Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1918-05-09
The Curse of
Q11etzn1
.lkis EsKb.
BY ]. u. Giesy and ]. B. Smith
Copyright---The Frank A. Munsey Company

as decoy. You will remember that
l asked to see the bills found on the
Indians body.
"The serial numbers upon them
were P 9174, 66374, and E 857752A.
They were of an issue made by the
Anglo and London-Paris Bank of
San Francisco.
Heffy dug into his pocket and pro-
duced the bills.
You're right" he exclaimed after
a brief inspection.
Dual nodded.
"And three days ago this hotel re-
ceived a shipment of r:nn|l denomina-
ton bills from that bank, as the clerk
himself and also the manager told me,
before / joined you at breakfast.
Furthermore, the bills found on Ute
Charley are of the same series, ana
were evidently given out by this hotel
to some one from whom the Indian
had them"
"By Jove! Did you find out who
got a bunch of those bills?" Dayton
asked.
Dual shook MS neau.
Patience. One step at time,
Mr.. Dayton. That was the obvious
course. l inquired certainly, and re-
ceived list, so far as the clerk could
remember of such guests as had re-
ceived any of the bills. There were
several names. Now, you all saw what
happened at the scene of the crime
itself. Suppose that we draw a men,
tai picture of what occurred there
some hours before.
"The Indian, acting as decoy, had
induced the professor, carrying the
image of Quetzal and the jewel, to ac-
company him there. In all likelihood
he told him he had found some object
of interest or discovered some one
who knew something in which Win
garde would find material of interest.
1T is easy to deceive one who is
wrapped up in a subject. Such one
will ofttimes overlook Inconsistencies
which a less biased mind would sense.
They had come through the night,
therefore, to that spot where the one
who bought the Indians service was
waiting for his victim, his mind CEN
tered on obtaining the great jewel he
knew he carried upon him, and which
| Charley was to know was present be-
fore he brought him, as owing to its
| bulk he could easily ascertain while
| talking to Wingarde at the start.
"Wingarde was not of a suspicious
nature. His going as he did shows
that. Not until he arrived at the ap-
pointed spot and found one he did not
expect did he conceive of treachery in
the affair.
1.-THE one who waited demanded
what he carried on his body. What
he proposed may never be known, but
Wingarde refused. The other sought
to take them by force. The footprints
at that spot show that they struggled.
But the thief was the stronger.
HE wrested the image from Win
garde's body and, knowing his man
would never rest quiet under the theft,
he saw that his death alone would
serve to render his own possession se-
cure. He wrenched out the handle of
the image and plunged it into Win
| garde's breast, wounding his heart.
The poison on the blade acted quickly.
Wingarde sank dying. 1t was easy
enough then for the one who had slain
to complete his purpose and possess
himself of the gem.
But he knew that the discovery of
the body would excite comment and
| suspicion. 1t must be concealed. The
canon was at hand. A fall to its bot
tom would either conceal his work by
allowing the body to be washed away
or, failing that, by making 1t appear
| that Wingarde had stumbled over the
edge in the dark.
Lifting him up, he carried him ia
the edge and pushed him off. There
after he followed the natural impulse
and looked over, and SO left the con
victing mark of his hand as well as
the prints of his feet. And the fact
that he had laid the body. down and
pushed it off showed him to have been
a man of no exceeding strength OF
stature. A man far larger than Win
garde would have hurled his man from
the cliff.
| "A man VI lnc SdlbC oiLSJ VI ucoiiy
would have done as this man did
Therefore, we know that our man is
of ordinary stature, from the three de
tails-the record of his action, the sizt
of his shoe, and the print of his hand
10 this we add the detail that ht
walks slightly on the outer side of hi
foot, and that the last two joints o
the little finger on his left hand arr
missing. That gives us fairly goot
description, think"
Gosh, yes" said Heffy. 'Whel
you get done I'll grab him, II he'
anywheres around this dump. That
as good as photograph Of the guinea
You think he's got the image an tn
stone anywheres near him?"
Il think so-at present" said Sem
Dual.
Having disposed of the professor,
he went on, "he was now confronte'