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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

Just then Dodge caught sight OF me.
For the moment | thought perhaps he
was going to fulfill his threat
Who the devil-why didn't you tell
me reporter was here, Jennings?" he
fputtered Indignantly, pointing toward
the door.
Argument, entreaty. we're Of no
avail. There was nothing to do but go.
At least, | reflected, had the great
er part of the stOry-all except the one
big thing, hOwever-the name of the
criminal. But Dodge would know him
tomorrow!
L hurried back to the Star to write
my story in time to catch the last
morning edition.
Meanwhile, if I may anticipate my
story, l must tell Of what we later
learned had happened to Dodge so
completely to upset him.
Ever since the Consolidated Mutual
had been hit by the murders he had had
many lines out in the hope of enmesh-
ing the perpetratOr. That night, as
found out the next day. he had at last
heard of a clue. One of the company's
detectives had brought in a red-head-
ed, lame, partly paralyzed crook, who
enjoyed the expressive monniker Of
"Limpy Red" Limpy Red was
gunman of some renown, evil-faced
and, having nothing much to lose. des-
perate. Whoever the master criminal
of the clutching hand might have been
he had seen f, to employ Limpy, but
had not taken the precaution of getting
rid of him soon enough when he was
through.
Therefore Limpy had a grievance.
and now descended under pressure to
the low level of Switching to Dodge in
his Office
No. governor" the trembling
wretch had said as he handed over a
grimy envelope, Il amt never seen
his face-but here is directions how to
find his hangout"
AS Limpy ambled out, he turned to
Dodge, quivering at the enormity of his
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

Don't Let On How You Found out!"
objectionable sin in gangland: "For
Gods sake, governor" he implored
don't let on how you found QUIT"
And yet Limpy Red had scarcely left
with his promise not to tell, when
Dodge, happening to turn over some
papers, came upon an envelope left
on his own desk, bearing that mysteri-
GUS clutching hand,
He tore it open, and read in amaze
ment:
Destroy Limpy Reds instructions
within the next hour"
Dodge gazed about in wonder. This
was getting on his nerves. He de-
termined to go home and rest.
Outside the house, as he left his car.
pasted over the monogram on the door.
he had found another note. with the
same weird mark and the single word:
Remember"
In spite Of the pleadings of young
Bennett, Dodge refused to take warn
ing. In the safe in his beautifully
fitted library he deposited Limpys doc
ument in an envelope containing all
the correspondence thai had led up to
the final step in the discovery.
1t was late in the evening when
returned to our apartment and, not
finding Kennedy there, knew that l
would discover him at the laboratory.
Craig" cried as l burst in on
him. I've got case for you-greater
than any ever before"
Kennedy looked up calmly from the
ruck of scientific instruments that sur
rounded him-test tubes, beakers,
carefully labeled bottles.
"Indeed?" he remarked, coolly 60
ing back to his work.
YES" I cried. 1T is a scientific
criminal who seems to leave no clues"
Kennedy looked up gravely. Every
criminal leaves trace" he said quiet
ly. ''If it hasn't been found, then 1t
must be because no one has ever
looked for 1t in the right way"
Still gazing at me keenly, he added:
Eyes, i already knew there was such
man at large. i have been called in
on that Fletcher case-he was a trus-
tee OF the university, you know"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

touching the register, he wrenched the
telephone from the grasp of the dea(
man, replacing it in it's normal posi-
ton. Only for a second did he pause
to look at his victim as he destroyed
| the evidence of his work.
Minutes were precious. First Dodge's
pockets, then his desk engaged his at
tention. There was left the safe.
As he approached the strong box
the master criminal took two walls
from his pocket. Removing a bust OF
Webster that stood on the safe, he
poured the contents of the walls in two
mixed masses of powder, forming a
heap on the safe, into which he insert.
ed two magnesium wires.
He lighted them, sprang back, hid
ing his eyes from the light. and a
binding gush of flame, lasting per
haps ten seconds, poured out from the
top Of the safe.
1t was not an explosion. but just a
dazzling, intense flame that sizzled and
cracked. 1t seemed impossible, but
the glowing mass was literally sink
ing, sinking down into the cold steel.
At last it burned through-as if the
safe had been of finder,
Without waiting a moment longer
than necessary, the masked criminal
advanced again and actually put his
hands down through the top of the
safe, pulling out a bunch of papers
Quickly he thrust them all, with just
a glance, into his pocket
Still working quickly, he took the
bust of the great orator, which he had
removed, and placed it under the light.
Next, from his pocket he drew two
curious stencils, as it were, which he
had apparently carefully prepared.
With his hands, still carefully gloved,
he rubbed the stencils on his hair, as
il to cover them with film of natural
oils. Then he deliberately pressed
them over the statue in several
places. 1t was a peculiar action, and
he seemed to fairly gloat over it when
it was done and the bust returned to
its place, covering the hole.
AS noiselessly as he had come, he
made his exit after one last malignant
look at Dodge. 1t was now but the
work of moment to remove the wires
he had placed and climb out of the
window, taking them and destroying
the evidence down in the cellar.
A low whistle from the masked
crook, now again in the shadow,
brought his pal stealthily to his side.
cts all right" he whispered hoarse- |
ly to the man. Now you attend to
Limpy Red"
The villainous looking pal nodded |
and, without another word, the two |
made their getaway. safely, in opposite
When Limpy Red, still trembling.
left the Office of Dodge earlier in the
evening, he had repaired as fast as his
feet would take him to his
iavorite dive up on Park Row.
Had the Bowery "sinkers" not got
INTO his eyes he might have noticed
among the late jewellers a man who
spoke to no one. but took his place
near by at the bar.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06
THE CLUTCHING
HAND WINS
AGAIN.
NEW YORK MYSTERIOUS MAS
TER CRIMINAL PERFECTS
ANOTHER COUP.
City Police Completely BaffIed

Here's this murder of Fletcher, the
retired banker and trustee of the uni
versity," he explained. Not a clue
except a warning letter signed with
this mysterious clutching fist. Last
week it was the robbery of the Hax-
worth jewels and the killing of old
Haxworth. Again that curious sign OF
the hand. Then there was the bastard
ly attempt on Sherburne, the steel
magnate. Not trace OF the assail
ant except this same clutching fist. So
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-06

With them, in order not to confuse
any possible finger prints on the bust
he lifted it off
l gave gasp of surprise.
There, in the top of the safe,
yawned a gaping hole, through which
one could have thrust his arm!
What is it," we asked, crowding
about him.
"Thermit," he replied laconically.
"Thermit?" | repeated.
"Yes-a compound of iron oxide and
powdered aluminium, invented by a
chemist at Essen, Germany. 1t gives
a temperature of over five thousand
degrees. 1t will eat it's way through
the strongest steel"
Jennings, his mouth wide open with
wonder. advanced to take the bust
from Kennedy.
"No-dont touch it," he waved him
off, laying the bust on the desk. Il
want no one TO touch it-don't you
see how careful | was to use the
paper, that there might be no ques-
ton about any clue this fellow may
have left on the marble?"
AS he spoke, Craig was busting over
the surface of the bust with some
black powder.
Look" exclaimed Craig suddenly.
Finger prints," cried excitedly.
Yes" nodded Kennedy, studying
them closely. a clue-perhaps.
"What-those little marks-a clue?"
asked voice behind US.
I turned and saw Elaine looking
over our shoulders, fascinated. II was
evidently the first time she had real.
lied that Kennedy was in the room.
"How can you tell anything by
that?" she asked.
why. easily" he answered, pick.
ing up a glass paper weight which
lay on the desk You see, I place
my finger on this weight-so. You
could see it even without the powder
on this glass. Do you see those lines?
There are various types of markings
-four general types-and each per.
sons markings are different. even il
of the same general type-loop, whorl,
arch or composite"
He continued working as he talked.
Your thumb marks, for example.
Miss Dodge, are different from mine.
Mr.. Jameson's are different from both
Of u.s. And this fellows finger prints
are still different It is mathematical
y impossible to find two alike in
every respect"
Kennedy was holding the paper
weight near the bust as he talked.
| shall never forget the look OF
blank amazement on his face as he
)ent over closer.
MY Cod" he exclaimed excitedly.
this fellow is a master criminal! He
las made stencils or something OF
he sort on which, by some mechan.
cal process, he has actually forged
he hitherto infallible finger printsi"
/, too. bent over and studied the
marks on the bust and those Ken.
ledy had made on the paper weight to
how Elaine.
THE FINGER PRINTS ON THE
,UST WERE KENNEDY'S OWN.
cTo BE coNTINUED)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27

fully entertained in honor OF her guest.
Miss Eva bisgus. az Pow ratau. ohio.
Copies Of the following Invitations
were issued Thursday.
sistersvlIIe Lodge. So. als o. q. % r.
huurarlf and Ladies' are invited
Co attend Bu Faster Dance
given OF Thistle Hall
Tuesday evening. Aruru o. 1918
EIfet IuuDn
Informal
Programs . clock sharp
coTWwnit ilS G. 3 ksrr. o. 4, giisa vs.
han
Misses vIretta Mccoy and N~vada
iIHWFnu have arrived from FaIrwHuf
Normal tY spend tho HprinE vacation at
their homes
luss LusH Graham has gone 10 Ssw
.'EiuEtgr. 1, t1 be The guest OF AIRS.
James 'uifer.
%. o. uys. nae returned home f1 WI.
saH. Or. N. 90 Dye
hIIr. gladys IraHt ~ New Martins
.iI.r. ia fhH guest nf NlHa HarHI MCCOY.
hUHH Pauline Bolton. who attends
."HHH. Hf HI.EHHnH.r. IH rlrrHIrE H fHH.
dave Win rrr parents. REV. and Nrv. O..
asalre D. Goddard rrprsssrurr r.
300. vs-s looking sffsr business mat
.a-s and VISITING friends
Mrs I tu|Ir. and rHm.I. faff
I.|rafaF flr LiHEa county,. NHu YORK
when. ST. -HIIfHN OIL .H.afef HHH where
sr- -lrls- -' of ] from
....eIHHI rH.r. rn bee HT.. #ffsHfIHr
IH anf.m.IL'r school f.r rEr weeks
Hr and Sire rraf IHrT bow. some fU
".sEe.arf o.. o. usIf frIrnfe
Nn'anF wilson WHO attends ISL g. d.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
SISTERSVILLB

SGSTERsVILLE, W. Va. March 2s -
Miss Mabel Hodges. teacher on Nathe-
MATES In SiEtcrsviIle HIrh school A.
seriously tll with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Thomas Aiahousy. formerly. of
sister syille. who has been spending sew
eIal Gays nero. has returned 70 her
nome IN youngstown. o.
rev. Robert Harvey, who has been a
guest % the home % Rev and Mrs.
i wilson, has returned home 10
=, Mt and Mrs. Swain hsv. left for ~.
MARION, IA, FOR an extended visit
ne Art Club was entertained Wed
nesday BY Mrs. Grant Keeuer At her
nome on Catherine street
ID. y Sanders vas business visitor
here Wednesday
A. W. Hickman. Of the South sids has
Logan Ohio. 'F 10
p ] Hanlon has returned from a bust-
ness TIP 10 Wheeling and pItfzhurrh
Miss Kate HenuaEhan BE- In Whesifrp
spending a Few days with relatives
Mrs. George Dyer has arrived hrr1a
rom brief visit with her sister NJ.
p. - bish. o. Clarkshurg
MISS heryl Watson who has brer.
visiung Or. and Mrs " H Young Ia.
returned home 90 C1arkFburE
MISS Pauline Richards rutarfafnaF th.
Sewing Club. Or which she fa a rrsr,t.T
81 the home on Mccoy Heights Wednos-
..Thursdsy evening - her bor. On
Wells street Mrs q n piqque dsIirbf.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
ONE WAY TO REDUCE
THE HIGH COST or LIVING

Every little bt helps whenever
you save little out of every dollar
you spend By making your dollar buy
more than sumHb0fT sIaaa dollar BUYS
you have accomplished fha saving
FOR Instance. family OF five VIII
pend about thousand dollars q year
ON things fo eat. f0 wear and f0r 9th.
or necessities Suppose that family
gets Lo1al Trading stamps with every
dime spent they win save Erl. and 10
tlo economical wife cvrHaurr. Dor
SOAP Wrappers. coupons of various
Nnae and The man or men their fo.
hacco taE7. certificates. etc.. for LEGAL
Trading stamps The total saving VIII
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
VACUUM SYSTB N
Being Installed IN Court House Ready
For Operation Today VIII Be
Demonstrated

The new vacuum cleaner being IN
stalled in the court house by the nrm
OF Paul g. WEIGH was practically nm
iFhed yesterday evening although a
slight hitch developed In the working
AZ $3.50 o'clock The attachment was
made in the Sheriff. office for a dem.
0nsfrafI0n but tbs switches in tho
basement dId not seem fo work right
end The work gas postponed over un.
tI today The whole ry stem viii pa
given E0inF over THE morning and
The finishing touches made
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
JUDGEMENT MOTION
Two Motions Were Filled Yesterday
In Circuit Court For a Total Of
Nearly $1,000

Two motions for judgment invoIv-
ing separate persons. but both total
ling close Co two thousand dollars
were hled with the clerk OF the circuit
court yesterday Attorney Carl q.
schmidt hled one motion styled SaIHe
Hinkle VI. G.. ID Thompson for sum
o. 1915. less SIS paid Boz interest Ire
motion further says that on April -
fhs plaintiffs will appear in tho rfr.
cult court and ask for the above
amount
Attorney I'd r. Hora.man filed a
motion styled The south Side uant or
wheeling W.. Charles g. Murphy DO
Involves The sum ~ 21.u-O aIIsarH due
on three negotiable notes
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
To REMoYE nANDRuFE

% - aaaasas
Get a 2lCrnt bottle Uf Uaudefina af
any drug store. pour a little into your
'1nd and rub vel into The SCALP with
'H0 lngcr tpr. Hy morning most b
not aIl OF this awful scurf win have
q appeared Two or three appHra
lona VIII destroy every hH ~ dan.
druh stop scalp Itching and falling
hair
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27

amount fo thirty dollars quito on
Tenn. and when you fEuro that tins
itlfiF dollars VIII pay two months.
r'nt Do looks as if every family would
make ON effort to and ina.sf on Ierai
IraiInr stamps with everything thty
buy If is surely worth while. and. b.
.Ug way. there's prize contest on
E.I'N valuable prizes. worth q total or
5000. are t0 Dol rvou free % the nffy
people who collect the most LeFf
Trading stamps before May IL
Think o. over
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27

For Che neiaIa OF Minnie O. srEaof.
or Mann. Hilton H Mann was named
edminI.'rafor With bond ared 90 $500.
A'IarI Docpkcu surety
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27

4. the guest % his parents. Rev. and
Mrs g.. l. Wilson.
The Wheeling Intelligence is found
hulliu and kuapus.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
COUNTY COURT.


Hilton Ut. Mann was named guar
dian yesterday afternoon for Edna D..
Mann. Bond was Fixed az $3.50 ana
AiIard pcrpkon was named surety.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
AUSTRIAN STRATEGY
AIDED HINDENBURG
ADVANCE OF ARMIES UNDER
DANKL AIDED ~ PRUS-
SIAN VICTORIES.
Russian Force Checked-osiIcian Cam
paign Weakened Cars Line In
horth-Von t4oetxendorf an
Able Strztegist.

ST. LOUIS. March 26-Fleld Mar
shan Won Hindenburg declared recent
7 ~ 10 a correspondent that he could
never have gained his victories in
East Prussia without the aid OF the
Austro-Hungarian army. A Viennese
military expert. one OF the leading
technical strategists OF the dual mon
archy now campaingnin in Gancia
describes the operations that called
forth Won Hindenburg's tribute in the
following letter to the Austro- Hungar-
Ian consul here:
According TO the agreement between
France and Russia. the Russians i'm
mediately on the opening OF hostiu-
ties were expected to throw their
main armies upon Berlin 10 surSort
the French attack. The Illustration OF
that plan was the first and great sue
I cess Of the Austro- hungarian army.
Russians Held In Check.
The attack Of the Austro- Hungarians
upon the Russian forces and the ad-
vance on Lublin and Zamosc engaged
the Russianmai n forces TO such an
extent that they could not carry out
the original plan. The Russian general
stan had believed that Il could operate
In East Prussia with comparatively
small forces until the Austro-Hunga-
rian resistance was crushed.
At that time General Dankl gained
his famous victories at Trampol. Kras-
mix and Niedcewice Dusa and ad-
vanced toward Lublin. while Auffen-
berg routed the numerically superior
army OF General Plehwe. which ad-
who had succeeded to Brudermann IN
the command OF the army operating
In the region OF Lemberg, resisted for
eight days the powerful onslaught OF
General Iwanow. Russia's most capa-
BILE general lwanow had seventeen
more divisions at his disposal than
had Boroevic. The second battle near
Lemberg. In spite OF Russia's over
whelming masses. almost turned into
a Russian rout.
Near Grodek Boroevic kept the Rus
sian so firmly in check that they were
unable TO move. simultaneously the
second Austro-Hungarian army under
Boehm-Ermolli advanced from the
south. while Auffenberg's army using
/ Rawaruska as pivot pressed the
beaten Russian army corps back upon
3 Iemberg.
Men and Guns Captured.
Twenty thousand prisoners and
eighty guns were captured by Bore.
vic's army alone and 10000 Boehm-
! Ermolli.
Every one OF the Russian armies
was so defeated that the enemy's gen
eral stan had to abandon its originar
plans-Arst to crush the Austrians
and then Prussia.
The Austrian offensive drew the
main Russian forces and thus made
IL possible for Hindenburg TO beat
the Russian armies OF Samsonoff and
Rennenkampn. who had meanwhile
Invaded East Prussia. An attack on
Berlin was henceforth out OF the cues
ton. and instead OF being able to sup
port the French the Russians had their
hands full in taking care of them
selves.
Hlndenbure's Tribute.
o This explains Hindenburg's tribute
that he could never have gained the
victories in East Prussia without the
Austro-Hungarians.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08
SMALL STAFF SYSTEM BACK
Baseball Returning TO Old Plan Of Car.
ryino but Five Pitehers-Gsme
Has Not Improved.

Jimmy Ryan. former Cub star, be.
lieves baseball is going back to the
system OF the old days. when five
pitchers were all a club would carry.
"Stallings has amply demonstrated
that the former scheme was best"
says Ryan. when | was with the Chi.
cage Colts Callahan, Clark Griffith and
a third pitcher would work in turn.
You could always select the twirler for
the next game.
"We had a couple OF pitchers on the
bench for relief duty, but no more.
AT present we find clubs with ten
and more twirlers on the pay roll,
when three or four are actually doing
all the work. What is the result?
Why. because they have to perform
the heavy tasks and at the same time
see eight or nine men sitting on the
bench drawing pay and performing no
actual labor In the championship
games the real good men often get
sulky.
"'Why do I have to do so r'uch and
wear myself out when those guys are
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08
CUNNING FOR THE AlRSHlPS
Modern Warfare Has Developed New
Field That Calls for Scientific
Workmanship.

The advent OF the aeroplane and the
airship has introduced a hard prob.
lem for the rlfieman whose duty II Ia
to bring down hostile craft OF this
kind. says Popular Mechanics. Even
with its enormous speed the bullet
discharged by a modern rife is not
fast enough for the aeroplane. as has
been discovered in the European war,
but the expert riHemen who are con
stantly on the watch for hostile air
craft are fast learning the require
ments for hitting these swiftly moving
targets. He no longer aims at an
aeroplane when trying to bring It
down, but at a point about six lengths
ahead OF the machine. The airman
running the hostile craft also knows
this and, when under fire. seldom flies
FAR In n straight line II he can help t.,
but follows a zigzag course.
The Zeppelin Is a much slower.mov
Ing craft and can be plugged" about
the center OF the envelope II the rife
nan aims at Its lose.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08
CAS-, DYSPEPSIA
AND INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour
gassy stomaohs in Five
minutes-Time II!

You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach Is bad-or an uncertain
one-or a harmful one-your stomach
ia too valuable: you mustn't injure II.
Pape's Dlapepsin Is noted for It's
speed in giving relief; Its harmless.
ness; It's certain unfailing action In
regulating sick. sour. gassy stomachs.
its millions OF cures In indigestion.
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
troubles has made II famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor In
-Four home-keep II handy-get a large
~ffty.cent case from any dealer and
then II anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them: II
what they eat lays like lead. ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head.
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa'
tons OF acid and undigested food
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt.
ness. certainty and Ease In overcoming
the worst stomach disorders Is a w
lation to those who try it.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-08
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARkENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try orandma's
Recipe Of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody VIII Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound.
ed. brings back the natural color and
lustre TO the hair when faded. streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was 70 make II at home, which 10
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui.
phur Hair Remedy" You will get q
large bottle for about so cents. Every.
body uses this old. famous recipe, be-
cause no n can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair. as It does Il
so naturally and evenly. You dampen
a sponge or soft brush with II and
draw this through your hair. taking
one small strand at a time: by morn.
Ing the gray hair disappears. and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.