Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-08
The MYSTERIOUS Letter

The Mysterious Letter
/ DEFORE we loft the nrighhorhood of
| Is uo sr,,,o,,.,a,,,, ta,,,, pon,os bod
r,v n,tuSs.ri GH IIISr Trnnd "d n",
arrnmgnd ~ oro m,o' IL ,!otcbcd Gov and
"i',%tN IL ~ !, W ilft, ',H,t u,I ,Id
YiStnJ ,,nr coI,i,,, ',,S" ,1n tI,n horn ~ thn
hons" ~ - bnmdrnI Lcv. titin wbirh
I rnodnstI, diYcIoi,noj Roth of no
worn diennnoin+od NJ NOT fnding rho
diamond bnt ,.o rott tEo d;ero,,n.r Of
thn honsc had sorcbmv. brought ns
,'norcr tn +bn 'I;n,ov ~ thc oJ,r,,t,nn
WHOM v.o rconhod tbc otHce - rod
baircd ncsscngor how was WAITING for
me un cane from Uod-owntnr House
MS tbo bcorcr of a confidential message
from the imnertnrbablr Hangood, de-
tnrtivn and rbiIoeonbnr In His com
mnniaotion S'l1 he assured Dsd me thor he hnd
watched the bousc and IFS inmates with
thc foitbf,iiunss Of dnmb beast thai
no cnuId rivn n dntoirrd rcno~t Of tbc
movements Of cvcry member Of thr
household including the number of
cigarettes smoked bv Jules Jacqucttc.
As the net result of all this the only
thing he had to report was the finding
of Il letter carclcSSlv dropped by - ISIS
Wharton-thc said letter being duly
incloscd and mo"k"d "t'vhiNit \" in
the case of thc Red Diamond.
1t appeared that Dora had gone out
riding the afternoon before. On en-
tering the automobile she opcned her
handbag 70 get some small article. III
the confusion Of reaching for various
personal possessions she had unknow-
ingly dropped the letter. Hapgood,
from his most of observation near the
entrance. had seen the bit of paper
Huttcring to the ground and at the
first 1ortunity thereafter. like
faithful detective. had picked it up
and. later, sent it to me.
Ny first imnulse was to become an
CRY at Hapgood for his presumption.
but on second thought | roa lied that
he had done what he regarded MS his
duty. Dora. in his ewes, was sinnly
one person in the little drama and
not entitled to any more consideration
than anv of the other characters in tbn
play. The inclosurc was single sheet
of .naner, on which the following was
written in lead pencil:
"Tho custon,s doto,+;,,os I,,,,. .l,o4
the Red Diamond has hoo, "rIm ,Ioood Jug. a.
the snfe Tbav axmon, 20" ,o a., Ii,'ftu sto, ~ !.
tonight md If tbeT fnd ~ i So o, niter ,,oio IT.
will be arrested ~ , s1nngoior "' o,,d WY nv
smch win he Iiobio "a n'Ihus hnaI.' ~ ana az
imprisonmen+ hes;dee IT, n,itt INV ny ny
Won to savo bir, frn,,, .tS;, 1;a WIN
This warning is from from n '"'G fr;on s'uJe, ,i'h
would snaro IN, fnout u,' .r IL irienu VINO
roIamify :" '''''' '''''' we unnecessary
I raSnod u.i+,, s,,r,,,i.o ,,.h.
this remarkohln 'nIp,ISG noi,,i' Mnen l reaG
thnn 7 ro,,n a. show '''''t"H nt ~ u"'i"!, ana
nifroncs md its itJuo iruno,.t W 10y ilS sig
evident "''' '''i-
If was tho nvs+,rio,,s ,o+to,.,.,,
Dora Wharton Lod 'UaS raSoi iee1er WhtGh
night tbe CoInrei bod srst Li,;I ~ tnI
the Red DIAMOND 'i't ~ LIS n.s. .t HAhipltea
r,unication which had oorSod m"s 5nG ro'a
much snffering II t'u n,os vaunva n',.i nrr SO
nurnosn and II bad m"o oooonrIint, mrItJen !or
purnose. nut mvsoif IN biiS"rI bnr I loS
What would | have done if 7 hod 'i"or, hoor,
the girl and had receiynJ srnh "''u nru"
ingF Filled with terror 7 shonId "a " ban.o bam
attempted to save C'oinnol w. n"n
any cost ''' '0- at
1t was tbot fooling which boJ
prompted tbe Girl to ariso in tbo ,,iddin La,