| Show true detective story by vance wynn 0 public ledger tale of the poisoned dagger years ago a number 0 of amen men arid and women were murdered murde reil lu in the suburbs suburb near Shan tt it was discovered that most or of the victims had been kil billed led by means of a poisoned dagger at the same time thue chepels and churches belonging to the foreign missionary societies were destroyed demands for satisfaction came from state departments in all parts or of the worl world dand and as a consequence the chinese government endeavored to ascer ascertain tala the culprits and to punish them the official placed in charge of the investigation was poo foo wang who fit at the time enjoyed the deputa reputation tion of being the sherlock holmes of china lie ile was patient he be was resourceful and he never went after his rilan without getting him one of the things he be found near the scene or of the crimes was a bit of calico stamped with a number of chinese characters lie ife knew that it was a certificate of membership in a famous secret society known as the ko go lao hui this society was originally formed to battle with chinese officials who practiced extortion upon the natives and they were as numerous ns as the autumn leaves in Vall ambrogia but later its objects became anti antl foreign and antl anti mis flonary sio nary r foo oo 00 wang went to his home and got out his great pipe and sat down and thought and he finally came to the conclusion that the particular bit of calico that he had bad picked up belonged to chen kin lung who was one of the most conspicuous of the 1 ko co lao iao hui leaders china Is a pretty big pa place ace but foo wing wang had plenty of assistants to rely upon and he sent them to the four corners of the celestial empire with instructions to locate the supposed leader eventually he discovered that the man tie he wanted was at an inn near pekin and that with him were about twenty of tits nis followers all desperate men poo foo wang decided that it was about time for a roundup round up and he gathered tits men together tor for that purpose he found the leader irk in one of the rooms of the place giving an entertainment to his supporters the chinese detective was nothing it if not original he posted himself upon the veranda of the inn and then sent one of his men in to tell clien chen kin lung that he was wanted outside on lm im business the unsuspecting leader excused birn himself gelf to his friends with true celestial gravity and stepped out on the veranda As he be did so a great bag was thrown over his head two nien men seized him and he was carried kick ing and gesticulating to a nearby wharf and placed on a vessel there bound and gagged he was taken in the direction of shanghai just before the boat reached its destination the detectives brought the suspect into the cabin and put him through the third degree deg ree which means something in china but white while chen ahen kin lung ding might inight have been down he was tar far from being out he smiled his inscrutable smile and said nothing they literally put the screws upon him hut but failed to elecia the slightest information in the flowing sleeves of one ot of his simonos kimonos was round found a dagger with a poisoned blade it had the appearance of being the weapon with which the khang hal bal murders had been committed also the investigators found a number of letters and communications addressed to the prisoner la in each of them he was addressed as the eighth great prince this was proof positive that he was at the head of the secret society and that lie he undoubtedly aimed at securing tho the control of the country among the other things found were a number of the calico ailleo 6 certini cates indicating membership in the ko ho lao hul HUI koo wang now had more than enough evidence to send his distinguished guis lied prisoner to the block but he wanted to get the names of others and he besought the prisoner to make a clean breast of the whole conspiracy but ahen adri lung was a wise Chin chinaman ginan art and lip lie knew that he was sure to be be headed so he silent ile he was returned to the hold of the vessel vesse and told that he would be given until the next morning to make a complete revelation of his bis mysterious society rut but the next nert morning he was gone mysteriously and nothing was ever heard of film afterward service |
