The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-12
'''T'he Golden
Scorpion
lConiinusi trom Yesterday
CHAPTER VIII
ny sAx RoiIMEW
right By Robert n. Menrsde 3 O.

tNh tt@N wa
On the following morning rnspec-
tor Dunbar and DIR. Stuart prepared
TO set out uron grrwsome business
To an East End morgue tho cab
bore them. and they were led by a
constable In attendance 60 a stone.
paved. ill-lishted apartment In which
a swathed form lay upon long deal
table.
Him. nid stuart---he's about
the build. certainly. Hair iron-gray
and close cropped and he seems to
have worn a beard Now. let us SEQ. :"
lie bent. making a close inspection
OF the skull. then turned and shook
his head.
mo. Inspector he said definitely.
This is not the cahman. There IL
no wound corresponding to the one
which dressed
Tight" answered Dunbar. cover.
inc M the CHASTITY fae& That's
settled"
You were wrong. Inspector. II
was not CASTOR Max who left the
envelope with me-
No unused Dunbar. - II
secms-
Your theory that Max. jealousy
working alone. had Ten particulars Of
his Inquiries. his clews. in my hands.
knowing that they would reach Scot.
land Yard In the event of his death.
surely collapsed when the envelope
proved 10 contain nothing but a bi,
OF cardboardr-
"ycs--I suppose II did- Rus II
sounded 30 much nk. Max's round.
about methods. Anyway I wanted 10
make sure that the dead man from
Hanover Hole and your mysterious
eahman were not one and Tn. same. .
Half an hour later they arrived at
New Scotland Yard and wen, up TO
Dunhar's room A thick-set fiorid
man awaited them. This was Detec.
tive Sergeant sowerby with whom
Stuart was already acquainted
Good morning. Sergeant Sewer.
by" Dunbar said.
Here's Dr. suart's description Of
the missing cabman.- he continued
taking out HIS note book. DIR. stuart
has viewed the body and II IL not the
man. You had better take copy OF
this
Then the cahman wasn't Max
cried sowerby eagerly. Il thought
not
Leaving Sergeant sowerby seated
ut the table studying the note book.
Stuart and Dunbar proceeded 20 the
unoke-laden room OF the assistant
commissioner. The great man. suavc.
ly satanic. greeted Stuart with that
polished courtesy for which he was
notable.
II have here he said. -coneirrna,
ton Of the Geographic report rcceiv.
cd last night The name OF ~. Gas
ton Max will no doubt DO familiar TO
your"
stuart nodded.
-wen.- continued sn& commission
er. 1t appears that he has been en-
gagged In England for tho past month
end-avoring to trace tho connection
which no claims to exist between the
sudden death Of various notable peo-
pie, recentiy--and some organization
represented by or associated with a
scorpion His personal theory not
being gvaiiable--poor fellow. you
have heard Of bis tragic dcath--i
have this morning. consulted such
particulars AZ I could obtain respect.
ing there cslsea II they wcrc r~--liy
carcs Of assassination. some obscure
poison was the only mode Of death
that could possibly have been can.
pioyed.-
He licked the ash from his cigar.
Ct and resumed:
without mentioning nameA the
expert consulted In the other eascs
Notwithstanding TO tho late Castor
Max--wcre victims OF The Scorpion
do not seem to have justified their
titles. ! arm arranging that you shall
be present at the autopsy upon the
body Of Castor Mkx- And now per.
nit me To ask you . question: are
you acquainted with any poison
which would produce the symptoms
noted In the case Of Sir Frank Mar.
combc. for instancoT'
Stuart shook his head slowly.
at Is only reasonable TO suppose.
continued the commissioner. that
the telephone message which led In
spcctor Dunbar TO leave your house
last night was originated by that un.
seen intelligence against which We
find ourselves pitted-
"Of coursc"--the commissioner
reached for the box OF cixarcts--
were It not for the telephone mes
sage, we should be unjustificd In as
Stunning that Mile. Dorian had any
connection with the case OF NJ. Max.
But the message was so obviously de-
signed TO facilitate the purioining OF
the sealed envelope and so obviously
emanated from one already aware of
the murder OF " Mar. that the send
or is identified at once with--'The
Scorplon.'