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Rh special officers detailed upon the case that, they tell us themselves, they have contented themselves with examining and shadowing for further and more conclusive evidence certain young Americans—or, to be more exact, a certain young American—against whom the coincidences of many circumstances seemed suspicious.

"But the true Manling, however it may have pleased and profited him heretofore to confuse himself with another, is now exposed in his proper colors as the ordinary, low, and brutal villain. Our police cannot too soon abandon their absurd persecution of those whom they have been holding under surveillance. Instead of being one of the gentle class pursuing this remarkable course in refined crime for some obscure purpose, the man is too clearly of the repulsive, cruel, criminal type which sticks at nothing. Our police should now put themselves upon the right track and bring this murderous assailant to justice."

So, as he put down the paper and passed into 150