Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-04-13
SYNOPSIS

awakened by telephone summons to
visit the residece of Anthony Conrad,
a retired broker, who has been found
dead on his couch.
Suspicion points to Gustav Conrad,
his nephew, with whom he had quar-
relied the night before and who to all
appearances tried to commit suicide
after killing his uncle.
Physicians find that Gustav has n
chance to recover. The will leaves
$4,000 to Gustav and the balance of
the estate to George Mallet, another
nephew.
Not satisfied with the apparent So
luton of the case, Semi Dual, the old
man of mystery, takes hand in the
gle of human life.
Dual asks Gordon to 60 with John
son of the detective force and search
the Conrad premises thoroughly for
other evidence.
They find a footprint beneath a
window and finger print on the sill
and also secure the will itself, for in
spection and comparison with the two
nephews' handwritings, which Miss
Burton aids in getting.
"It's all right, son. said he. "You
can imagine how much faith I've got
in this Dual of your from my stand
to-day. But the mans too much for
me. Thirty minutes after called you
this morning he called me and asked
me where I'd sent you and what was
up, / told him, and he asked for the
names. l gave them to him, and in
an hour he called me again and told
in wanted you for the day. l kicked.
hen he asked me if wanted scoop.
That go tine and l fell for the thing,
and here it is"
He tapped the written pages.
"He's going to make good again.
But how does he do it? You didn't
phone him this morning."
"No." l shook my head. "But I
did think about him. l guess"
"That he caught your thoughts ?"
Smithson peered out from under
his shade. "Glace, is there something
in that telepathy stuff? Dye mean
this Dual can do thing like that ?"
"He told me to-day that that was
what made him call you up"
"I've heard of it, but I always
thought it was fake" said Smith
son. allow does he pick your
thoughts out of all the others float
ing around?"
"It's on the principle of the wire
less telephone-a harmonizing sem
Situation of minds" l began.
"Look out" interrupted Smithson,
grinning. you'll choke yourself on
a mounthful like that" But he nod
ded as if he understood what / had
meant.
-"There may be something in it,"
he said after moment. "Well, what
are you going to do now?"
e"I'm going to Dual's. Bryce and
Johnson are to come there at five
o'clock. Probably l will be able to
send you the answer any time after
that. I've got some things 1 must
get to him first"
Meaning the stuff Sommers left
for you at the hospital?"
"That and some samples of hand
writing"
9"What was it Sommers left for
you?" he wanted to know.
81 don't know, Smithson," an
swered. "The envelope was sealed
and didn't open it."
"Think Dual would care if we did
now?" he asked. His curiosity was
plaintly getting the better of him.
II paused and considered moment.
"Not if we We're careful of it," l
finally decided, and reached for the
envelope.
Smithson showed aside the litter of
papers on his desk and cleared a
space, drawing his chair close to the
desk.
With a paper knife l slit the top Of
the cover and reached in. Whatever
the contents were they were wrapped
in blue paper, and drawing the pack
ct out | laid it on the desk.
Turning back the blue wrapper
exposed a couple of folded pads of
ordinary surgical guaze, which in
turn | unwrapped. Then
Smithson and / sat in total silence
staring into each others eyes across
the corner of the desk.
Between us on the pads lay slight
fiattened bullet, some half dozen red
dish brown hairs, and bit of pow
der -blackened skin!
nnED W.T.