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Each of these men who had resolved to die a tortured shameful death was rich, prosperous, and to all appearances in love with the world, and not the acutest research should ferret out any shadow of a lurking motive in either case. EACH OF THESE MEN WHO HAD RESOLVED TO DIE A TORTURED SHAMEFUL DEATH WAS RICH PROSPEROUS AND TO ALL APPEARANCES IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD AND NOT THE ACUTEST RESEARCH SHOULD FARE WITHOUT ANY SHADOW OF A LURKING MOTIVE IN EITHER CASE
ess to seek for any clue, and the suggestion that Lord Argentine had been suddenly attacked by acute suicidal mania was generally accepted. It was otherwise, however, when within three weeks, three more gentlemen, one of them a nobleman, and the two others men of good position and ample means, perished miserably in the almost precisely the same manner. Lord Swanleigh was found one morning in his dressing-room, hanging from a peg affixed to the wall, and Mr. Collier-Stuart and Mr. Herries had chosen to die as Lord Argentine. There was no explanation in either case; a few bald facts; a living man in the evening, and a body with a black swollen face in the morning. The police had been forced to confess themselves powerless to arrest or to explain the sordid murders of Whitechapel; but before the horrible suicides of Piccadilly and Mayfair they were dumbfoundered, for not even the mere ferocity which did duty as an explanation of the crimes of the East End, could be of service in the West. INDEED IT SEEMED HOPELESS TO SEEK FOR ANY CLUE AND THE SUGGESTION THAT LORD ARGENTINE HAD BEEN SUDDENLY ATTACKED BY ACUTE SUICIDAL MANIA WAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED IT WAS OTHERWISE HOWEVER WHEN WITHIN THREE WEEKS THREE MORE GENTLEMEN ONE OF THEM A NOBLEMAN AND THE TWO OTHERS MEN OF GOOD POSITION AND AMPLE MEANS PERISHED MISERABLY IN ALMOST PRECISELY THE SAME MANNER LORD SWANLEY WAS FOUND ONE MORNING IN HIS DRESSING ROOM HANGING FROM A PEG AFFIXED TO THE WALL AND MISTER COLLIERS STUART AND MISTER HARRIS HAD CHOSEN TO DIE AS LORD ARGENTINE THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION IN EITHER CASE A FEW BALD FACTS A LIVING MAN IN THE EVENING AND A BODY WITH A BLACK SWOLLEN FACE IN THE MORNING THE POLICE HAD BEEN FORCED TO CONFESS THEMSELVES POWERLESS TO ARREST OR TO EXPLAIN THE SORDID MURDERS OF WHITECHAPEL BUT BEFORE THE HORRIBLE SUICIDES OF PICCADILLY AND MAYFAIR THEY WERE DUMBFOUNDED FOR NOT EVEN THE MERE FEROCITY WHICH DID DUTY AS AN EXPLANATION OF THE CRIMES OF THE EAST END COULD BE OF SERVICE IN THE WEST
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