The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08

up to the first floor and discovered the
body. 1t was Grange who knocked over the
picture at the top of the staircase and
caused the noise which alarmed Marsland
and Miss Maynard"
Right. said Giliett. "You seem to know
the whole story; it is not worth while for
me to go over it."
'Oh, yes it is. If you got the whole truth
out of that little dwarf and her husband.
you will be able to fill in for some blanks
in my reconstruction of the crime"
Detective Gillett was Modified by the as
surance that he had in his possession some
information which was new to Crewe, and
he resumed his story with interest:
'What do you think took the Oranges
over to the farm? 1t was to hold seance
there with the object of finding where old
Grandfather Lumsden had hidden his
money. Young Lumsden had heard from
Murchison something about the dwarfs
psychic powers, and in company with
Brett he went to see her.
''First of ALL" said Gillett, "they produced
the cryptogram old Lumsden had left be-
hind. and asked Grange if he knew anything
about cryptograms or could get them a
book on how to solve them. Grange couldn't
help them there, and from that the CONVEX
sation turned to spiritualism, and one of
them-probably Brett-suggested that Mrs.
Grange should try to solve the cryptogram
by getting into communication with the
spirit of old Lumsden and asking him where
he had hidden the money A splendid idea,
don't you think, Mr.. Crewe?"
.Excellentr'
''There is nothing in this spritualistic
business" said Sergeant Westaway, with of
ficial certainty. "No good ever comes Of
those who dabble in tive seen cases of
the kind at Ashlingsea. We had sort of
medium there once, but managed to clear
her out, after lot of trouble"
"Once spiritualism gets into good work
ing order there will be no work for police
or detectives, sergeant" said Crewe. "The
mediums will save all the trouble of collect
ing evidence"
81 don't believe in it at all; it is nothing
but fraud and deception" returned Sergeant
Westaway.
''Here is the cryptogram," said Detective
Gillett.
He held out to Crewe a sheet of paper
"a curious document said Crewe, ex-
Amining it intently.
81 got it from the dwarf woman" said
Cillett. "She had it hidden away in her sit
ting room"
81 suppose she didn't want to part
with it,"
'sShe did not. But when threatened to
arrest"
''Weli. l can honestly congratulate you
on getting it," said Crewe. 81 have been
very anxious to see it. This is the cryptic
gram that Marsland found on the stairs,
and subsequently disappeared from the
house. Mrs Grange secured it before she
left the house. after the departure of Mars
land and Miss Maynard"
''That is what + thought, but the dwarf
says, No She says that this is the original
cryptogram. and that she got it from young
Lumsden in order to study it before holding
a seance. Lumsden would not part with it
until he had made a copy, in case anything
happened to the original. Mrs. Grange
took the original with her over to Cliff
Farm, but it has never been out of her
possession since Lumsden gave it to her.
She did not See the copy Lumsden made;
she did not see it at the house, and does
not know what became of it. However, the
copy is Of no consequence"
"Oh. isn't it," said Crewe. 81 would
like to know where it went. The cryptic
gram can be solved just as we'll from the
copy as the original"
at probably got blown away and de-
stroyed." said Detective Gillett. "There
was a high wind that night"
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