It is on rubber, also, I
fear, that the tragedy which I am about to relate hangs. I suppose
the New York papers have had nothing to say of the strange death
of Bradley Cushing, a young chemist in Goodyear who was formerly
employed by the mills but had lately set up a little laboratory of
his own?"
Kennedy turned to me. "Nothing unless the late editions of the
evening papers have it," I replied.
"Perhaps it is just as well," continued Mr. Winslow. "They
wouldn't have it straight. In fact, no one has it straight yet.
That is why we have come to you. You see, to my way of thinking
Bradley Cushing was on the road to changing the name of the town
from Goodyear to Cushing. He was not the inventor of synthetic
rubber about which you hear nowadays, but he had improved the
process so much that there is no doubt that synthetic rubber would
soon have been on the market cheaper and better than the best
natural rubber from Para.
"Goodyear is not a large place, but it is famous for its rubber
and uses a great deal of raw material.
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