Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-28
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Prof, Crosby casuRIy encounters AT a
suburban trolley station Miss Tabor,
whom he had met at Christmas party
both being bound for the Ainsleys On
the way thes trolley is wrecked near the
Tabor home. and there Crosby goes to
spend the night. After retiring he is
summoned and turned out, to find &C
commodatons at a nearby inn, no ex-
PLANTATION being given him, He en-
counters Mr.. Tabor in a heated debate
with rough looking Italian the next
day, and learns the Italian is one Carucci
Later at the Ainsleys he meets Miss
Tabor again, and they are getting on
tamously when DT. Walter Reid Miss
Tabors stepbrother turns up and carts
her off home, Crosby is warned he must
not try to see Miss Tabor again. He
persists, and Is invited to accompany her
on midnight trip to the city. where
nurse, from the effects OF an assault
committed on her by Carucci, who turns
out to be Sheila,s husband. In escaping
from the city with Shella they have .
brush with the police. but avoid being
detained or identified This gets the
newspapers into the game, and one OF
the reporters, who comes closest to the
trail turns out to be Maclean, an old
pal OF Crosby's, who is persuaded to sup
press the Tabor name. and to assist in
cleaning up the mystery. In the mean
graces of the Tabor family, has learned
that 1t is Margaret who welded DR.
teld, while he is in love with Miriam,
who answers to the family pet name Of
Lady He and Maclean locate Carucci
working with sang Of graders near the
laoor nome, and manage to stir up
quite a row with him, when sheila inter-
Il, venes Crosby returns to the Tabors.
Where he gets into an intimate conversa.
ton with Mrs. Tabor. only to be inter.
fupted by Lady and her father AS a
result OF the conversation that followed
Lazy is left with her mother who seems
unduly excited, while Crosby and Mr.
LABOR go 70 have g smoke and talk over
Ihe SITUATION Tabor explains that his
tha S.sts neaitn mas oeen shattered since
Ine ueath OF daughter several years
pIlor, ana that conditions are becoming
unoearable. Carucci is the storm enter
rhp rIS they agree that he must be gotten
pack TO town and encounters MacI,ean.,
VINO mas dug up some information as 10
Saruccl. MacLean explains the situation,
Inat Is leaoing up to the solution OF the
mystery. 1t involves a visit to spiritual
I1uc seence, which Crosby makes under
Masleans guidance 1t developes the
medium pretends to produce the spirit Of
Mrs. Tabors dead daughter, the wife of
DR.. Reid. Leaving the scene of the
seance, Crosby sees Carucci on the street
where the. Italian meets DR.. Reid and a
giant, and drinks are served for three
II becomes apparent that Reid has a
SsSheme, on foot for Crosby notes that
CsTuccis drink is drugged. while neither
OF the others is drinking. A large roll OF
bills is handed Caruccl just before he
eollapses and is carried out. The giant
comes back with the money and gives IL
to Reid. Crosby accosts Reid, and they
quarrel Reid has planned to have
Carucci shanghaied; Crosby meets Sheila
and tells her what has happened to her
husband. She tells him of the death of
Miriam Tabor and her infant child. and
lays the blame on DR.. Reid, with sug-
gestion that Mrs. Tabor needs a priest
more than a doctor. While Crosby is
puzzing over Shella's story, he is called
on the telephone by Tabor. who tells him
Mrs, Tabor has started for town alone,
ana asks Crosby to keep track OF her.
lrosby encounters Mrs. Tabor, and goes
With her while she keeps an appointment
with the man Reid had twice taken
secretly to the Tabor home. After the
interview Crosby takes Mrs. Tabor 20
the depot where he encounters Sheila,
and to her he gives his charge. On call
ing the Tabor home by phone. he gets
hold OF DR.. ReG, who seems put out bv
what Crosby learns. Crosby encounters
the mysterious stranger about TO enter a
train To go to the Tabors and follows
lin1, finding out that he is DR.. Paulus, A
noted alienist.