Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-05

Kennedy Discovers the Secret OF the
Poisoned Room. --..:.
spite of the fact that it was broad
daylight, 1t was running. His face
puckered
They are using no current at pres
ent in the house" he ruminated, yet
the meter is running"
He continued to examine the meter.
Then he began to follow the electric
wires along. At last he discovered
place where they had been tempered
with and tapped by other wires.
The work of the Clutching Hand!"
he muttered. ~'st f.. r..
Eagerly he followed the wires to
the furnace and around to the back
There they led right into q ! little
water tank. Kennedy yanked them
out. AS he did so he pulled some
thing with them. ..
Two electrodes the villain placed
there" he exclaimed, holding them up
triumphantly for me to see.
yves" l replied. obviously, "but
what does it all mean?"
Why, don't you see? Under the In
f1uence of the electric current the ">-
ter was decomposed and gave of oxy-
gen and hydrogen The free hydrogen
passed up the furnace pipe and COM
bining with the arsenic in the wall
paper formed the deadly arseniurc*tef
hydrogen" - -.
He cast the whole fniproyise3 Cleo
trolysis apparatus on the floor and
dashed up the cellar steps. ..<. j..
i've found it," he. crict. f,u--ying
into Elaine's room. ITS IL tris room
"a deadly gas-arscsiarsttet hydro
gen."
He tore open the windows. .
Have her moved" h shouted 70
Aunt Josephine '@rber tsvs a vac.
uum cleaner go ever every ip2a If
wall, carpet ard upholstery ..s.
Standing besiIa ksr. be hreatnless-
ly explained his discovery. That vel,
paper has been loaded down with
arsenic, probably paris green. ~
Schweinfurth green, which is acetcar-
semitic of copper. Every minute you
are here you are breathing arseniuret-
ted hydrogen. This Clutching Hand
is diabolical genius. Think of it
poisoned wall paperH.;,J -,
No one said a word Kennedy
reached down and took the tyHa
Clutching Hand messages Elains haS
received. Il shall want to stray
these notes, more, too," he said, hold
ing them up to the wall at the head
of the bed as he flashed his pocket
lens at them. you see, Elaine, mes
be able 20 get something from stady-
ing the ink. the paper. the hand writ
ing" .. iii. -. I -. -
Suddenly 10th leaped back, with a
cry. III .
Their faces had been several inches
apart. Something had whizzed between
them and literally im2aled the two
notes on the wall. h.. -, I.
Down the street, on the roof of 2
carriage house, back of a neighbor's,
might have been seen the uncouth fig
ure of the shabby South American II,
dian crouching behind a chimney and
gazing intently at the Dodge house.
AS Craig had thrown open Elaine's
window and turned to Elaine the figure
had crouched closer to the chimney.
Then with an uncanny detern;ra-
ton, he slowly raised the blovgu1 tn
his lips ->-
jumped forward, followed by DIE.
tor Hayward. Aunt Josephine cad
Marie. Kennedy had a peculiar look
as he pulled out from the wall blow
gun dart similar in every way to tina
which had killed Michael.
Craig" gasped Elaine. reaching u
and laying her soft, white hand CT ais
arm in undisguised fear for h:n, "yp1
you must give up this chase for IT,
Clutching Hand"
"Give up the chase for tre Clutch
ing Hand?" he repeated ~ surprise.
Never! Not until either he OF is
dead"
There was both fear ard sfaira:i7n
mingled in her look. az 10 reached
down and patted her doiat:- shoulder
encouragingly.
CTo BE CONTIN=EDl