Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-08
SHSOIslIS

,,. SYNOPSIS.
h",. ]. !. love With rio1 HGs S Sr@ Ss"
uT i,, Of Dr. Montrosc; who has spent
marty. STANLEY has been lnnitlns pole.
IN WV ,S.a IL me mysterious murder Of four
being Of supsrnatural power. Tho
made the fifteenth Crimson stain victim
the Way S,s An st,sr S to pa1 sisnIg
,o nnr: IN" slayer. discovers that Fiorrnce
!, ~" i, an'E to iini that the ulrl has hccn
N11n 1I,,.; home. Then Florence II iurci
itch Is boM soI u I" ,m., h%n,c In the rsnx
r,or% &c rrcorni..s Tanner and follow.
n >" ma Lsosca,s apar,m"n, lambert rrux.
rnyns apartment, Clayton is found by ~,
snieN ana detective unconscious in IN,
TIL. ,nnrhc- rio arg,Sc c scspsss hin, him
''"'r "a n" is taking her from vanyas.
FIFTH EPISODE
The i'iruyc 81 IslarL.
toner la.t"n stood aghast. stll
~ daZcd. The plain clothes man aid
hcavy band on his shoulder.
Come 'lonE." ne ordered curtlr.
But nidn't-Im innoccnt." Stun
cred Clayton q"
Fold on intcrposcd STANLEY
Many jealous detective has faced
raise arrest charge through being
700 much "f "a hurry We can't
TX this over on tho roof here. Come
'"n 10 Mr.. Claytons studio. Bring
IN along! Not so roughly. man.
answer that he won't try 10 cs
pc"
Reluctantly the officer asscn,cd
nd tho trio climbed through tho
uttlc single Ale. returning to the
udio.
Now. then" proceeded STANLEY as
switched on tho electric lights
.ct get another look ut that note"
inc plain clothes man drew out tho
PIC lie did not place IT. in Harol,I's
itstretched fingers. but held 1t up
sht-clench"d between his own hand.
prevent either Of tho others from
'atchinG and destroying 1t.
harold was thus enabled to read. bu,
u TO handle it He and Clayton both
AIRED AT the scrap Of paper
mats no, my writing. II is not In
very lcast like mine. You know
isn't. Harold"
or course. know 1t isn't" eagerly
seh'cd STANLEY. a look Of genuine
lief on his face. i've seen your
'ndwritng a hundred times. This 1,
more like il than it's like mine
Hccr. you've made big mistake
re"
1T is trap cried clayton
hats not my writing Some one is
yinc 10 throw tho blame Of tho muir.
on me. III gladly tell you wha,
II" know about it, -
anything YOU say now" warned tho
tcrtivc. again dropping into police
elton as he rccitcd the legal formula
nything you say now is liable to b,
ed against you at your trial"
speak NJ. Bob" adjured Stanley
lear yourself
Il went TO Nanya Toscas apartment.'
gan Clayton. speaking directly &c
friend. and ignoring the impa,ien,
tecttrc. You remember. you were
meet me there. | hid in an alcove
hind some curtains. as to sur.
IS" her when she came in. 1t was
fools way of acting but
III was lovers way OF acting
mittcd STANLEY. which amounts I,
same thing. Go ahead
she came into the living-room,
ntinucd Clayton. There was man
It'll her \ lashy overdrcssed chap
never seen him before. But she
He'd him Truxton. So l knew who
must be. was wild with jealousy
-
SO you pulled a gun and shot him.
cuScd the detective
NO hotly denied Clayton. II took
step toward the curtains But at
at very first step
He paused, lifted his hand nervously
his neck: then went on:
al the very first step | felt a set
long. ice-coid fingers grip my
roat tried 10 wheel about. TO And
no had seized me. But hard as ]
rugglcd, | couldn't shake off that
ranging grip or sec my captor's face
cn tho choking must have made me
int. For the next thing ] remember
was swaying on the edge of the
OF M there just now, and you were
agEinG me back"
Almost at the same instant. Flor
&C Montrose, in crossing the hall OF
r fathers l,ivcrdale house, CHANGED
meet Parrish. as Felix admitted him
the front door
ASK Or. AIontrosc II he can see
for five minutes" she Heard Par
III tell the servant
is Felix departed on his errand
orcncc stepped forward Holding
idc the curtains of an adjoining
ON. she said:
will you come in here. Mr.. Par
Ii? ] want to speak to you"
Wondering at so odd a request from
girl who scarcely knew him by
;ht. Parrish followed her through
G curtaincd doorway.
MIR. Parrish went on Florence, eX-
cdly, as she turned to face the great
tcctivc, 81 have great news for you.
clcw that may solve the whole
'inson Stain mystery IT Is about
murder of TruXton Lambert.
s. him killed. Never mind how. I'll
plain that to you later. I've been
ing to get Harold Stanley OH the
cphonc to let him know about it.
] can't find him. So / am telling
II instead. saw TruXton Lambert
led. Ills murderer was"
brolSc in Iporricl, nor1nnsl,.