Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-09
THE TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS
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The mysterious man,
DERNBURG PASHA, citizen of the
Turkish Empire. has been muir
dered in Paris and the Ottoman
government demands reparation
for his death.
NJ. JONQUELLE, greatest of French
detectives, found that Dernburs
met his death in the library of
his home, his throat was Slashed
and the white squares in the
checkerboard floor were spotted
with blood-apparently the trail
of the escaping assassin.
The Turk Envoy called on Mr..
Jonquene.
"What was Dernburg doing in
Paris?" M, Jonquelle demanded.
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CHAPTER IL
The ENJOYS eyes narrowed. lie
looked at Jonduelle a moment as in
a furtive inquiry.
ST do not" he said. "What was
his mission in Paris, monsieur
"You will be surprised to learn
It." continued the Project of Police.
"Dernburg was undertaking to falsi-
fy a work of art. 1t was a very re-
1narkable work of art, and one OF
value. The persons who originally
produced this work of art expended
q great sum of money, an almost in
credible sum of money 10 perfect it.
II one could falsify it successfully,
one could make a fortune at the
venture. Dernburg knew this. He
had thought about it for a long
time. He had conducted a great
number of experiments. Finally he
was satisfied that the thing could
be successfully done, and he came
here from STEAMBOAT. took this
abandoned house in the Faubourg
st. German, brought with him his
devices. and prepared to undertake
the great thing which he had in
mind. Then, monsieur, before the
thing could be accomplished, the
mysterious visitor appeared; and
this morning Dernburg is dead"
1t was evident that the Oriental
was profoundly puzzled.
IT do not understand you, mon
sieur,f' he said. You say that Dern-
burg Pasha had perfected a method
by which he intended to falsify a
work of art?"
Eyes, monsieur"
s'Then he was called upon by one
who knew of this method and
wished to rob him of it?"
NO, monsieur.
''Then by those TO whom the
original of the art belonged, and
wished to prevent this Justification >"
mo, monsieur" replied the Pre-
feet of Police. "Dernburg Pasha's
death resulted from a sense of
despair"
Jonquelle took his hand from his
pocket, revealed the thing upon
which his fingers had closed when
he sat down to this conference. He
opened his hand so that the thing |
vas visible. 1t looked like a little |
square box of some white substance, I
as of marble or chalk or alabaster. |
1t was not larger than two inches
square. 1t was, perhaps, an inch
thick, made in two pieces. There
was a tiny hole, like a keyhole with
q. beyeled edge, on the line where
these pieces Joined. The box had a
heavy rubber band about it. 1t lay
for a moment exposed in the palm
of Monsieur Jonquelle's hand.
II have here" he said, the thing
that was the cause of this mans
death. 1t was also the cause of his
leading up to this fatal
morning. 1t has been an obsession
him. In the German Empire he
this thing. His design
was ulSCONGTtuS anu ne HeQ 10 Iuf-
key. But he took his obsession with
him, and when the war was ended
he saw a method Of getting an in
dennnity out of France with it-a
method by which he could enrich
at the cost of France. He
worked out his plan carefully; he
came to Paris; he got this house. He
was ready to put his plan into eff
feet when, unfortunately, for him,
the mysterious visitor of last night
"Dernburg was shrewd, unscrup-
uious and farsighted. But he was
not shrewd enough, and he was not
farsighted enough. The stranger,
who came to see him last night,
knew all about him, knew every de-
tell of his activities, knew the big
plan that he had in mind. He had
watched him, had followed his ca
reer. He knew the very day that
he came to Paris. He knew his oh
Ject in taking this empty house in
the Faubourg st. German. He knew
every step of the secret arrange
which Dernburg had perfect