Salt Lake Herald | 1907-07-14 | Page 16 | The Exploits of a Physican Detective

1 t LOd Mystery us c he Exploits 01 a nD Detective t Geor eF e F Batley MD Mrs Its FostEr gl glanced out of her en n window as she went to the for water Up were thrown h her r hands down the tea kettle on the floor with a screech or of terror she rushed shed from the room om and gathering hEr skirts above b her knees Up th flights of at the agility of at an acrobat bat and b banged with her fists on n the door ot of the floor back Murder Murd rh she screamed lI r er erin r in the next neat out the winder winderA A thump of bare feet on the floor within s sounded and was f followed by a startled voice I r I 1 see herI see her hed And the next moment the door ned haStily and a ayoung young oung man clad on only Of y In undershirt and trousers shot out and the stairs If You aint going out without your clothes she gasped after him But the young man never neer heard her His mind was absorbed by the terrible ti he had seen He dashed down the tho front steps along the sidewalk and andI I into the police pollee station just around the corner Murder he gasped Boise Bohle the Q Ing It now There were but two officers tn In the Tooth room and the they looked at each other Th rh man at the desk nodded quicklY to the other who coatless and hatless cried Come on to the young man and together they raced up the street it ft was raining torrents and therefore though It was 11 in the tore fore forenoon noon fc people were abroad to wonder won der at the singular sight of a police policeman policeman man in his shirt sleeves and n a man In shirt and trousers running neck and neck at the top of their speed the of officer clutching a revolver the mans manss s flying his bare feet bleed bleedIng bleeding Ing from their rough scuffling over oyer the bricks But some saw and as to see was to follow when the runners arrIVed at the house six or seven men mOh and boys were close on their heels despite the soaking downpour This the place the officer panted yes lm In the back entry The gate Is lockE ring The officer ran up the front st steps ps and sent peal after peal tumbling through the house But there came no answer o he over the high gate un unlocked unlocked locked It letting the tho young oung man in and with him sped toward the back door which HOO stood wide ide open a She Slie Was right here when I 1 saw her lur said Rahl the young man as they reached tee step landing She was covered with blood ahll screaming She staggered seeming to try tn to get out into the yard but a mans hand pulled h r backI could see his coat sleeve He pointed to a gruesome daub on the tho door It was the print In blood of a human hand The officer his revolver ready rushed Into the JUry entry There was a pool of blood on the and the walls were spattered but nobody was waR In sight He entered the kitchen A pot or of potatoes was vas boiling on Ute the range the tho fire was blazing merrily In the red hot stove Preparations for dinner had evidently been Interrupted suddenly in their very midst Ve Vegetables stables strewed the floor i chairs ant nil table were overturned dishes lilY lay brok broken tl and scattered about A rack o of fre freshly Ironed towels were ere blood d daubed The dark tr trail ll led from the kitchen through the hall where at atthe the toot foot of the stairs leafing to the Up upper i per fI floor or the carpet was wal saturated Theres nobody down here said the policeman rapidly certain She must be up there Hov Is it theres no blood on the stairS the other The stains stop right here I on cried the officer and he ran up two steps at a leap Across the threshold a of the front room ray lay the bod body or of a woman woman Sho was breathing faintly and tIle they carried her to the bed send help and a doctor from the trIA station right awn away said the police policeman policeman man man Well eil lave l ave her here and hunt I Ifor for the man manThe i iThe The house seemed to be deserted It was lis a lOdging house the young oung man explained occupied by men alone and the they were all away at work ork What ild him was that the woman victim was not the one who ran the house muse whom he kilo knew This woman was as a stronger stranger to t him bod plainly had been getting dither dilUter ready rendy In th the kitch kitchen en yet et Mrs Doane the tho mistress s the only woman belongIng on the premises w was s missing t and ul here w was s this un k known female femal being murdered From cellar ellar t to garret there was nut to be found another living person What was the meaning ot of It ItI I Soon the tho from headquarters arrived and began their thElt Investigations rho fM woman peas sf nd to be In a critic critical al n rous c cuts ts cn an her face head he ponds and arms and anda a stab wound near the heart that prom promIsed promised to prove proy fatal De moaning inarticulate phrases the only words of which they could understand being Oh had nd repeated oV over r and andover over vor again she was buxom of iii 35 with black eyes eyeR and hair dressed In a morning wrapper and to judge b by her rn face o of mild and amiable disposition though not of cultivated lIi in intellect The room across the threshold of which they had found her het lying was In some disorder though there were vere no blood stains In It except near the door where she had fallen In the endeavor apparently to reach the bed and tie lie down Two chairs were upset the lam lambrequin lambrequin hang half hal torn from the man mantel mantel tel a drawer of the dresser was open and a lot of oC small articles of feminine wear Its former Cormer contents probably lit JIt JIttered littered the carpet Otherwise the apart moat nt was In the normal condition ofa of a room In a lodging house grimy with cheap fUrniture window curtains gray with use and a worn wool c carpet What I 1 cant understand Is who ho Is she said the young name was Miles to Detective Mullen She belong hI the house and the tho woman that does belong here is miss missIng missing Ing The detective look looked d at him quickly i How do you know Why its Sirs runs the know her well by sight 60 years old with gra gray hair and slim and tall talI And I know khoW all the tho people that room here avid alid there a woman among em I never saw this one be before before fore In m my lifer She live Iho here Where could she slie come omo from fromIn Man In she he was getting dinner In the kitchen said the detective Of OC course she belongs here Well VelI if sIte she does its funny Cunny Ive never seen her before Im a printer b by trade working nights and so sleep days right up here pointing my window in the next house I 1 sit there every forenoon for several hours before going to bed and I cat can see everything that goes on down own here In the yard and mostly in the kitchen too Mrs Irs Doane h In and out a dozen times n a morning but I hever cl clapped pp d eyes on any other woman around here If she was merely a lodger occupy occupyIng occupying Ing a front room you ou be like likely likely ly to you What would she be doing down lh Ih the back yard ard Youre way off man maIi If you knew anything about wo women women men In lodging ng hoUses you say that retorted Miles They pre lre always bothering around In the kitch kitchen en Ironing and Working little messes of candy or steeping tea or Why they are a nuisance in a house for that very reason In fact that Is why Mrs Doane wont have em m room with her AU All her lodgers are men same as J lots tS of other places here And th tats tOc what gets me about this wOOtan Who is she Where did she com come from And where Is Mrs Do Doane ne the owner you better better go home and put on your our clothes said the detective somewhat sharply He felt competent to handle handl the any rate he did not relish Instruction coming from this Inferior looking person In trousers and undershirt Well perhaps I had returned Miles who in the excitement had for forgotten forgotten gotten ho how nearly naked he was But anyway h he added as he started for Cor Corthe forthe the door better see Mrs Fos Foster Foster ter In the next house She knows nIl all about things here and perhaps can ten tell you something Besides she saw aw the murder going on before I did Maybe she saw the man that did lt It rn Ill go In there In a moment the detective replied and as the young fellow fel fellow low departed he began a thorough In Investigation of th the victims room pres presently presently pulling from beneath the sofa a light colored overcoat t stained and daubed with blood alt all up th the front and andover nd over the arms Aha Ahal this i lie muttered tM He searched th the pockets and drew re out outa a blood stained knife such fuch s b In provision stores use for Cor light work and a small 1 t change pulse con containing containing a few cents and a key Ott bt trial th the key was found to fit the lock jock on the fro front it door ot of the house h The coat w was s IIi in fairly good condition ot of ordinary readymade structure and ma material but there Was as n no mark on 1 It either of maker or owner by which tt it I might be ba d Its plain now how sh she got up the stairs without leaving any blood on them he said to his partner det detective Price He carried her in his arms and got the whole hole of 01 It on his coat Then how Is It that theres blood up here tn in the b had farther di down wn the hall Price do you C calculate te anyway Wh why ret returned Mullen I 1 cant say yet Guess we better s see e that wo woman woman man in the next house before going on She the t e thing first the printer says an and knows the people here hereSo hereSo So MUllen leaving his p the scene of at the tragedy went In and ques questioned questioned Mrs Foster No I dont know the that lady responded She was l lying ing on a sofa tn In her p parlor having been J en nearly prostrated by what she had seen of the crime crim Mrs Do Doane ne runs the house I and her husband huband works on w water ter all around the country She has no women lodgers nor I dont either Men Is t the e least ld Id ruther Whoa When did you first see this woman 1 I was looking out th Into their back yard standing at the sink The sash was down a little at the top tal toP and I heard somebody scream I thought but be sure It was raining so and making such a noise the water ater rushing down the spout and andover andover over the bricks Ot t the thern sewer ewer Th The voice sounded kind o of faint too But I looked lignin again and nd just then I saw her come out the was wide open and stagger against the railing and she screamed again It a scream that saId anything She sa say any words that I 1 could he hear I but just gave a terrible frIghtened screech Her HeI face was all bloody I was scared into conniption fits I have any anybody anybody body In the house but Mr Miles S that sleeps here days and his winder Is on the back over their yard so I 1 run up and knocked on his door and told him to look out into the next yard for there was murder going on He was just going to bed and he jumped up and saW her down there and he says sas a man was pulling her back Into the entry he see him himself only his hand and his arm B But t I see any anymore anymore more than Ive toM told you Mr Miles run out and I 1 thought he was going Into the place to saVe the woman but he He skipped for the police pollee sta station station tion and got a policeman I know th that t till afterward I just como come and laid down clown here sick It was a ter terrible terrible sight and I stand It to look out ag again in Have you any notion where Mrs Doane can be beNo beNo No I aint I aint seen her since yesterday forenoon She was aro around then all right same as ever everAnd everAnd And you never saw this uN Never vei Who ho she Is beals me Mrs Do Doane ne wont ha have a woman in the house not to live I 1 mean Of course she has folks women folks and they come cometo to visit her sometimes but this aint none of em Ive Ie seen em all and nd know em all and th they are all different looking from froni this stranger Do DC you know the address or of any of her relatives Yes two or three of em She gave them to him and he set them down In his book Then he returned to his part partner partner ner nerIve Ive figured It out about this way he said to him Whoever the man and woman are they dont belon here and they made way with Mrs Doane and then disagreed over the loot Theres no ho money In the house sure looked everywhere eV but in the cellar Nobody has been down there yet and I guess well find tho landladY there when weve knocked oft th that t al almighty i mighty big lock on the tho door Did you notice it Its the old f fashioned kind I on bh the hl Qt bi door made to stand pounding with sledge h hammers we m tt l find the th key t It and WHy w dont hUrry I Hold on a H HIt It locked Up tn in the cellar the b best t we c can n do Is t to let h her f but ait l t it ThEm Thon she dirt can tell t il us ail about itI It Not about t the Cutting because be aus it It was done on niter after Sh shO woe a U tip and chucked down cellar flow do you If ft th tha t this wog W man was t VM ri along a h r she belong g het hero U UW W iS ell sot sol its He VIM puzzled d doV oV over r this But not for tor long l HW We can lot let that go he said td L Later t r ts is time enough for that t I am tn going to g get l into that cellar Interrupted Price and hurtled to tM the thedoor door This was hot as difficult a task as h he had expected for tor tn In he found that It Was not t all aIt Knob turned h hard rd th the works b being rusty no more Inore than that and In a mo moment ment he W was s calling down tM the t rs Mrs Doane Arc Aro yott oU down the theft Mrs Mra Doane Is anybody down there ther therIt It wn pitch dark below anti receivIng receiving Ing no anSWer h he lighted lIghte a l lamp which he found on the kitchen mantel lahd and de Into th the blac bla td se several t l J furnace e ro mom c coal al b and ash boxes and he s searched 11 th the but in vain No od was Wall therk Th That t knocks out your th theory bru he grumbled t to hIs partner Not by a tig th the theory theor only that part of be It put her somewhere else ally all But aut you oti can an bet its P as I 3 say 3 N w tp k at l it this way nays A matt man and come here heta ons ht fIs tray say looking tor a room Th They y know Mrs Doane is atone alone and that f she has hils money the tha 1 rent nt money anyway If no mote more for lor this Is the last day ot of the month People pay from Crom the date ate they moved moed lit In not always s on the tha first Never mind You Usten Say that as soon as they get in Inthe the man grabs Mrs Doane and glues h III Then the tho two go through the house us Its cleaned out theres no valuables bles tn in It anyway you cnn can see that How liow many valuables would you ex expect ped to find In a house of this sort 1 Wet are only on a theory theor Of course we cant get everything right all at once You ought to know that This ts is the only way I can explain the crime Well th they loot the place Mrs Doan Doane has dinner under way and they know knowIng knowing Ing the customs of the house are sure nObody will Interrupt them so the they de ld to eat ent here The woman hUnts up one ne of Mrs Doa S wr wrappers pers to work around the kitchen In and some somehow somehow how they fall out with e each ch other probably over the loot aid acid At this Instant the bell tinkled fee Cee feebly bly BoUt Both det detectives cUVes started for the thedoor thedoor door There stood a youth With a scared look on his face who said rYe Ive just heard what has happened here and I 1 thought Id tell what I Ikno kno know Come In they exclaimed together r rand and he entered hat In hand glancing fearfully around Now then what do you OU know about it asked Mullen eyeing him so sharp sharply ly that he was almost too much fright frightened ened to speak He glanced back at the thedoor thedoor door du a IL LM ho repented and hd