Evening star., 1928-05-30
CHAPTER /.
A Double Tragedy.

lTues6av, November g. 10 AND
It has long been a source Of wonder
20 me why the leading cTiminoi0gical
writers-men like Edmund Lester Pear
son Il. 3 Irving, Filson Young, Canon
Brookes. William Boiitho and Harold
Eaton-haxe not devoted more space
TO the Greene tragedy; for here. surely,
Is one Of the outstanding murder nlyS-
teries Of modern tirnes-a case prac-
ficaIIy unique IN the annals Of latter
day crime. And yet ] reaEze. as ] read
over my Own vol1gninouS notes on the
case, ard inspect the various documents
relating 10 it. how little Of its inner
hssto-y ever came 10 light. and how
impossible it would be for even the
most imaginative chronlcler 70 I'll IN
the haatuses.
Tf2e world, Of course, knows the ex-
&eTnza facts. For over q month the
press Of two continents was filled with
accounts of this appalling tragedy: and
even the bS-e outline was sufficient 70
crafty the public's craving for the ab-
normal and the spectacular. But the
inside STORY Of flae catastrophe SUI
passed ewen the widest flights Of pub
lie fancy and, As I now sit down
&c 6lys1ige those facts for the first time.
I am oppressed with q feeling akin 70
Enre1l.ty. although vas witness 70
E1ost Of tg1eu and ho2d IN my posses
EaoE the AEaccEteSIable records OIL their
actually.
OF TIE nerdlso ingenuity which lay
behind this terrible crime. Of the
warped psychological motives that In
GpaTed Il and Of the strange hidden
sources Of its tefk1sa1c the world Is
CCnpge1e1y ignorant. Moreover 10 eZ-
ulsnzsson fazS erer been gwen Of the
analytic steps that led 20 It's solution.
Nor nave the events attending the
mechanism of that soiution-eTents IN
themselves highly dramatic and TN
kzr1af~eger been yecoUDte0. TIE pup
lie feIaeves that the termination Of the
case was q yesuIt q the Usual police
methods q Investigation: bat this Is
because the public Is unaware of many
Of fFae vital factors oE the crime tSeAs
arc because both the police depart
uaest and the district attorneys o42cg
hare. Is Il by t2ci, agreement, re-
fused 70 make known the entire truth
whether for fear of being dlSDelsegec
or aaege5g becasaSe there are certain
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&c talk o. them, CO not kEsoa.
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