The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-02
ToDAYs INsTAuINIENT.

ssDid you remark the postrnarks of [lthcse letters g Queried Sherlock lEHolruezs.
 IIHhe second from Dundee, and the ti1hirl5 frSzn London
 .E'roIn East London. What do you ldeduee from that?'
 .'They are ali seapcrts. 9hat the twriter, was or. s.board of q ship .sEsxcefIen+- We have already a lsciew. ,r2sez,e can be no doubt that | itfre 1,rob9ss>ility--tIle strong probab1l- iity-is that the writer was on board tof a sisip. And now let us censlder Ianc-her point h t-ha case Of Pon- ldicnerry, seven weeks elapsed De- itween tns ahreat aud is fulilment, jdn Dundee it was only some three or four days Does that suggest any 8 lining 2
 | A greater distance to travel" l s"But the letter had also a greater distance to come"
 tsThere is at least a presumption that the vessel in which the man or
 tm men are is. a saiiing-ship- It looks
 1 warming or token before them when
 VI startiHg upon their mission 4ou lsae how quickly the deed followed Hthe sign when it came rom Dun n6ee If they had come from Pon- \ Adieherry in a steamer they would Nhave arrived almost as soon as their letter. But as a, matter of fact seven
 Il weeks elapsed. I think that those those  jl ice between the mail-boat whlch Brought the letter, and the sailing vessel which brought the writer" tIt is possible And now you see the deadly urgency \ of this new case. and why l urged |l voung Openshaw to caution Ihe \ blow has always fallen at the end or senders to travel the distance. But
 Fms one comes from London, and
 Therefore we cannot count upon de-
 1ay." - |. H ssCzood God!'' I cried; what can It
 Vmesn fbis relentless Persecuton?'' N s1The papers which Openshaw car H Hried are obviously of vital importance Ilfo the person or persons in the SalilIls &ship. I think that it is quite clear 1 that theres must, be more than one or +helfl A single man could not nave Bcarried out two deaths 1u such q way Fas to deceive a corouer's jury. There must have been several Ill ,,,,toa II, 1.nt, they must have been men of resource and determinations Tnelr papers N they. mean to have, be the holder or |l them who it may. In this I way ,yit.9 you 9S MI Of an individuaL and becomes the H Hba,dge of a society
 \ ssBut of what society,"
 R ssHaVe you never said Sherlock N Holmes, bending forward and sinking as |1his voiee-tthave you ever heard or Hthe Ku Klux kfan?''
 H. never have
 i Holmes turned over the leaves of |dfhe book upon his knee. Here it is,'
 Heaid he presently, Ku Klux Klan. ! Yx name derived from the fanciful re-
 sem blance to the sound produced by x Rocking a rifle. This terrible secret
 .Eociety was formed by some ex-Con- Ilfederate soldiers in the Southern n3fates after the Civil War jand it rapidly formed local branches lNIn different parts of the country, not W nhly< in Tennessee, Louisiana, the III EAToIinas, Georgia and Florida Its M boEver was used for political purposes, WI principa1ly for the terroriZing of the |8 segro voters, and the murdering and |aarfving from the country of those |duho were opposed to its views. Its " N3satrages were usually preceded by a IWarning sent to the marked man in vsIG0rne fantastic but generally recog- Mdzed shape-a sprig of oak leaves in
 Nome parts, melon seeds or orange Lfp1ps i1 others. On receiving this the 1 tfzcti1n might either openly abjure his Eoruler ways, or might fly from the &eourltry- If he brlved the matter 5ut ftleafh would unfai1ingly come Wpen him, and usually in some