Show TRUE TRUEE DETECT IV j E Eby STORY Wynn war by Varce CO 0 public pub The Man Who Fell Through the Firth JOHN OCONI 0 OR OR a gauger gt going to his place of employment ment v was as seen crossing London bridge one morn lag hut but after that disappeared a as corn com as though he had fallen through the earth Whit added to the mystery was the fact that 0 Connor was very cry well known along the London docks docIs He was lS nn an e In his line and never u without a job That such a min could drop out of sIght without leasing lea a single trace behind him seemEd to be Incredible Yet the records of the police de department show sho that thousands of men and women omen disappear every En ery year and andare are never ne heard of afterward The authorities In the course of Im made a tour of all the hospitals and morgues but with Ith without out success The case became famous and It was generally referred to as the mystery of tIle the min who ho fell through the earth Inspector Foe 10 was by Scotland Yard to follow up the In and he plunged Into It with a great deal of enthusiasm His colleagues him with Ith the hopelessness of the quest that nothing would ever come of It but Fox rox was not discouraged In the leist He determined to use his brains as aswell aswell well as his feet So after reviewing the whole hole affaIr In his mind lie he put to hImself this query query- Who was the woman In the case Then he proceeded to io ans answer er It by personal In along this line tie learned that In his younger days o C Connor was looked upon as a good catch among the ladles ladies In the course of his inquiries the de- de found that 0 Connor had been smitten with a pretty Sw S SIss Iss girl named Raux She had once been In the sen Ice or of the Duchess of Sutherland and thought well of herself OConnor O'Connor paid pard her constant attention and event eventually eventually asked her to marry hIm She did not positively refuse hIm but postponed a definite ans answer ere In the meanwhile 0 Connor erect ered that she was also receiving at- at attentions from amuel Manning an em employee employee of the Great Western railway ranay The rivalry rl continued for quite a awhile awhile while and between the two men pretty managed to have a pleasant time Ili D how however er the girl mar sled Manning OConnor O'Connor was disappointed but he took his defeat very philosophically He was as a good natured man WIth a happy disposition and he continued hIs friendship with Mr and Mrs Irs Man At this stage of the InvestIgatIOn Detective Fox made an Important dis cowry co It was that on the August evening of the day he disappeared 0 Connor had made mad an engagement to take tahe din dinner dinner ner with the Mannings at their home In Minerva Uner place Bermondsey Two of his friends met hIm as he was crossIng London brIdge on his way to keep his appointment They never afterward arter saw him e altre The next nest mole e or of the d was to Interview Mrs Manning She expressed surprise when told of the disappearance of the gauger but was qUite wIlling to tell all she knew She said he had called nt at their house on the evening In question had dined with them and left early We came to the door to say good goodby goodby by to him she declared and his last words were I will go home bome now and get a good nights night's sleep for I hale hn n lard hard days day's work bet before me to tomorrow tomorrow morrow A week liter Pox Fox returned to the Manning home and found that It was empty lie made a thorough search of the premises and In the cellar noticed that some of the tiling had been lleen moved from the floor He dug down Into It and found the dead body of Gauger 0 Connor Then he made a search or of OCon O'Connor's O'Connor's nors nor's rooms and found a package ot of love lo letters from Mrs Manning Eventually Mr and Mrs Manning were arrested In Edinburgh A trIal proved that the they had Jointly murdered 0 Connor for his money and an 1 both of them were sentenced to death |