from the town but a policeman. Apparently elephant did not strike
at policeman, but at the lamp-post. Got both. I have secured a
portion of the policeman as clue.
STUMM, Detective.

"So the elephant has turned westward," said the inspector. "However, he
will not escape, for my men are scattered all over that region."

The next telegram said:

GLOVER'S, 11.15
Just arrived. Village deserted, except sick and aged. Elephant passed
through three-quarters of an hour ago. The anti-temperance mass-meeting
was in session; he put his trunk in at a window and washed it out with
water from cistern. Some swallowed it--since dead; several drowned.
Detectives Cross and O'Shaughnessy were passing through town, but going
south--so missed elephant. Whole region for many miles around in terror
--people flying from their homes. Wherever they turn they meet elephant,
and many are killed.
BRANT, Detective.

I could have shed tears, this havoc so distressed me. But the inspector
only said:

"You see--we are closing in on him. He feels our presence; he has turned
eastward again."

Yet further troublous news was in store for us. The telegraph brought
this: