Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
Copvrioht, 1918, bv d. Appleton q Ga.
Copyright, Public LEDGER Conpon,,

w ham, his excitement outruup;,,.
Maynard's deliberation of speech. =
THE black pieces were not vet =,
counted for,' went on Maynard. 90
I repeated the alphabet a second tim
beginning with "a on the third souar.
from the left on the fourth rank from
the top of the board This yielded Nh.
phrase: New gas to be us. ana
there I stuck" he admitted ~
f1oundered about hopelessly making
little sense of the remainder of the
diagrams, and then / concluded that
/ had failed to secure all the diagrams
of the set. That Clinched my deter.
mination to return here and search
for other diagrams. 1 arrived, as you
know, just after Evelyn discovered
Won Eltz's body. With the pressing
need Of finding the missing diagrams
without betraying my knowledge of
their existence, I decided to keep my
own counsel and play a lone hand"
did you get the missing dia.
grams?" demanded Burnham.
II found one among Palmer's blue
prints in his Office Friday after.
noon"
you did," Palmer shouted the in.
terruption, reddening hotly. This is
the first l have ever heard of these
diagrams"
II know it," acknowledged Maynard
you accidentally carried the diagram
off among your papers from Hayden's
desk in your apartment, eh, Hayden?"
but the physician made no answer
and Maynard continued his explana-
ton Frankly, Palmer, on finding
the diagram I thought you guilty un.
til-I'm sorry" and Maynard glanced
contritely at Palmer, observing his
hurt expression.
ITS all right" he mumbled un.
graciously. What about the diagram
you found in my office?"
ut made seven diagrams in my
possession" responded Maynard, land
applying the same key, I then had
half the message, but it was not until
Jones gave me a note from Mrs. Van
Ness this afternoon that I got the last
diagram; here" and taking a folded
paper from his pocket he laid it along
side the other diagrams and Burnham
and Palmer bent eagerly over them.
This is the message coded there in its
entirety: New gas to be used
selenium f1uoride. Ordinary absorb
ents useless. Start Reichanstalt on
search for antldOte.
Marian turned impulsively to May
nard. "Well done!" she exclaimed.
But I never sent you any diagram"
Your message" Maynard picked
up the paper and reversed it is writ.
ten here. Where did you get the pa
per?"
"I gave it to her." spoke up Jones,
edging slightly forward. 1T was on
the hall table"
THAT was where found the bundle
of diagrams which I gave Mr.. Burn
ham yesterday" volunteered Evelyn.
Perhaps I dropped one there; the
package was not tied"
Perhaps, but" Maynard eyed
Hayden attentively "investigat ton
proved pretty conclusively, Burnham,
that your innocent chess correspond.
ence was being tampered with and
used to forward and receive coded
problem diagrams. 1t was clever work.
Hayden, but you blundered badly when
you attempted to shoot Burnham on
Thursday night"
L did not" declared Hayden We.
hemently. even you, Maynard, must
admit I sat by his side at the table.
The shot came from the balcony"
ut did-when you pressed the elec-
trio button" stated Maynard. and his
words created a sensation. "A very
neat contrivance you rigged up in the
wicker bird-cage lantern: it's small
open door attracted no attention on
that pitch dark night, and the re.
volver in it was completely hidden"
Hayden moved restlessly. "A pleas.
ant fairy-tale," he muttered.
mo, gospel truth" retorted May
pp1 nr'c h.
sence this morning I made a thor
your Jap, Sikh, taking me for Burn
ham in my disguise. I aided him in
removing the electric wires which had
been used to hold the revolver in the
lantern and connected with the
trigger; also, I took full note Of the
fact that the lantern, by aid of a
pulley on which it swings, can be
raised or lowered at will. The cleo
trio current which pressed the tr1g-
ger was supplied and controlled by the
electric wires running from the bell
attached to the dining table and the
pantry. That was the bell the Jap
heard when you fired the revolver at
Burnham."
WAS it?" snarled Hayden. Your
statement is not borne out by facts
Fully five minutes elapsed before Pal
mer and Burnham rushed into the hall
after the shooting and they found
Sikh answering the bell then, which
| had just rung"
"Siki distorted the truth to shield
his negligence" replied Maynard. "On
investigation l found he was out or
the fire-escape talking to your neigh
boris pretty cook. and he was late ir
answering the bell in consequence"
"I am glad Skis leaving" declared
Palmer 'If he had been prompt that
night La Montague might have beer
spared some uneasy moments" He
shrugged his shoulders and looked
away from Evelyn; he could not bear
with equanimity just then her happy
face as she stood by her lover. 81
noticed the lantern hung pretty low
that night but never gave 1t another
thought. 1t swings directly in front
of the balcony window"
"And right in line with where
Burnham sat-" added Maynard. 81
4 made another interesting discovery
Hayden, in your apartment, the sig
nificance of which did not recognize
until later, and that was magic-lanterr
slides on which was drawn in colors
picture of this string" taking the
familiar red and green cord from his
pocket, land a very excellent likeness
Of Won Eltz sitting dead in his chair
also saw that Palmer's window wa.
at such an angle that the slides could