The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-09
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+ Il was present when it was found, >
said DR.. Cumberly.
IT know you were," replied Max
'1In short, discovered that the Palace
mansions murder case was my case
and that my case was the Palace man
sions case. Eth bien! The mystery OF
the Paris draft did not detain me long
A call upon the manager Of the Lon
don County and Suburban bank at
Charirg Cross vaaled to me the
whole plot. The re.,l Mrs. Leroux had
never visited that bank; it was Nine.
Jean posing as Mrs. Leroux, who went
there and wrote the specimen sigma
iture, accompanied by a certain
.S0aues, q butler"
II know himr' said DR.. Cumberly
grimly. sThe blackguard!'
Truly BLACKBOARD, truly big, dir
sty BLACKBOARD. But 1t is such canaille
as this that MI. King discovers and
uses tor his own ends. Paris society,
know for fact, has many such a
canker worm In its heart. Oh, it is q
big case, a very big case! Poor Mr..
Leroux being confined to his bed ah,
II pity him-I took the opportunity to
visit his flat in Palace mansions with
Inspector Dunbar, 8pd obtained fur
Their evidence showing how the con-
fpiracy had been conducted, yes. For
instance, Dunbars notebook showed
me that Mr. Leroux was accustomed
to receive letters from Mrs. Leroux
while she was supposed to be In Paris.
I actually discovered some Of those
letters, and they bore no dates. This,
IL they came from woman, was not
remarkable, but upon one OF them 1
found something that was remarkable.
1t was still IN It's envelope, you must
understand. this letter, its envelope
bearing the Paris postmark. But i'm.
pressed upon the paper / discovered q
second postmark, which by means Of
a simple process and the use Of mag.
nifying glass I made out to be Bow,
Eastr'
@8 ssWhatg'
do you not understand? This letter
and others doubtless had been inclosed
in an envelope and dispatched to Paris
from Bow, East. In short, Mrs, Lee
roux wrote those letters before she
left London. Soames never posted
them, but handed them over to some
representative of Mr.. King. This 9TH
er, Ii turn, posted them to Mime. Jean
in Paris. Morbleu, these are clever
rrogues! This which was fortunate
enough to discover had been on top,
you understand, this billet, and, the
outer envelope being very heavily
stamped, that below retained the i'm
press Of the postmark."
sPoor Lerouxy' said Cumberly again,
with suppressed emotion. "That UNI
suspecting, kindly soul has been drawn
into the meshes Of this conspiracy.
How they have been wound around
him until
HE knows the truth about his
wife," asked Max, suddenly glancing
up at the physician that she is not in
Paris r.
II myself broke the painful news to
him." replied CumberlJ, after a con-
sultation with Miss Ryland and my
daughter. / considered Tiny duty to
tell him, but cannot disguise from
myself that it FASTENED, If it 1t did not
directly occasion, his breakdown"
Eyes, yesr' said Max. .sWe have
been very fortunate, however, in d.
verting the attention Of the press from
the absence of Mrs. Leroux throughout
This time. Nom dun nom! Had they
got to know about the scrap of paper
found in the dead woman's hand I
fear that this would have been i'm
possible
Z 81 do not doubt that it would have
been Impossible, knowing the London
press" replied DR.. Cumberly, shut I,
too, am glad that it has been achieved,
for in the light Of your Paris discov-
cries I begin at last to understand"
"You were not Mrs. Lerouxs medical
,advjserY
Il was not" replied Cumberly.
CHANGING sharply at Max. "Good heav-
ems! To think that had never re-
allied the TRUTH
1T is not so wonderful at all. Of
course, as I have seen. from the evi-
dence which you gave to the police,
JOQ hACW IAAAt NILS. SAAOA was dO-
dicted to the use Of opiumY'
at was perfectly evident replied
Cumberly, painfully evident I will
not go into particulars, but her entire
constitution was undermined by the
habit. I may add, however, that 1
did not associate the vice with her vio-
lent end, except
"Ahr' interrupted Max, shaking his
finger at the physician. "You are of
opinion that the injection in Mrs. Yer
mons shoulder, which could not have
been self administered"-
"She was not addicted to the use Of
the needle" interrupted Cumberly.
.She was an opium smoker"
"Quite so, quite so," said Max. ''It
makes the point all the more clear.
You are Of opinion that this injection
was made at least eight hours before
the woman's death?"
"At least eight hours, yes"
"Eh bien! said Max. "And have you
had extensive experience Of such in
jectionsT
De. Qumberly stared at him in some