the affair In Hicks street has upon
the Clermont one. A poor washer
woman and the wealthy Miss Challon
err! True. they we're not unlike In
their end"
"The connection will come later,
smiled the young detective, with that
strange softening of his features
which made one at times forget his
extreme plainness.
And he read:
"'On the afternoon OF December 4
1910, the strong and persistent scream
Ing OF young child In one OF the
rooms OF q rear tenement In Hicks
street. Brooklyn, drew the attention
OF some OF the inmates and led them
after several Intellectual efforts t
gain an entrance, to the breaking II
OF door which had been fastened OF
the inside by an old-fashioned door
button.
The tenant, whom all knew for al
honest, Woodworking woman, had no
infrequently fastened her door in Thu
manner. In order to safeguard he
child who was abnormally active an,
had way OF rafting the door opel
wnen 1t was not thus secured. Blu
she had never refused to open before
and the child's cries were pitiful.
This was no longer a matter o
wonder, when, the door having beel
wrenched from its hinges, they al
rushed In. Across a tub OF steamin
clothes lifted upon a bench in tn
open window, they saw the body O
this good woman, lying inert an
seemingly dead; the frightened chill
Juggling at her skirts. She was of
robust make. fieshy and fair, and ha
always been considered a model O
health and energy, but at the sigh
or her helpless figure. thus stricke
while at work, the one cry was :.
strokel' till she had been lifted o.
and laid upon the floor. Then som
discoloration in the water at the BOZ
tom Of the tub led to closer examir
alton Of her body, and the discover
OF bullet-hole In her breast direct
over the heart.
GAS she had been standing wit
face towards the window, all crowde
that way to see where the shot bs
come from. AS they were ON IN
fourth story It could not have com
from the court upon which the roor
looked. 1t could only ha,s come fror
the front tenement towering up b,
fore them some twenty feet away.
single window Of the innumerable one
confronting them stood omen ana tbi
was the one directly opposite
"'Nobody was to be seen there n
IN the room beyond. but during the q,
element. one man ran on TO cali m
police and another to hunt nm the Ian
tor and ask who occupied this room
His reply threw them all into cor
fusion. The tenant OF that room wa
the best, the quietest and most ,,
spectable man IN either h,t,a,.