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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1900-12-07, Page 7nI `" �'• i••eWe•0'„'e•�,e4r'ta'�•Wp��oq�g4p Q4 4,nworoa.oa R aRIGtUCS OTT�LE U1, :�, AU1tt4R OF AN ARTIST IN CRiMi., QTc, fhee•a ereee .euro•e•eeeee.ee.e.e. eeSAexroyp�t tib CS)Pe RIGHT, 1097,. $Y G,P,. PUTNAM a A010.. • tam•tnen - "Can you tell at'whet time you left him `r Is there any eirettmctauce by which. You can Lig the time aeeurate- ly 7 Think well. It may be import - ear: t," " Important 7" echoed the squire. " Why, man, what are you getting at 7 ,Surely von cannot think tim:it—I,j:eroi- _ uL ilr:t yen i De you euppose that •my friend has been muter:nee 7" " Squire Olney, I cannot say that I have really formed such a'i veinier:, but a man in my profusion reeilk ttt!Im things only too often, and these for^ when he finds a dead body under any - 'thing like eccutiar circumstances, • such es these, for example, this sue - Wirers are aroused more nuiekiy per- haps than might he the case with "other finer. But if You think your young friend, tile son, may now have teifiloientl;,' recovered frotn his shock we will go into the room again, An e3 m m iati a i U n n f the t. body • m n .y remove -any doubts on thin auu'ect." Mr. Barnes Boren started toward the next morn, and the squire followed, - hardly daring to think of what they might be about to discover, Appreciating the fact that the busi- ness before them was very serious, the three men entered the parlour •'quite gravely. As they did so, Lewis, trImo was bending over the body, rose :and seid, in a low voice:— " Gentlemen, lay father has been murdered." The squire sank into the nearest chair, His last hope wan •gone. Lewis Continued : "T repeat, he has been murdered. There 18 tor, 'bullet hole in his left side, where it is almost Impossible for him to have shot himself;. therefore suicide is out ref the r-uestion." • At the words " bullet hole," Mr. Barnes became all attention, here was eomething tangible. Here was fieal evidence. The position of the wound, ton, that was quite important, :and Lewis' conclusion eeemed' logical 'enough, But -die hail used the correct words when he said, "almost impns esible." Mr. Starnes was a eareftml man in forming oninione, and experience had taught him that the seemingly ® "I it tth that the murderer fired from the autstdc." -impossible often occurs. Stiil,• in the line of thought suggested by Lewis' words, he turned to Squire Olney : " Can 3'0U tell us whether your friend was left-handed?" "" Yes, 1 am sure he was. not." " Then it is ,probable that he was 'shot by some other party than himself. .Squire, the affair is now serious. It becomes our duty to try to find the :guilty party." At the word " duty " the supire recov- " *red himself instantly and was all at- tention, Mr. Barnes continued: The coroner should be notified at •once," • " I am the coroner of the. county," ,replied the squire "In this town we have not needed such an officer within the memory of man. However, in this instance the duty devolves upon me. Therefo.s 1 am in charge of the case. Mn Barnes, as you came down to serve me in a matter now tet rest I suppose .you can place yourself at my disposal and assist in finding the murderer?" " Cert .inly," replied • Mr. Barnes. "I • will simply notify the chief of the facts, and he will grant me more tithe than 1 should have asked for before, :Do you object to my having Mn Bur- rows as my assistant?" "Of course not I want to see you commence your work at once. No time Is to be lost. I may have been anxious to hueh up the other matter, but I am alive to the seriousness of this. Who- ever he may be and at whatever cost the anerderer must be found and '"brought to justice," " Very well, Sir. From this moment we act under your orders. As you say, :mo time must be lost. The murderer has several hours' start of us naw and we must each up aur enc. of the train as quickly as possible. The first thing to be clone is to examine the room and praises minutely for clues. I there- - fore suggest that you and Mr. Lewis 1)p leave us to work Biotic while you sunt- hold then to form your jury." ' " A very good suggestion. I will ret qn it at once, Come, Mr, Lewis, a walk iri the open air will help you after the 5htielt which you have sustained." Tak- • , ung Lewis by time arm, the two left the Croom. CHAPTER II. S11L.IaleTG EOkii CLt7ES. Left to themselves, the two detec- tives remained silent until they heard tile. front doer' shtii by the squire as he and Lewis went out. Then Mr. Barnes said id "'Well, Tarr, you are in Luck --a mys. terious murder, wlmieh will, in my judg" Went, require tnuoh skill to discover the truth. Colne, now, tell,lne where you would begin 7" "I gave found a. clue already,"" quietly remarked Burrows, "Good 1" said Mr, (darner, well sheared at his panel's ehrewdneee. ' That ie better than 1 expected. What is It ?" "I think that the murderer fired from the outride through this window." Burrows indicated a' Window openinig` en the lawn to the east, "Volt ace that there is a hole through the he ce ntre pane. That it is of recent orl in ig evidenced be the broken glass a time earl.t t, which also &(Iowa ihttt the buI-' slot emit,, troth without, since the piece* 1 "lave Paden e ovaru, . 1 " Very well reasoned, Tom, as far OS the time and origin of the shot go, Inst you have junmpoa to one concha: °c,11 not as yet warranted." Mr. 1 Barnes went to the window and exam - Mod it closely. "You started ley Pay - beg just now that the ' murderer' (need JJJ frt,ln outside, .Clint lo where you have gene beyond. your evidence, This pane of glass with that hole and the frag- ments on the floor probably attest the passage of a bullet, but there is noth- i erg as Yet to show that said bullet twits fired by the ' murderer.' " " 'Why, who else cook(, have fired it?" I may 1 ee r h a d thatPhysicians matte a diagnosis sometimes by exclusion, 1 but it Is a dangerous plan for a de :. oliva. Look again, and, you will note that it is the lower sash which has time broken pane, Being reslsed as it is, the utterer saela is between it.and the point from which you argue that ,your p s tnl was fired. This provesconclusively "-- " That the lower sash has been rais- ed since the shot was fired," inter- rutted Burrows. " You ,tee. I have thought of that. I argue this way ;— Iter. Lewis was standing in the room when be wee struck, by the ball, He turned and threw up the sash, endeav- ouring to tlhcover the identity of his assailant. Then Ile staggered from. the window and fell a few feet away, as We find him. with his head ie the firepirlee," " It is. of course, possible. But as be is in his nightdress it is curious that he should have been in this roam where an assassin, whose nrosonee he did not suspect. could fire upon him.. ?'here is another eluince, which is that someone has opened that window this morning. Now, looking out, what do We see 7" " A summer -house directly opposite," said Burrows. " A most convenient place for a man to hide in and shoot his victim as he passed in front of a light in a room at night." "I see," said Mr, Barnes, •' what we may be most grateful ter. and that is fresh snow. We must extend our in- vestigation presently in the direction of the summer -house, and search for factprints," ' He then turned toward the body. It was lying on the right side, thus plate- ly exposing a mass of blood which surrounded the wound. The burned condition of the head, owing . to its proximity to the fire, has been men- tioned. Thera was upon one finger a rnassive gold ring set with diamonds. which ring. sir. Barnes thought, would necessarily be known to the dead man's family, and besides he found the name "Sohn Lewis" embroidered upon the nightdress. Evidently not the work of a burg- " lar," he remarked,. pointing to the dia- moliS cin "• No." replied Burow s, " for here on the mantel are a handsome gold Watch and chain," " Notice.. Tom, that he is in his rightdress, In connection with later cisgcnverles that - may prove a Very significant fact. At present it puzzles me. for 1 cannot see why a man sltnuld be so dressed in his parlour and rmmrdered without a sign of any struggle. The latter fact seems• to strengthen your theory." ' " There is a door," said Burrows, "Let us see if it leads into his bed- rCom, In that event, he may have come here for any trivial purpose,, and se have afftrded the murderer the opportunity for which he was wait- ing," The younger man 'led the way. fol- lowed by Mr. Barnes. He opened the door and both entered, when they at once started back surprised. A ynun„ woman was sitting at a writing desk.. a small upright cabinet, with one of the drawers oven, This she hastily elnsed as the , two men appeared There was also a letter, sealed and addressed, lying on the desk, :which she nervously, concealed in the bosom of her dress es she hurriedly rose and thread toward' the intruders. This last motion caused a small object to drop from her Ian and roll half -way across the room. where it rested. The eyes of all three were attracted to- ward it. The woman moved forward to recover it, but Mr, Barnes, think- ing it a thimble, with a. quick "Al- lr.,w me," stooped and picked it up. 1 -Ie was about to return it when, sud- dorly realizing what it was, he Look- ed the. woman straight in the eyes, still holding the object between his thumb and forefinger, and said :— "Madam. pardon me. You are, I presume, Miss 'Virginia Lewis 7" '• That le my name, Bet who are you, and why do You enter my apart- ment unannounced 7" "I assure you that when we enter- er% We had no thought of disturbing em,yone, bast of all a lady. We came to time house with Squire Olney on business with Your uncle. In the par- lour we discovered "--- " My uncle's dead body," " Then you know "— " I found him two hours at,., ea you have seen hint. T was natut',eIly skiceked and unnerved, and have been in here ever since tryh:g to collect my tI oughts."' Mies Lewis;we are de ectivea , Feld Mr. Barnes, and making a brief poise in order. to Wttteh the effect of his words he noticed a slight tremor Pass over her form, but it WAS hrmre- ly perceptible, and he concluded that she was a woman of great self-comm.- trol. Nevertheless, he detected an in- voluntary, n- 1 n t , u tar instantaneousrove i the direction nt the writing brnet Hav- ing gained this point, he conttntted :— " We cattle here with the squire at the request of your uncle to diseoirer if ressibte. the Whereabouts Of his es- enilairt, voting Marvel." This time She showedno enUi i n As your unri. is dead the squire has staked usto ln- t cstigate, It was while making tin eycimntnation of the premises that. we came in here, and I again ask your p;irtlon for our intrualonl' Virginia bowed,_ tend silently await- ed his nett words, Mr. Parma felt that rme =at retire, but was Tides-, Mined to venture once more tin at- tempt to learn something from her. He tr.:mid have liked imothirig better than to hold tier in eonversatioti, that he might study ter manner as tnttch as her words, but he saw dearly that he could not force her to talk long. "Miffs Lewis, 1 am aware that this interview must be painfu1 to you, and tE you wilt allow acme to ask one or two Psiuipltm questtonS we will wtthdr.W," Receiving a sign that ha muight coin. rm`an.t ,..." clos.t neat toil i.me 0 );;e7iet:cle or med rt tvea^oi or tt t'•rrr.-k he lmr1 any cause to cors. a.t1t F k•1de• ? 17 osin.. iii:x.t see, for fn. aemm-ph . t:Itiei l;o niay have thous :lt eta able ? " "My. unci" d ,1 not own st wcapen, to my knowleclrre, Ater _de 1 knew of anything that would lmrtve induced Win to tate his own life." "Bid roti hear a vi.tts,l-311ot QUrinti the night ?" " I slid not." Mr. Barnes left tine room, 'folia t er1 by (nuts"ws, ()nee n.oi'o ie the p .r- IVum, irk:ere ley the i orpse, hi. safe( 'Tonle slid mT,` cii,scc.ver unytikini; in there '. " Yee. l thiels vo." " "Wogs, r.s you Itre the younger at this htkWilless. I am anxiru:i to t;it•e you the chance to think for yourself, I Nut;4est that you give me your views end • dcclueticr-s front the differelit points that turn up before you herr mine." "Very Well Let me specify what 1. think we gained by going into the next room, 'We learned that we were not the first to Litmci the body. Misfit Lewis admrtr, 1 m ving been in this room, so rhe must have raised the window, wllleb. is ere:Molly probable since, as no other window in open, the room would have been full of the odour of the burwed body when she entered." Mr. Barnes noinIed acquiescence. " She hied ;. letter when we went in. I think rhe tvishts the name of her ceereeeemiclmt kept aecre.t. 13y the tit';i,, she ,.bust be P, woman of sin- gular temperament to find the dead body of her uncle and go into the neat room and write a letter:•,, " F,xectly, and it may be of the ut- most importance for 1'3 t tolearn the 1 t ie .,.cldress of that letter and ire cot:- Lent3 if po ibio. ,ktnytbing more, 'Tomn ?" " Yes, but ftret tell me v. -hat it was that you i:Ieited up from the floor. 'See dropped it from her lap as she steed up. Why did you lteen it ?" 1 thought • it \raj a thimble till I held it in my hand, and 'amen I :found it to be—the empty ebi;ll of a cart- ridge." " No wonder that you kept it, Now, see this," He handed Mr, Barnes a small round brush. attached to a twisted wire handle. "I took it from the wash-sta.n'cl." " This fits my theory exactly," said Mr, Barnes. " This brush is st;ii damp and slightly blackened. it has recently been used to CIoan the pistol from, which this empty shell was taken. That pistol is in her eabinet, I am satisfied of that by her glancing, in that direction when she heard me declare that we are detectives. Fol- low out the trail of action and you twill see why, with all her self-posses- tion—and she has so much that I fear we shall not again surprise her into betraying herself -she could not re - stet a hasty glance at the drawer -which she had lust quickly closed on seeing us. By her own admission she knew of this murder before any one, as far es we now know, except the murderer. She retires to her own room, and at once proceeds to destroy an important clue—a recently dis- charged weapon. Remember that this man was more than her uncle in the ordinary sense of that relationship— .� Terr!bie Cough. 11 If people would only treat coughs and colds in time with Dr. Wood s Norway fine Syrup, tore would be fewer Homes deeolate.. 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But, as I said before, she is on her guard note, and whatever she wishes to conceal from us We shall need an our skill to discover. She will de- termine on a plan of action and adhere to ." "Witould we not have the key to the mystery If eye could learn her reasons for acting as she has ?" " Not necessarily, though of centre- it .•n treit might be so. For 'example. sora - pose she has committed the crim,m,- eke, self ?" "Why, do you suspect her 5i'-- " No, I should not make 50 ere a charge against a woman, et. myself, an so little evidence .; theless, in. a case like this, we i.e. consider all things as Possible. Say her anxiety to destroy a clue she proves that she does not wish trip murderer to be known. This may be accounted for in two ways a--1i.irst, that she would hide her own guilt, and second, co nd that she might •ht be shield- ing some one else." " That some one else must be one in whom she is deeply interested," said Burrows, thinking over Mr. Barnes` nroimosltion. Then suddenly, as the idea came• to him :y-" What if it be her lover, young Marvel ? I3e would have a emotive for killing Lewis." rise Barnes smiled approvingly at his companion's quick perception of what he himself was thinking, but he replied :-- " Not so fast 1 We have nothing against him yet except the ' maitre.' Many a roan rimy have good and strong reasons for wishing another dead and yet not stain his hands with blood. Besides, rentenmber that the seine motives which you attribute to Iviarvei might equally welt actuate the tvonhan whet loves Mini. However, at present It o of tllt that Misslevis Cemtnittod the crime," If not she and not TvtarVei, whom, then, do von suspect ?" " I nttist have more evidence before I nnepoot any one, It is a different thing. ]however, to Unlink one not guilty,' and tit Present I believe Miss Lewis is 'innocent. Later I inay find in her the et•imiimal, but 1 cannot think ea vet." 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