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so�察�to strive to render my jailer subservient to my will。              But how should I 

keep   him   within   ear´shot   long   enough   to   work   upon   him�拭      �Clearly   all 

appeals to pity were useless。          I must excite his greed�察�nothing else would 

reach    him。    This   was    not  an   easy   thing   to   do  without     a  sou   in  my 

possession�察�yet I did it。       When I heard his step I crawled to the opening in 

the wall and mumbled in a crazy sort of a way about a hidden   treasure。 

At the word 'treasure' I saw him pause and listen�察�but I pretended not to be 

aware of his presence and rambled on�察�in a loose�察�disjointed fashion�察�about 

piracies committed by me and the great amount of booty I had secreted。 

My plan worked perfectly。 The jailer came to the aperture in the wall and 

called me to him。 Muttering incoherently�察�I obeyed。                  He asked me what 

offence     brought     me    there�察  �and    I�察 �with   a  good     deal   of   intentional 

misunderstanding�察�told him I was a pirate and a smuggler。                   He asked me 

where   the   treasure   I   had   been   talking   about   was   hidden。   My   reply�察   �   I 

remember       the   exact   words    in  which    I  couched     it�察  �  made   him    mine 



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completely。      I   said�此  �'We   buried   it   near   Fez   ´ Treasure�拭  �I   don't   know 

anything about any treasure。' 

     ;To    all  the   many     questions     he   then   asked    me    I  returned    only 

incoherent replies�察�but I was careful to be again raving about buried riches 

upon     the  next   visit。  In   this  way    I  kept   him   by   me   long   enough     to 

influence him�察�and in less than a month he was completely subject to my 

will。    I   tested  my    power    over   him    in  divers   ways。    Any     delicacy    I 

wished I compelled him to bring me。              In this way I was enabled to regain 

a portion of my lost strength。          When I concluded the time had come for 

me to make good my escape�察�I caused him to come to my cell at midnight 

and   remove   the   bricks   from   the   slit   while   I   put   on   the   disguise   he   had 

brought me。       Once out of my stone tomb we carefully walled it up again 

and then departed to find my imaginary hidden treasure。                    We made our 

way without trouble to Algiers�察�for my companion had money�察�and sailed 

thence via Gibraltar for England。           During the trip my companion jumped 

overboard and was drowned in the Bay of Biscay。                 Thus I was completely 

freed from Ceuta and its terrible pest´hole。 

     ;From England I sailed to New York�察�reaching America penniless and 

in   ill   health。  Things   not   going   to   my   liking   in   New   York�察  �I   came   to 

Boston and took up my old callings of gambler and detective。                     It was at 

this   time   that   I  saw   John   Darrow's     curious    notice   in  the  newspaper�察�

offering�察�in the event of his murder�察�a most liberal reward to anyone who 

would bring the assassin to justice。 

     ;Mon Dieu�        �How I needed money。            I would have bartered my soul 

for a tithe of that amount。        It was the old�察�old story�察�only new in Eden。 Ah� �

but how I loved her�         �She must have money�察�money�察�always money� �That 

was ever her cry。       When I could not supply it she sought it of others�察�and 

this   drove   me   mad。    If�察  �I   said   to   myself�察  �I   could   only   get   this   reward� �

This was something really worth working for�察�and if I could but get it�察�she 

should be mine only。         I at once set to work upon the problem。 

     ;It was not an easy thing to solve。          I might be able to hire a man to do 

the   deed   for   me�察  �but   he   would   hardly   be   willing   to   hang   for   it   without 

disclosing my part in the transaction。           It was at this time that I first met M。 

Latour on Decatur Street。         He at once impressed me as being just the man 



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I wanted�察�and I began to gradually subdue his will。                In this circumstances 

greatly   aided   me。     When   I   found   him   he   was   in   very   poor   health   and 

without any means of sustenance。              His daughter was able to earn a little�察�

but not nearly enough to keep the wolf from the door。                 Add to this that he 

had a cancer�察�which several physicians had assured him would prove fatal 

within   a   year�察  �that   he   was   afflicted   with   an   almost   insane   fear   that   his 

daughter would come to want after his death�察�and you have before you the 

conditions      which     determined      my    course。     My     first  thought     was   to 

influence him to do the deed himself�察�but�察�recalling the researches of M。 

Charcot   in   these   matters�察  �I   came   to   the   conclusion   that   such   a   course 

would be almost certain to lead to detection�察�since a hypnotic subject can 

only be depended upon so long as the conditions under which he acts are 

precisely     those   which     have   been    suggested     to  him。    Any     unforeseen 

variations in these conditions and he fails to act�察�exposes everything�察�and 

the    whole     carefully    planned     structure    falls  to   the   ground。      When�察�

therefore�察�the time came which I had set for the deed�察�I found it possible to 

drug M。 Latour�察�abduct him from his home�察�and to keep him confined and 

unconscious until I had killed Mr。 Darrow in a manner I will describe in 

due course。      As soon as I had committed the murder and established what 

I   fondly    believed    would     be   a  perfect   alibi   in  my    attendance     at  the 

examination�察  �I   secretly   conveyed   the   still   unconscious   M。   Latour   to   his 

rooms and awaited his return to consciousness。                 I then asked him how he 

came   in   such   a   state   and   what   he   was   doing   in   Dorchester。   He   was�察  �of 

course�察�ignorant of everything。           Little by little I worked upon him till he 

came to believe himself guilty of John Darrow's murder。 

     ;I had availed myself of his interest in the subject of cancer to get him 

to the library。     It is one of my maxims never to take an avoidable risk�察�for 

which reason I made Latour apply for the books I wanted�察�as well as for 

the    medical    works     he  desired    to  peruse。    As   he   was   ambidextrous�察      �I 

suggested   the   use   of   the   two   names   Weltz   and   Rizzi�察  �the   former   to   be 

written with his right and the latter with his left hand。               I was actuated in 

all this by two motives。 First�察�I was manufacturing evidence which might 

stand me in good stead later�察�as well as minimising somewhat my own risk 

in   getting   the  information   I  needed�察  �and�察 �secondly�察  �I   was   getting   Latour 



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into   a   good   atmosphere   for   my   hypnotic   influence。         Not   a   word   of   all 

these matters did he relate to his daughter�察�whom he loves with a devotion 

I have never seen equalled。            Indeed�察�it was this very affection that made 

my     plan   feasible。    When      I  had   convinced      him    he   was   a  murderer      I 

showed him Mr。 Darrow's curious advertisement offering a reward�察�should 

he    be   assassinated�察    �to   anyone     bringing     about    the   conviction     of   his 

assailant。 

     ;'In a year��' I said to him�察�'you will die of cancer�察�if your crime be not 

previously       discovered      and    punished。       Your     daugh

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