The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-23
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Godfrey, police reporter, to his
home in a New York suburb for
the weekend. The fiIst night
Godfrey takes him up tree
where they behold strange
sight. A peculiar star suddenly
appears in the heavens. descends,
and bursts I'm shower of sparks
above two white robed figures
apparently standing in space.
Godfrey explains that the two
figures are standing on the roof
of house belonging to one Wor-
Ellington Vaughan, a wealthy old
man, who lives with a beautiful
daughter, Marjorie, on the ad-
Joining estate, which Vaughan has
surrounded with a walt 12 feet
high. This wall is topped with
broken glass imbedded in cement.
The next day Lester plants a
ladder against the wall and climbs
up to get a view of the other side.
In the garden he sees beautiful
girl, and dark, oriental looking
man, both dressed in flowing
robes. Finally the man goes to
the house and the girl comes to
the wall. With apparent intent
she meets Testers eyes and
throws a letter over the wall.
This letter Is addressed to
Frederic Swain, young man once
wealthy, now working in Testers
office. Lester sends for him. The
letter is a call for help from the
girl, who, before SWANS father
died insolvent, was engaged to
Frederic. Swain is to meet her in
an arbor in the grounds at mid
night, the exact hour when the
strange star falls.
Lester and Swain procure two
ladders and that night Swain goes
over the wall, cutting himself bad
ly on the glass. When Godfrey
returns from the office. Lester
tells him OF the days happenings.
The reporter is immediately
alarmed and then goes to the
wall.
AS they are about to scale the
ladder on their side of the wall,
Swain appears at the top of the
other ladder. He is covered with
blood and seems dazed. Then a
woman's scream is heard. and all
three men rush over the wall.
There they find Marjorie in &
faint at her fathers feet. The old
man has been strangled to death
In searching the house Lester and
Godfrey find the Yogi gazing into
a crystal and in an apparent
trance. With him is a cobra.
They call doctor, Human;
the coroner, Goldberger, and a de-
tective, Simmonds. These men
discover bloody finger prints on
the collar of Vaughan's white
robe, a blood-soaked handkerchief
beside his chair, and a heavy cur
tain cord tied in two peculiar
knots. Vaughan had been stran.
gled by the cord.
They also visit the Yogi, who
explains he is white Priest of
Sfva," and has been keeping a
vigil all the night, it being the
White Night of silva" 1t is also
revealed he has an attendant, who
just then appears to take away
the Yogi's cobra.
AS Vaughan has been strangled.
the blood found on his robe is de-
cided by the coroner, Goldberger,
. Simmonds, a detective, and Syl-
vester, finger print expert, to be
that of the murderer. At the in
quest next day photographs of the
prints on the robe and the prints
OF SWANS fingers tally. Swain
identifies woman's handker-
chief, soaked with blood and
found by the side of the murdered
man. as the one Marjorie had
bound around his cut hand.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
CONTINUED from Our Last Issue.
Goldberger passed the prints
over to the head of the Bureau
of Identification, then he turned
back to the witness.
"Mr. SWAIN" and he handed
him the knotted cord. Please
look at the cord. You will see
that it is knotted. Can you de-
scribe those knots for me?"
Swain looked at the knots.
1.-The knots" said Swain, at
last, seem to be an ordinary
square knot, with which the cord
was made into a moose, and then
a double bovine to secure it."
"A double bowline? Can you
tie such a knott"
Certainly. Anyone who has
ever owned boat can do so. 1t is
the best knot for this purpose"
The coroner reached out for the
cord and replaced it in the en-