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This I considered as a very promising discovery, so much so, indeed, that I gave up an engagement I had for the evening and decided to camp right there until the Library closed. Happily the books I had been consulting were still on the table. I picked out those borrowed under the names of Weltz and Rizzi, and began a most careful examination of them.
A new leaven has entered our personality to dominate and direct it. The new advertisement duly appeared and on the next day, which was Wednesday I remember it because it was my hospital day I received several written answers, and among them, one in which I felt confident I recognised the peculiar z*'s and r*'s of Weltz and Rizzi. I took it at once to Maitland.
Weltz and Rizzi. The reading of these men at once impressed me as having a purpose behind it. "I will read you a list of the books taken by Weltz and Rizzi, just to see what you will make out of it: WELTZ RIZZI I."Lecons de Toxicologic," 1."Traite de Toxicologic," par M. Orifia. par C. P. Galtier.
Q. M. Latour obtained some books from the Public Library for hall use, giving his name as as A. Weltz. Yes, they did assist me. There were some also taken under the name of Rizzi. Q. Exactly. Those are the names, I think. How was your attention called to these books? A. I met Latour at the library by accident, and he at once struck me as a man anxious to avoid observation.
I put this fact down for future reference and gave my attention to the green slips, the whole twenty of which the attendant now placed before me. The residence of Weltz was given as No. 15 Staniford Place, Boston, while that of Rizzi was No. 5 Oak Street, Boston.
"Your views in the matter," replied Maitland, "are precisely those which first occurred to me, and I am not sure but I should still hold them, had I been obliged to decide solely from the evidence I have submitted to you. It was clear to my mind from the first that some common purpose actuated both Weltz and Rizzi.
Several of the applicants had only signed the initials of their given names, and the attendant, copying them from the slips, had done likewise; so I was obliged to go to the registration clerk to determine this question of sex, and, while there, I also ascertained the age of each applicant that is, of all but two. The registrar could give me no information regarding J. Z. Weltz, or B. W. Rizzi.
That's the last I ever see of M. Henri Cazot, and he handed the paper to me. I glanced at the signature. It was the same hand that had written 'Weltz' and 'Rizzi' upon the library slips. There was that unmistakable z and the peculiar r which had just attracted my attention!
This made it my business to watch him. I saw that he signed his name as "Weltz" on the slips. The next day I saw him there again, and this time he signed the slips "Rizzi." This was long before the murder, and I was not at work upon any case into which I could fit this "Weltz" or "Rizzi."
I was convinced in my own mind, however, that he was guilty of some crime, and so put him down in my memory for future reference. During my work upon this present case this incident recurred to me, and I followed up the suggestion as one which might possibly throw some light upon the subject. Q. Did you peruse the books M. Latour borrowed under the names of Weltz and Rizzi? A. I did not.
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