8 j! The Exploits of Elaine A Detective Novel and a Motion Picture Drama - , IBy ARTHUR B. REEVE E " I r*e Wtll-Knemn AUeW/il mmi Ik* (j I Cn I*l V Its "Ctmjg Shifts H tmnii HaCoaaliiaHia With the Paiba Plaiynad theKdectk HbaOojl < flntyrll*!, IMi >j lurfln»p«»j ait reeetam MgMs a—rva* •, . CONTINUED SYNOPSIS. The New fork police are mystified by a •arte* of murders and other crimes. The principal clue to the criminal Is the warn ing letter which Is sent the victims, elfned with a "clutching hand." The lat est victim ot the mysterious assassin is Taylor Dodge, the Insurance president. His daughter. Elaina, employs Cial* Ken nedy, the famous scientific detective, to try to unravel the mystery. What Ken nedy accomplishes is told by hia friend James, a newspaper man. By an Ingen tous ruse Clutching Hani) smuggles Into Elaine's home a flask of liquid air which she suppose? to be a package of valuable papers. It blcns open the safe In which It Is plsced. but Kennedy arrives In time to prevent the robbery. The detective narrowly misses death In his apartment where Clutching Hand has plsced a shot oun so that it Is fired by the electrical connection formed when Kennedy places hands on a framed photograph of FIFTH EPISODE The Poisoned Room. Elaine and Craig were much togeth er daring the next few days. Some how or other, it seemed that the chase et tfco Clutching Hand Involved long coafereaces in the Dodge library, and •▼aa, la fact, extended to excursions Into the notoriously crime-infested neighborhood of Riverside drive, with lta fashionable procession of automo bile* and go-carts—as far north, in dotd, as that desperate haunt known aa Grant's tomb. Bat to return to the more serious aide of the affair. Kennedy and Elaine had scarcely coma out of the house and descended the ateps, one afternoon, when a sinis ter face appeared In a basement area tmr »oar by. It was the Clutching Hand. 1 He wore a telephone Inspector's hat and coat and carried s bag slung by a ■trap over his shoulder. For once he had left off his mask. but. in place of it, bis face was covered by a scraggy black beard. The disguise was effec tive. Ha saw Kennedy and Miss Dodge and slunk unobtrusively against a railing, with his head turned away. Laughing and chatting, they passed. Then he turned in the other direc tion and. going up the steps of the Dodge house, rang the bell. "Telephone inspector," he said in a loud tone as Michael, in Jennings' place for the afternoon, opened the door. Ha accompanied the words with the aign, and Michael admitted him Aa it happened. Aunt Josephine was npatalrs in Elaine's room. She was fixing flowers In a vase on the dress ing table of her Idolized niece Mean while. Rusty, the collie, lay, half blink ing. on the floor. "Who Is this?" she asked, as Mi chael led the bogus telephone inspec tor into the room. "A man from the telephone com pany," he answered deferentially. Aunt Josephine, unsophisticated, al lowed them to Snter without a further question. Quickly, like a good workman, Clutching Hand went to the telephone instrument and by dint of keeping his finger on the hook and his back to Aunt Josephine succeeded in convey lng the illusion that he was examining it No sooner was the door shut than the Clutching Hand hastily opened his hag and from it drew a small powder spraying ourflt, such as I have seen used for spraying bug powder. He then took cut a sort of muzzle with an elastic band qn it and slipped it over his head so that the muzzle pro tected his nose and mouth. He seemed to work a sort of pump ing attachment and from the nozzle of the spraying instrument blew out a cloud of powder which he directed at the wall. Meanwhile. Michael, in the hallway, on guard to see that no one bothered the Clutching Hand at his work, was overcome by curiosity to see what his master was doing He opened the door a little bit and gazed stealthily* through the crack into the room. Clutching Hand was now spraying the rug close to the dressing table of Elaine and was standing near the mir ror. He stooped down to examine the rug. Then, as he raised his head, he happened to look into the mirror. In It he could see the full reflection of Michael behind him. gazing into the room. "The scoundrel!" muttered Clutch ing Hand, with repressed fury at the discovery. He rose quickly and shut off the apraying instrument, stuffing it into the bag. He took a step or two toward the door. Michael drew back, fear fully. pretending now to be on guard. Clutching Hand opened the door and. still wearing the muzzle, beck oned to Michael. Michael could acarcely control his tears. But ha obeyed, entering Elaine's room after I the Clutching Hand, who locked the 1 door "Were you watching me?" demand ed the master criminal, with rage. Michael, trembliug all over, shoot his head. For a moment Clutching I Hand looked him over disdainfully i at the clumsy lie. Then he brutally struck Michael in the face, knocking htm down.' An un j A HZ I See "Exploits of ElaineFifth Episode, In Motion Pictures, Victoria Theatre, Saturday, March 20 READ THE STORY IN THE STAR-INDEPENDENT EVERY" WEEK Ji HARRIBBURG STA&INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1915. governable, almost Insane fury seemed to possess the man as he stood over the prostrate footman, cursing. "Gel up!" he ordered. Michael obeyed, thoroughly cowed. "Take me to the cellar, sow," he demanded. Michael led the way from the room without a protest, the master criminal following him closely. Down Into the cellar, by a back way. they went. Clutching Hand still wearing his mussle and Michael say ing not a word. Suddenly Clutching Hand turned on him and seised him by the collar. "Now, go upstairs, you." he mut tered. shaking him until his teeth fairly chattered, "and if you watch me again—I'll kill you!" He thrust Michael away, and the footman, overcome by fear, hurried upstairs. Still trembling and fearful. Michael paused in the hallway. He put his hand on his face where the Clutching Hand had struck him. Then he waited, muttering to himself. As be thought It over, anger took the place of fear. He slowly turned in the direction of the cellar. Meanwhile. Clutching Hand was standing by the electric meter. He examined it carefully, feeling where the wires entered and left It. and starting to trace them out. At last he came to a point where it seemed suitable to make a connection for some purpose he had in mind. Quickly he took some wire from his bag and connected it with the electric light wires. Next, he led these wires, concealed, of course, along the cellar floor, in the direction of the furnace. The furnace was one of the old hot air heaters and he paused before it as though seeking something. Then he bent down beside It and uncovered a little tank. He thrust his hand gingerly into It. bringing it out quickly. The tank was nearly full of water. Next from his capacious bag he took fwo metal poles, or electrodes, and fastened them carefully to the ends of the wires, placing them at op posite ends of the tank in the water. For several moments he watched. The water tnslde the tank seemed the same as before, only on each elec trode there appeared bubbles, or one bubbles of oxygen, on the other of hydrogen. The water was decompos ing under the current by electrolysis. Another moment he surveyed his work to see that he had left no loose ends. Then he quietly let himself out of the house. The next morning Rusty, who had been Elaine's constant companion 6ince the trouble had begun, awakened his mistress by licking her hand as it hung limply over the side of her bed. She awakened with a start and put her hand to h3r head. She felt 111. "Poor old fellow," she murmured, half dazedly. Rusty moved away again, wagging his tail listlessly. The collie, too, felt iIL "Why. Miss Elaine—what ees re mattair? You are so pale!" exclaimed the maid. Marie, as she entered the room a moment later with the morn ing's mall on a salver. "I don't feel well. Marie," she re plied. trying with her slender white hand to brush the cobwebs from her brain. ■'l—l wish you'd tell Aunt Jo sephine to telephone Doctor Hay ward" "Yes, mademoiselle." answered Marie. Languidly Elaine took the letters one by one off the salver. Finally she selected one and slow ly tore it open. It had no superscrip tion. but It at once arrested her at tention and transfixed her with ter ror. It read: "You are sick this morning. To morrow you will be worse The next day you will die unless you discharge Craig Kennedy." It was signed with the mystic trade mark of the fearsome Clutching ' Hand! Elaine drew back Into the pillows, horror stricken. Quickly she called to Marie. "Go —get Aunt Josephine—right away! ' And Marie almost flew down the hall. Elaine seized the telephone and called Kennedy's numher. ••••••• Kennedy, in his stained laboratory apron, was a' work before his table, while 1 was watching him with Inter est. when the telephone rang Without a word he answered the call, and 1 could see a look of per turbation cross his face. I knew it was from Elaine, but could tell noth ing about the nature of the message. An instant later he almost tore off the apron and threw on his hat and coat. I followed him as he dashed out of the laboratory. "This is terrible—terrible." he mut tered. as he hurried across the campus of the unlrersity to a taxicab stand. A few minutes later, when we ar rived at the Dodge mansion we found Aunt Josephine and Marie doing all they could under the circumstances. Doctor Haywart bad arrived and had Just flaiskad taking the patient's pula* and Umperature aa our cab polled up. ISalao waa quite til Indeed. "Oh! I'm ao clad to »ee you," aha breathed with aa air of relief aa Ken nedy adTaaced. I "Why—what la the matter?" asked Craig anxiously. Doctor Hayward shook his head do biously, but Kennedy did not notice him, tor. as he approached Blatae, she drew from the covers where she had concealed It a letter "and handed It to him. £raig took It and read: 'You are sick this morning. To morrow you will be worse. The next day you will die unless you discharge Craig Kennedy."- At the signature of the Clutching Hand he frowned, then, noticing Doc tor Hayward, turned to htm and re peated his question, "What is the mat ter r • Doctor Hayward continued shaking his head. "I cannot diagnose her symptoms," he shrugged. There seemed to be a faint odor, al most as if of garlic, in the room. It was unmistakable and Craig looked about him curiously, but said nothing. As he snlfTed. he moved impatiently and his foot touched Rusty, under the bed. Rusty whined and moved back lazily. Craig bent over and looked at him. "What's the matter with Rusty?" he asked. "Is he sick, too?" "Why, yes." answered Elaine, fol lowing Craig with her deep eyes. Craig reached down and gently pulled the collie out into the room. Rusty crouched down close to the floor. His nose was hot and dry and feverish. He was plainly ill. "How long has Rusty been in the room?" asked Craig "All night," answered Elaine. "I wouldn't think of being without Mm now." "May 1 take Rusty along with me?" Craig asked Anally. Elaine hesitated "Surely," she said at length, "only be gentle with him." "Of course," he said simply "I thought that I might be able to dis cover the trouble from studying him." We stayed only a few minutes* longer, for Kennedy seemed to realize the necessity of doing something im mediately, and even Doctor Hayward was fighting in the dark. Back in the laboratory. Kennedy set to work Immediately, brushing every thing else aside. He began bv draw ing otf a little ot Rusty's blood in a tube, very carefully "Here, Walter," he said, pointing to the little Incision he had made, "will you take care of him?" Quickly Craig made one test after another. As he did so I sniffed. There was an unmistakable odor of garlic 1n the air which made me think of what I had already noticed in Elaine s room. "Arseniuretted hydrogen." he an swered. still engaged in verifying hi? tests. "This is the Marsh test for arsenic." "Arsenic!" 1 repeated, in horror. I had scarcely recovered from the surprise of Kennedy's startling reve lation when the telephone rang again Kennedy seized the receiver, thinking evidently that the message might be from or about Ela.ne. But from the look on his face and from his manner. 1 could gather that, although it was not from Elaine her self, it was about something that in terested him greatly. "Good!" 1 heard him say finally. "I shall keep the appointment—abso lutely." "What was it'" I asked, eagerly. "It was Elaine's footman, Michael," he replied, thoughtfully. "As I sus pected. ha says that he is a confeder ate of the Clutching Hand, and If we will protect him he will tell us the trouble with Elaine." 1 considerc I a moment. "How's that?" I queried "Well," added Craig "yott see, Mi chael has become infuriated by the treatment he receives, from the Clutch ing Hand. I believe he cuffed him in the face yesterday. Anyway he says he has determined to get even and be tray him." 1 did not like the looks of the thing, and said so. 'Craig,' I objected vehemently, "don't go to meet him. It is a trap." Kennedy had evidently considered m> objection already. "It may be e trap," he replied slow ly, "but Elaine is dying and we've got to see this thing through." As he spoke, he took an automatic from a drawer of a cabinet and thrust it into fcis pocket. Then he went to another drawer and took out several sections of thin tubing, which seemed to be made to fasten together as a fishing pole is fastened, but were now separate, as if ready for traveling. Then he went out I followed, still arguing "If you go, 1 go," I capitulated. "That's all there is to it." Following the directions that Mi chael had given over the telephone, 1 Craig led me into one of the toughest parts of the lower West side. "Here's the place," he announced, stopping across the street from a dingy Raines law hotel. "Pretty tough," 1 objected. '"Are you sure?" "Quite," replied Kennedy, consulting bis notebook again. Reluctantly I followed and we en- ' tered the place. "I want a room," asked Craig as 1 we were accosted by the proprietor, cot&fortably clad in a loud checked suit and striped shirt sleeves. "1 had one here once before—forty-nine, 1 think." "Fifty—" I began to correct. Kennedy trod hard on mv toe a I MM ■ - "Tes, forty-nine," he repeated.' The proprietor called a stout negro 1 porter, waiter and bell-hop all com • bined In one, who led us upstairs. "Forty-nine, sah," he pointed out. as Kennedy dropped a dime into his ready palm. The negro left us, and as Craig started to enter, I objected. "But, Craig, it was flfty-nine, not forty-nine. This is the wrong room." "I know it." he replied. "I had it wYitten in the book But I want forty nine—now. Just follow me, Walter." Nervously I followed him into the room "Don't "you understand?" he went on "Room forty-nine is probably Just the same aa tlfty-nlne. except perhaps the pictures and furniture, only it is on the floor below." To Be Continued AWARD ELKS' TROPHIES Athletics Take Team Prize and Morri son the Individual Prize More than twp hundred Elks gath ; ered at the clubhouse last evening to •to honor to the bowlers who complet ed one ot' the best bowling seasons in the history of the game. The Bills * had :» good time generally after the trophies were awarded. ' The Dehnotte trophy went to the Athletics, the pennant winners in tho league. Box seat? at the Orpheum The atre were aiso given to the winners by C. Floyd Hopkins, manager of the Wii mer Viueent an i \ppel Theatres, and an Elk. A b.iwiing loving cup known as the Cooper trophy was g.ven to Morrison, the fiidividunl star of the season. Preaches Farewell Sermon Marietta. March IT.—The Rev. H. H. Potidier, pastor of the Methodist church. >.:n ay evening, preached his farewell se:moa to tiie conregatiou. 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DEFEATS INDEPENDENTS Stars From Three Eastern League Teams Play Rough Game—Two Near Fights Occur When Sugarman Strikes Rote—Score .10 to 38 The Jasper team, of the Eastern 1 league, playing Newman and Fogarty, j of the DeNeri and Shugarman, of the; Greystock live, defeated the Harris- 1 burg Independents last evening in a rough ggatm t in Chestnut street audi-! toriuin by the score of 39 to 33. Several times Shugarman and Rote mixed things up, otice Shugarman strik-; ing Kote and another time the referee saving a genuiue niixup when Shugar-! man kicked the local player. The game I was halted and the crowd jumped to the center of the floor ou two occa sions. Fisticuffs were prevented by-the; local management and the game went! on. Newman played an especially rough game. The mixed" team went eight points ahead of Harrisburg before the Inde pendents got started. McCord made the first Harrisburg point on a foul. Jasper kept.ahead until just before the' close of the first half when Rote, Me- \ Cord, Geisel and Ford added five field j goals and McCord three fouls sending the locals ahead by the score of 21 to 20 at the call for half time. Four field goals soon after the start of the last period put the visitors in the lead and they were not topped again. The lineup: INDEPENDENTS FI.G. F.G. A. Pts. 1 Rote, forward .... 3 0 2 6 McCord, forward 2 15 3 19 Geisel, center .... 2 0, 1 4 Ford, guard 2 0 0 4 j MoConnell, guard .0010 ! Totals, 9 15 7 33 JASPER FI.G. F.G. A. Pts. Fogarty, forward .3 0 2 6 i Shugarman, forward 2 0 3 4 , Newman, center 4 0 0 8 Brady, guard .... 5 0 2 10 jCurlette, guard ... 2 7 2 1 1 j Totals, 16 7 9 39 Fouls committed, Harrisiburg, 11; Jasper, 20. Referee, Early; scorer, Schmidt; timer, Klineline; time , 20- ininute halves. Jrfiurel A. C. Want Games Harry Rupp, 15 08 Regina street, manager of the Laurel A. C., formerly the Hill Juniors, is anxious to arrange "basketball games with fast amateur teams whose players average 17 years of age. DR.KLUGH,Specialist rhyatrlaa and larxem olflreei SOA Walnat perlallat CHICHESTER S PIUB i AT M r sfluwMUtfisrctvEfnam ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. CHAB. E. LYTER, formerly of the City Auto Oarage, has opened his Repair Department permanently at the REX AUTO GARAGE , Nos. 1017-19 NORTH THIRD STREET X— 1 TWO CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS Kilbane and Williams and Jimmy Clabby and Young Ahearn to Meet in Philadelphia Philadelphia, March 17.—(Manager Edwards will stage at the Olympia A. A. to-night a contest between two world's champions, Johnny KiM>ane, the featherweight king, and Kid Williams, the bantam-weight titleholder. Both boxers have let up in their strenuous training and both are tit. Kil bane is within the required weight, which calls for 122 pounds ringside. Williams will weigh about l'2'l pounds, so that there will be little difference in weight when the little gladiators face each other. •For almost two weeks the two cham pions have been preparing for this bout, Williams doing his work in this city, while the feather-weight king has been located at Leiperville. To-day will be tuning-up day for both lads, and only light exercise will be indulged in, for each is at fighting pitch. Ten of the leading boxers are on edge and anxious for the 'bell that will send them on their way in the show at the National Athletic Club to-night, Jimmy dabby, who claims the world's middleweight title, will meet Young Ahearn, the sensational British I'sS ipound champion, in the final bout. Sam Ko'bideau will tackle Charlie White, tno Chicago lightweight. George Chaney, of Baltimore, will take part in the third bout of the even ing against Eddie Morgan, England's 'best 122-pounder. Little Italy will shine in the second number. The con tenants will be Tommy Wowell and Joe Borrell. Jack MciOarron, the Allentown middleweight, will take Soldier Bart field in the opening bout. • OUIMETS CIRCUS SHOTS Chip Shot From Trap and 235 Yard Drive Mark Pine Valley Round Philadelphia, March 17.—Francis Ouimet, the national amateur golf champion, and his fellow townsman, J. H. Sullivan, Jr., of the Woodlawn Golf Club of Boston, dropped off at the Pine \ alley Golf Clu:b at Sumner, X. J., yes terday on their way south to Pinehurst and spent the entire day trying out the links of the iatest golf club in southern Jersey. Thi? champion and Sullivan played a four ball match against C. B. Buxton and George Crump, two of the pioneers of Pine Valley. At the end of the regulation eighteen holes Crump and Buxton wore 1 up, but continuing the match until darkness stopped further play enabled Ouimet and Sullivan to finish 1 up at the twenty-second hole. Although Ouimet hardly had touched a golf club in three months his play yesterday was accurate. He made- sev eral sensational shots, his best being on the eighth hole, where his drive found a trap thirty yards from the is land green, but a fine chip sent his ball almost dead on the pin. On the sixth hole, a dog legged drive and iron, Ouimet from the tee carried the bunk ers f n ljy 35 yurds away. JESS WILLARD AT HAVANA 3 Vast Crowd Welcomes Jack Johnson's"jj Challenger for World's i Heavyweight Title * Havann, March 17.—Jees Willard, ■ who is to fight Jack Johuson for the J heavyweight championship, reached I Havana yesterday. Accompanied hiy 5 Tom Jones, Mrs. Jones, 'Mrs. Jack Cur- J ley, Walter IMonihan, Javk 'Hemple, Jim » Savage and Tex O'Rourke, Willard * came in on the steamer Governor CoWb * from Key West. £ A gresit crowd was on the pier to wet- J come the challenger and accorded him ■« an ovation when he appeared on the * deck as the vessel war[>ed into her J dock. A committee of newspaper men a and prominent members oif the sporting J fraternity of the city formally wel- » coined Willard. The s>ig tighter looks 5 the picture of health and predicted * that he surely would win the battle, i Betting, however, is 2 to 1 on John- * son. President fMenocal again waibched * Johnson train yesterday and declared * that he would take no action to pre- « vent the fight, despite predictions to 2 the contrary. Great enthusiasm over the fight has ,i been arouse,! and from applications for * tickets from all over the island it is * assured fiat an enormous crowd will JJ attend. * BOWLING RESULTS CASINO LEAGUE Orpheums win easily from Coloni- r > als— JJ ORPHEUMiS Ross 187 169 181— 537! Botts 152 233 127 512^ Miller .... 147 179 160— 486 « Beck 203 201 167 561 3 Wilsou ... 201 175 192 568 J Totals .. 890 957 six—