not give up the store, as that would confirm the
belief that husband was dead or in the business. Thomas Tuttle was
the first to relieve my necessities.

CROSS-EXAMINED BY ALEXANDER SULLIVAN.

Q.--You saw me in 1886, was it not? A.--Yes, certain. Another $500
came from Brooklyn. I had a letter sent by my husband when he was
in Europe, inclosing one from Mr. Alexander Sullivan, in which he
said, in my letter, he asked for money. I afterwards received a
note from my husband saying he had received money from Mr.
Sullivan; I don't know the amount.

Here Mr. S. admitted that Lomasney was sent by the organization.

The last letter from husband was in 1884; anxious to go home. His
age 44.

Examination of another witness. Evidence corroborates that of the
first witness taken. Received _L_20 and one steerage passage six
weeks after the first witness. No shoes. Sold clothes and trunk to
get home. No bed.

Here the notes abruptly ended.

CHAPTER V.

STRANGE INFLUENCES AT WORK--MISS ANNIE MURPHY THINKS SHE SAW THE DOCTOR
ON A STREET CAR--HIS LONG AND MYSTERIOUS RIDE WITH CONDUCTOR DWYER--
REPORTER LONG ALSO ENCOUNTERS HIM, THIS TIME IN TORONTO--THE POLICE
AND PUBLIC SATISFIED BUT HIS FRIENDS STILL ANXIOUS--EFFORTS TO PROVE
HIM A BRITISH SPY--A BIG REWARD OFFERED.

Less than a week had elapsed from the events narrated in the first
chapter when sinister rumors commenced to gain circulation. It was
whispered about that the alleged "mysterious disappearance" was in
reality no mystery at all, that the physician had not been decoyed from
home; that he was alive; that he had left the city of his own free will,
and that the whole affair had been concocted for sensational purposes,
the motive for which would be brought to light so soon as the cardinal
objects had been attained. It was further hinted that the physician was
inclined to be extremely erratic at times, that his love of
sensationalism bordered on a mania, and that such a performance as that
of May 4 was entirely in a line with his methods.

A STREET CAR "CLUE."

On the heels of these rumors came positive statements of alleged facts.
It was first claimed that Dr. Cronin was seen on a street car two hours
after he had parted with Frank Scanlan outside of the Windsor Theatre
Building. Miss Annie Murphy, an employe of the City Recorder's Office,
was responsible for this s