Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-14

damn herself for the sake of r. W..
doesn't that mean she knew the
proof against him was overwhelm-
Ing. and that without help from out
side he was surely lost? That's the
way the thing appears to me at
present, which pretty well means
she must have been acquainted with
other facts that would look black
against r. W.-facts that haven't
yet come out in evidence.
".rhs disappearance of Pandora
Haste. TO escape would be to con-
tradict herself. She had herself ar
rested, let's say. because she wished
for one reason or another to be
thought guilty Of doing away with
Eve Carroll. as she put 1t. Why.
then. vanish before she'd had time
to establish her own guilt in the
mind Of any one?
was she kidnapped?
III she was, the man or woman
responsible for Ewes disappearance
or death did the trick. He-or she
wanted r. w. to be convicted, and
feared the scheme would fail be-
cause Of p. H. IL she stuck to her
9TH. Unknown. WHO is this per-
son who wants r. w. convicted, and,
IL possible. hanged? Is there such a
person at all?
'Ts it likely that motive would be
desire for revenge for some injury,
or for advantages to be gained by r.
WIS death?"
"This is the big question. Dagon
old thing. you've got to find the
answer. II you can find II, you may
also find Pandora Haste. Also Eve
Carroll, IL she Lives.
Acts Of the Unknown (taking for
granted that such a person exists:
Making the footprint in blood on
the floor Of the tapestry boudoir.
and certainly using a boot of r. WIS
| for the purpose, which boot with
| its fellow was burned later in the
cellar furnace. BY the way, the fact
that the Unknown knew about the
secret door under the tapestry and
| the furnace in the cellar. as well as
the fire kindled by r. w. Cor on his
orders), proves intimate acquaint-
ance with the old house.
ITO get human blood isn't too
| easy Probably the Unknown tap
ped his Cor herr own. Which
would explain why there was SO lit
| tie: not a drop to waste! 1t
wouldn't have done to take enough
| to produce faintness or make a
serious wound. That would have
| led to suspicion.
More acts OF the Unknown:
Making the fingerprints on the
| wall. Experiments have proved that
| fingerprints can be accurately copied
by a simple process. They are not,
| therefore. to be taken as proof posi-
\ tive in these days, without other
| evidence in conjunction. What a
blow to the Unknown to have his
| Tor herr carefully manufactured
proofs against r. w. destroyed in
| one fell swoop of a girls hand!
| That is, assuming the innocence of
| =. Fl. and her wish to incriminate
herself in order to save r. W."
Fanny Gillett. V. A. D."
Dagon wrote this name and gaZed
for a long time very .thoughtfully at
| the portrait of the young woman
who had confessed her love for
| Captain Kennedy Haste.
So far there wasn't a scrap of evil
| dence to connect her with the dis
| appearance of Haste's bride. except
that she had been caught paying n
surreptitious visit to Mrs. Haste's
| bedroom.
! though her avowed motive was not
| one to boast of there was less guilt
| In 1t than fragrant bad taste. Still.
| Dagon could not get the conviction
out of his head that there was an
other reason. apart from the one or
| two she alleged, for Miss Gillett's
| presence at Hidden He'll Court on
the night of Captain Haste's we'd
ding. IL he were right about this,
he would never learn the truth from
the girl. He must find it out, IL at
all, in some less obvious way.
Then there was that mother of
hers, the utterly unsuitable house.
keeper at the Court. The detective
had no photograph of her. but the
white, tragic features were printed
on his memory. He could see the
frightened eyes, the thin, pale face.
the woman's quick, nervous glances
| over her shoulders as IL she saw
something which no one. else could
see.
III believed in ghosts. should
say she, was haunted" Dagon
thought. "But perhaps she believes
In 'em. and thinks she's haunted.
Which would have much the same
erect On the nervous SYSTEM"
What had Mrs. Gillett done that
would make her afraid of being
haunteds and why was she the
Dagon felt that there was a.
mystery about the middle-aged wo-
man which might connect with
some old SCANDAL Of the Wells family.
OK course, even IL there were such
mystery. It might have nothing to
do with the Haste affair; but the
detective was determined to let no
thread drop. He considered, there
TORE. that 1t would be important not
70 lose sight of Mrs. Gillett and her
daughter. This was only a side
issue. however. OF the new theory as
1t appeared to him.
The name Of Paolo Magnani came
directly after that OF Fanny Gilletts
on his list and Dagon studied the
actors not unfamiliar features with
keen interest.
MaSnant and his cousin, Rawdon
Wells, were OF somewhat simila =
type. which was not surprising. as
they were closely related. Dagon
wasn't sure just how closely, for he
nad never before interested himself
IN the matter. He had been told
however. since the Carroll Haste
Weooing that Wells Italian mother
ana Magnanfs mother had been
Both men were tall and ~ mn.
usually graceful bearing. bur Wells
W. ieaner and more soldierly than
Magnanf. Magnani was more mic
turesquely handsome. Wells harder
ana sterner OF feature: and both
tnouSn they were young and much
o. the same age-sugeested Dante AZ
ne must have been In youth.
1ne cousins were said to he warp
| iono OF each other, and Wells wa =
SHOWN to admire Magnani's talent
az an actor. Had not the master Of
Hidden Hall Court stumbled over an
explanation and then refused to 20