Mr. Maurice Greywood, the talented young artist who returned from
Paris the beginning of last winter, has disappeared, and grave
fears for his safety are entertained. He was last seen in his
studio, 188 Washington Square, early on Tuesday, August 8th, by
Mrs. Kate Mulroy, the janitress. Ever since the young artist moved
into the building, Mrs. Mulroy has taken complete charge of his
rooms, but, owing to a disagreement which took place between them
last Tuesday, she has ceased these attentions. Yesterday evening,
while looking over a copy of the _Bugle_ of the preceding day, Mrs.
Mulroy came across the portrait of the unknown man whose murdered
body was discovered under very mysterious circumstances in an
unoccupied apartment of the Rosemere, corner of ---- Street and
Madison Avenue, on the preceding Thursday. She at once recognized
it as bearing a striking resemblance to her lodger. Thoroughly
alarmed she decided to investigate the matter. After knocking
several times at Mr. Greywood's door, without receiving an answer,
she opened it by means of a pass-key. Both the studio and bedroom
were in the greatest confusion, and from the amount of dust that
had accumulated over everything, she concluded that the premises
had not been entered for several days. Her worst fears being thus
confirmed, she hastened at once to the Morgue, and requested to see
the body of the Rosemere victim, which she immediately identified
as that of Maurice Greywood.
Strangely enough, the police throw doubts on this identification,
although they acknowledge that they have no other clue to go on.
However, Mrs. Greywood, the young man's mother, has been sent
for, and is expected to arrive to-morrow from Maine, where she is
spending the summer.
The people at the Rosemere are still foolishly trying to make a
mystery of the murder, and refuse all information [etc., etc.].
TO DR. CHARLES K. FORTESCUE FROM DR. FREDERIC COWPER, BEVERLEY, L. I.
SUNDAY EVENING, August 13th.
DEAR CHARLEY:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account