The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-05-12
PART FOUR.

So for three mornings the mystery
remained, so far as could follow it in
the papers. If Holmes knew more.
he kept his own counsel. but, as
he told me that Inspector Lestrade
had taken him into his confidence in
the case, | knew that he was in close
touch with every development. Upon
the fourth day there appeared long
telegram from Paris which seemed to
solve the whole question.
"A discovery has just been made by
the partisan police said the Daily
Telegraph, (which raises the veil
which hung round the. tragic fate of
Mr.. Eduardo Lucas. who met his death
by violence last Monday night at Co
dolphin street, = Westminster Our
readers will remember that the de-
ceased gentleman was found stabbed
in his room, and that some suspicion
attached to his valet, but that the case
broke down on an alibi. Yesterday
lady, who has been known as Nine.
Henri Fournaye. occupying small
villa in the Rue Austerlitz. was report
ed to the authorities by her servants
as being insane. An examination
showed she had indeed developed ma
mia of dangerous and permanent
form On inquiry, the police have dis
covered that Nine. Henri Fournaye
only returned from a journey to Lon
don on Tuesday last, and there is evil
dence to connect her with the crime
at Westminster A comparison of
photographs has proved conclusively
that NJ. Henri Fournaye and Eduardo
Lucas were really one and the same
person, and that the deceased had for
a iy,
don and Paris. Nine. Fournaye. who
is of Creole origin. is of an extremely
excitable nature, and has suffered in
the past from attacks of Jealousy
which has caused such sensation in
London. Her movements upon the
Monday night have not yet been
traced. but it is undoubted that a
woman answering to her description
attracted much attention at Charing
Cross STATION on Tuesday morning by
the wildness OF her appearance and
the violence of her gestures. 1T is
probable, therefore. that the crime
was either committed when insane, or
that its immediate effect was to drive
the unhappy woman out of her mind.
At present she is unable to give any
coherent account of the past. and the
doctors hold out no hopes of the re-
establishment of her reason. There is
evidence that woman. who might
have been Nine. Fournave. was seen
for some hour upon Monday night
watching the house in Godolphin
street,
What do you think of that
Holmes?s I had read the account
aloud to, him, while he finished his
breakfast
"My1dear Watson" said he, as he
rose from the table and paced up and
down the room. you are most long
suffering, but if have told you nothing
in the last three days. it is because
there is nothing to tell. Even now
this report from Paris does not help
us much"
Surely it is final as regards the
mans DEATH
The mans death is a mere incident
"a trivial episode-in comparison
our real task, which is to trace this
document and save European catas
trophe Only one important thing has
happened in the last three days, and
that is that nothing has happened. |
get reports almost hourly from the
government, and it is certain that no.
where in Europe is there any sign of
trouble. Now if this letter were loose
no, it can't be looSe-but if it isn't