Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 202, 6 July 1921 — Page 3

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The Adventure of the Six Napoleons witii The McCiure Njjwspaper Syndicate 2 T By SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Copyright. 1921. by Harper & Bros. Published by special arrangement

PART TWO CONTINUED. It was evidently taken by a snapshot from a small camera. It represented an alert, sharp-featured sim

ian man, with thick eyebrows and a

Lestrade looked about him. "It was an empty house, and so he inew that he would not be disturbed In the garden." "Yes, but there is another empty

Igether to the High street, where we I stopped at the Bhop of the Harding

brothers, where the bust had been pur- ' chased. A young assistant informed ! us that Mr. Harding would be absent until after noon, and that he was himself a newcomer who could give us no

information. Holmes face showed disappointment and annoyance

very peculiar projection of the lower;' nouse farther up the street which he

must nave passed before ne came to this one. Why did he not break it there, since it is evident that every yard that he carried it increased the risk of someone meeting him?" "I give it up," said Lestrade.

Holmes pointed to the street lamp

Above our heads.

"He could see what he was doing Iiere, and he could not there. That was his reason." "By Jove! that's true," said the detective. "Now that I come to think

part of the face, like the muzzle of

a baboon. "And what became of the bust?" asked Holmes, after a careful study of this picture. "We had news of it iust before you came. It has been found in the front garden of an empty house in Campden House Road. It was broken into fragments. I am going round now to

see it. Will you come:

"Certainly. I must take one look

round." He examined the carpet and the window. "The fellow had either very long legs or was a most active man," said he. "With an area beneath, it wa3 no mean feat to reach that window-'edge and open that window. Getting back was comparatively

simple. Are you coming with us to see the remains of your bust, Mr. Harker?" The disconsolate journalist had seated himself at a writing table. "I must try and make something of it," said he, "though I have no doubt that the first editions of the

evening papers are out already with j full details. It's like my luck! You remember when the stand fell at Doncaster? Well, I was the only journalist in the stand, and my journal the only one that had no account of it. for I was too shaken to write it. And now I'll be too late with a murder done on my own doorstep." As we left the room, we heard his pen travelling shrilly over the foolscap.

'the bust had been found was only

a few hundred yards away. For the first time our eyes rested upon this presentment of the great emperor, which seemed to raise such frantic

nnd destructive hatred in the mind of the unknown. It lay scattered, in splintered shards, upon the grass. Holmes pickod up several of them and examined thorn carefully. I was convinced, from his intent face and his purposeful manner, that at last he was upon a clue. "Well?" asked Lestrade. Holmes shrugged his shoulders. "We have a long way to go yet," said he. "And yet and yet well, we

have some suggestive facts to act

upon. The possession of this trifling bust was worth more, in the eyes of this strange criminal, than a human life. That is one point. Then there is th singular fact that he did not break it in the house, or immediately outside the house, if to break it was his sole object." "He was rattled and bustled by meeting this other fellow. He hardly knew what, he was doing." "Well, that's likely enough. But I

wish to call your attention very par

ticularly to the position of this house in the garden of which the bust was destroyed."

It all our own way, Watson," he said, at last. "We must come back in the afternoon, if Mr. Harding will not be here until then. I am, as you have no doubt surmised, endeavoring to trace those busts to their source, in order to find if there is not something peculiar which may account for their remarkable fate. Let us make for Mr. Morse Hudson, of the Kennington Road, and see if he can throw any light upon the problem." A drive of an hour brought us to

the picture-dealer's establishment He was a small, stout man with, a red face and very peppery manner.

Yes, sir. On my very counter, sir,

of it. Dr. Barnicofs bust was broken, id e '. we pay rateB

not far from his red lamp. Well, Mr.

Holmes, what are we to do with that fact?" "To remember it to docket it We msiy come on something later which wdll bear upon it What steps do you puopose to take now, Lestrade?" "The most practical way of getting at it, in my opinion, is to identify the desid man. There should be no difficulty about that. When we have found who he is and who his associates are, we should have a good

start in learning what he was doing

in Pitt street last night and who it was w'ho met him and killed him on tha doorstep of Mr. Horace Harker. Don't you think so?" So doubt; and yet it is not quite the- way in which I should approach the case." '""What would you do then?" 'X)h, you must not let me influence you. in any way. I suggest that you go en your line and I on mine. We can compare notes afterwards, and eacjt will supplement the other." "Very good," said Lestrade. "H you are going back to Pitt street, you might see Mr. Horace Harker

Tell, him from me that I have quite macie up my mind, and that it is certain that a dangerous homicidal lun, atic, -with Napoleonic delusions, was in his house last night It will be useful for his article." PART THREE. Lestrade stared.

You don't seriously believe that?"

But I .am sure it will interest Mr. Hor

But I am sure it wii iinterest Mr. Horace PJrrker and the subscribers of the

Central Press Syndicate. Now, Wat-

reference to his books showed that hundreds of casts had been taken from a marble copy of Devine's head of Napoleon, but that the three which had been sent to Morse Hudson a year or so before had been half of a batch of . six, the other three being sent to Harding Brothers, of Kensington. There was no reason why those

Well, well, we can't expect to have E1X Dusts snouid be diferent to any

ui vuc uiucr lasts, ne iruuiu suggest no possible cause why anyone should wish to destroy them in fact, he laughed at the idea. Their wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve or more. The cast was taken in two molds from each side of the face, and then these

two profiles of plaster of Paris were joined together to make the complete bust. The work was usually done by Italians, in the room we were in. When finished, the busts were put on

a table to dry, and afterwards stored. That was all he could tell us. But the production of the photograph had a remarkable effect upon the manager. His face flushed with anger, and his brows knotted over his Teutonic blue eyes. "Ah, the rascal!" he cried. "Yes, indeed ,1 know him very well. This has

his two statues. Disgrace-1 always been a respectable establish-

ful, sir! A Nihilist plot that's whatment, and the only time we ever had

I make, it No one out an anarcnist me pouce in it was over tni3 very

would go about breaking statues. Rea

taxes for I don't know, when any ruf

fian can come in and break one s goods. Yes sir, it was I who sold Dr.

Bernicot

republicans that's what I call em.

Who did I. get the statues from? I don't see what that has to do with it. Well, if you really want to know, I got them from Gelder &. Co., in Church street Stepney. They are a well-

known house in the trade, and have been this twenty years. How many had I? Three two and one are three two of Dr. Bernicot's, and one

smashed in broad daylight on my own counter. Do I know that photograph? No, I don't. Yes, I do, though. Why, it's Beppo. He was a kind of Italian piece-work man who made himself useful in the shop. He could carve a bit and gild and frame ,and do odd jobs. The fellow left me last week, and I have heard nothing of him sinco.

No, I don't know where he came from nor where he went to. I had nothing against him while he was here. He was gone two days before the buit was smashed." "Well, that's all we could reasonably expect from Morse Hudson," said Holmes, as we emerged from the shop. "We have this Beppo as a common factor, both in Kennington and in Ken sington, so that is worth a ten-milo drive. Now, Watson, kite us make for Gelder and Co., of Stepney, the source and origin of the busts. I shall be surprised if we don't get some

In rapid succession we passed I through the fringe of fashionable Lon

don, hotel London, theatrical London,

son, I think that we shall find that we and finally maritime London, till we

renow. it was more tnan a year ago

now. He knifed another Italian in the street, and then he came to the works with the police at his heels, and he was taken here. Beppo was his name his second name I never knew. Serves me right for engaging a man with such a face. But he was a good workman one of the best." "What did he get?" "The man lived and he got off with a year. I have no doubt he is out now, but he has not dared to show his nose here. We have a cousin of his here, and I dare say he could tell you where he is." "No, no," cried Holmes, "not a word to the cousin not a word, I beg of you. The matter is very important.

and the farther I go with it, the more important it seems to grow. When you referred in your ledger to the sale of these casts I observed that the date was June 3rd of last year Could you give me the date when Beppo was arrested?"

he continued, after some turning over of pages, "ho was paid last on May 20th." "Thank," said Holmes. "I don't think that I need intrude upon your time and patience any more." With a last word of caution that he would say nothing as to'our researches, we

Lturned our faces westward once more.

The afternoon was far advanced before we were able to snatch a hasty luncheon at a restaurant A news-bill at the entrance announced "Kensington Outrage Murder by a Madman," end the contents of the paper showed

that Mr. Horace Parker had got his

account into print after all. Two col

umns were occupied with a highly sensational and flowery rendering of

the whole incident. Holmes propped

it against the cruet-stand and read it while he ate. Once or twice he chuckled. "This is all right Watson," said he. "Listen to this: 'It is satisfactory to know that there can be no difference of opinion upon he case, since Mr. Lestrade, one of the most experienced members of the official force, and Mr. Sherlock Homes, the well-known consulting expert, have each come to the conclusion that the grotesque series of incidents, which have ended in so

tragic a fashion, arise from lunacy rather than from a deliberate crime. No explanation save mental aberration

can cover the facts. The Press, "W atson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it. And now, if you have quite finished, we will hark back to Kensington, and see what the manager of Harding Brothers has to say on the matter." The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisir little person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue. "Yes, sir, I have already read the account in the evening papers. Mr. Horace Parker is a customer of ours. We supplied him with some busts

some months ago. We ordered three busts of that sort from Gelde & Co.,

of Stepney. They are all sold now. To whom? Oh, I diro say by consult

ing our sales book we could very easily tell you. Yea, we have the entries here. One to Mr. Harker, you see, and one to Mr. Josiah Brown, of Laburnum Lodge, Laburnum Vale, Chiswlck, and one to Mr. Sanderford, of Lower Grove, Reading. No, I have never seen this face which you show me in the photograph. You would hardly forget it, would you sir, for I have seldom seen an uglier. Have we any Italians on the staff? Yea, sir, we

have several among our workpeople

and cleaners. I dare say they might

get a peep at that salesbook If they

wanted to. There la no particular reason for keeping a watch upon that book. Well, well. It Is a very strange business, and I hope you will let mc know if anything comes of your inquiries." Tomorrow "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons," continued.

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