Evening star., 1922-06-23

something, remaT hco 1ASH
nedy to me as we left ehe
4 house a few minutes later
"She at least bears no marks OF
violence herself Of any kind CON
mented.
"No,. agreed Craig. mo. you are
-i,h+ ca far" He added: Il shall De
very busy in the laboratory TINS ant
ernoon, and probably longer. now
ever dron In at dinner time. ana III
tbe meantime don't say word tc
any one, but just use your posl'io.
on the Star to keep In toucn WIN
anything the police authorizes may
be doing"
II was not a difficult commission
since they did nothing but issue
statement, the net import OF whlcn
was to let the public know ina. h 'heS heS
were very sctive' aithoush 'Ae'
"ohan Kennedy was SIN busy when ! re:
ioined him, a little late purposeiy
since I knew that he would % oVe'
ms sWhais NeaI ~ MthfsMa zoo," asked. look
ing about me as ! entered the sane
tum that evening. ,,.s
There were dogs and guinea gsu.1ia pibgs, p,ba,
Would rs,s ana have Delighted a small boy. l,
did not look like the same old labor
atory for the investigation OF GRIM
In ! science, though l saw on sec
that there was the usual hurly-6urly
Of microscopes, test tubes, and all the
paraphernalia thu we're go myse'ty.
ing at first. but in the end under ~
skillrul hand made the most compll-
msFias GFn's :il;a iisale a. .sasy s
poisons." he commented, "poisons pro,
under more or less control in healthy
life. In death they are the little tel
lows that extend all over. the body
and putrefy IT. We aS nSurish sisn.ts ~ite.n vern
nnsons ~nen Sna when those
potsons are too much for us-well
theory OF Me,chnikor. who says tn Il
ease. Somehow" he added. thought.
fully, that beautiful white kitchen
In the Pitts home had really become q
factory for Intestinal pofsons."
There was an air of suppressed ; e1;
me that Kennedy was on the trail OF
something unusual, -,
Mouth murdss' ss ~,as ne xas ersed be;ns a.
done in that wonderful kitchen DC
YOU know. the scientific slaying OF
human beings has far exceeded or.
gani.ed efforts at detection: oi
you think l look at such things
through colored glasses. But it is q
fact, nevertheless.
TT is a very simple matter for the
police to apprehend the common
murderer whose weapon is knife
or gun, but it is different thing
when they Investigate the death OF
g. person who has been the victim M Moi
the modern murderer who slays let
us say. with some kind of deadly ba-
cilli Authorities say. and I agree
with them, that hundreds of murders
are committed In In this ts,sotnd country every ess
the detectives are not scientists
while the slayers have used the
knowledge of the scientists both to
I tell you: walter, q murder science
bureau not only would clear up near.
ly every poison mystery. hut also II
would inspire such wholesome feai
would abandon many attempts te
take life"
He was as excited over the case as
I had ever seen him. Indeed it was
one that evidently taxed his utmost
What have you found- I asked
startled.
,ns nYou remember my use ss..9 Of the the
the first place that put me on what
seems to be a clear trail The most
dreaded Of all the ills of the cardiac
and vascular systems nowadays
dening Of the arteries. It is possible
for a man of forty odd. like Mr
Pitts. to have arteries in a condition
which would not be encountered nor
mally In persons under seventy years
of age.
The hard or hardening artery
means increased blood pressure, with
a consequent increased strain on the
L = I.1<
case-to a long train Of distressing
symptoms. and. of course, to ulti-
mate death. Heart disease. according
to statistics, Is carrying. off greater
pssrcentaEe PEI OF persons than formerly
normal rush Of the life Of today. and
sometimes to faulty methods of eat
ing and bad nutrition. On the sur.
face, these natural causes might
seem to be at work with Mr.. Pitts.
not believe i There Is more than
that: that: Ii here; Come; ,; I can can do nothing
these animals and the cultures which
I have in these tubes. Let us take a
turn or two. then dine. and perhaps
we may get some word at our apart.
1t was late that night when gem
tie tap at the door proved that Ken.
nedy's hope had not been unfounded
1 opened it and let in Edward. tn.
a note. torn and crumpled.
There is nothing new. sir" he ex-
planned. except that Mrs. Pitts seems
more nervous than ever. and Mr..
Pitts. I think, is feeling a little
kennedy said nothing, but was hard
at work with puckered brows at piec-
ing together the note which Edward
had obtained after hunting through
the house. 1t had been thrown into
a fireplace in Mrs. Pitts own room
and only by chance had part Of II
been unconsumed. The body Of the
note was gone altogether. but the
first part and the last part remained
Apparently it had been written the
very morning on which the murder
was discovered.
1t read simply: Il have succeeded
words were legible and were. 80
confined in a suitable institution
where he can cause no future harm
There was no signature. as If the
sender had perfectly understood that
the receiver would understand.
context. at any rate" unused Ken
nedy. Whoever Thornton may be
some one has succeeded in having
him declared insane l should sup
ply. If he is in an institution near
New York we must be able to locate
him. Edward. this is very impor-
tant clue. There Is nothing else"
Kennedy employed the remainder
of the night in obtaining list Of all
the institutions. both public and pri-
vate, within a considerable radius OF
the city where the insane might be
detained.
The next morning, after an hour or
anant in fhA Ia h0ra fnrv q annarent lv
In connrm1nG some control tests
II. h ieh Kanna ad1z had Laid o,,t To m a L e