The Exeter Advocate, 1894-9-13, Page 3A Woman's Crime.
BY AN BX-DETFICTIVE.
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Then he turned his attention to the
fastenings of the doors and windows,
whieh ho examinee, with great care..
Next'ho insisted upon peering • into the
'cellar; the pantries and closets, ancl, fin-'
-fully he lounged down into a big splint
bottomed chair, the espeoail property of
the Cook, and began talking of the rob-
bery iiia pleasant, off -hand, careless bah -
ion, interlarding his discourse with fre-
'quent:eomplimonts and comments of an
irrelevant nature, calculated to edify his
.audience: and render thein gaits at ease.
It would be cliifxcalt to toll where the
discourse left off and the questioning be-
gan; but, when after an hour spent in the
kitchen, the :free and easy detective at
last lounged up to the library, where Mr.
Durand awaited him, ho was in full pos-
'session of every idea entertained by the
servants below stairs in relation to the
robbery.
"I have dorso with the servants, MVIr,
Durand," he said, standing, respectfully
before the olcl man. "Now, if you please,
X will see your daughter's maid."
,+ Mr. Durand rang the bell immediately
and made no comment.
"Send Miss Aura's maid to me directly,
Jacobs," he said to the bowing footman
who promptly appeared. •
In a short time the maid, a simpering
affected little being, with very few ideas
'beyond her calling, entered the room.
A very brief interview seemed to satisfy
the detective. And then he said : "Now,
if you please, I will see your daughter
.and her companion."
In obedience to the command of her
'master, the simpering girl tripped away,
:and then the detective asked: "How long
has this young lady, Miss—"
"Annin," supplied Mr. Durand.
'"How long has Miss Annin been in
your slaughter's employ?"
"She has been with us
months,"
"And—pardon the question, sir—is she
u, favorite with yourself and Mrs. Du -
fraud. ?"
Mr. Durmast hesitated a moment, and a
look of annoyance flitted across his face.
Then he replied : "Candidly, niy wife
•does not like the young lady, although 1
see nothing to finch fault with. I.f Miss
Aura is more content with her society
'than without it, she should not•be unwel-
•0o111e to ine."
The detective made no "reply to this
speech, and they awaited in silence the
appearance of the two young ladies.
They waited so long that at last Mr.
Durand arose, aiicl, with a mattered ex-
"clarnation of impatience, stretched out
his hand toward the bell rope.
As ho was about to ring, the door sucl-
tlanly opened., and a young lady entered
'the room quite hctrrieclly.
"I beg your pardon, sir," she said, ad-
dressing Mr. Durand, and never once
dancing at the detective, "I have kept
.you waiting, but it was because of Miss
Durand; she is quite indisposed, and begs
that you will excuse her from coming
down."
" Indisposed !" cried Mr. Durand, in
evident surprise, "this is the first I have
heard of it."
The young lady made no answer, but
stood r.:spcetfully before him as if await-
ing hitt commands.
• • I am sorry that Miss Auu•a is ill, Miss
Annin ; is it anything serious, do you ap-
prebend?"
' Oh, no, sir," replied -Hiss Annin
,pron'iptly; and just for one instant there
was a queer glimmer in her eye, a glim-
mer which the detective dicl not fail to
notice. "She will be better by evening, I
think ; it is a sort of nervous headache."
"Well, well, poor child, another time
must do then. You will give this man
any information that you can, Miss An-
niu. He is investigating this robbery,
.you know,"
She bowed her head and then turned -to
the detective, saying simply :
" I am at your service, sir."
Miss Annin, the hired companion of
Aura Durand, the heiress, was a decided
'brunette. She was by no means a beauty,
*and yet one would have paused anywhere
Miss Annin.
'to take a second look at 1� I ssina N
}Ier nose was too large and too promin-
ent, her forehead'itoo low, and not broad
enough ; but her eyes were largo, dark
and handsome; her teeth white and re-
gular •; her hair dark, glossy and abund-
ant, was manifestly all her own, and she
wore it in a simple and becoming fashion; -
her head was well shaped and was poised.
•soinewhat haughtily upon a slender neck
• and above gracefully rounded shoulders:
:She was just below the medium height,
neither slender nor plump, just one of
those firm, compact, little bodies that im-
press you at once with the idea that the
owner thereof has a decided will of her
own and a pretty si.ue method of making
it tell upon others.
•All. of this the detective comprehended
.at a glance, and, as she turned her eyes
full upon him, he was conscious -of a
vague impression that the face was not
-quite unfamiliar to him.
After all, he seemed to have little to say
to Miss Annin, and the little that he did
say seemed to elicit no very satisfactory
'replies. When he had signified that he
had. no more to ask, and the young lady
had bowed and retired from the room as
'composedly as she hacl entered it, he
turned toward- his employer, saying •
" For the present, Mr.Dermal, I have
finished my investigations here. If you
will now writs for me the address of the
party who paid you the money last even-
ing 1 will take my leave."
IVIr. Dttiwnd silently complied with the
'request, and then said : •
"May •1 be allowed to ask a few ques-
tions, not so much pertaining to this case
•as to your system ?7° -
• The .detective bowed.
" Then will. you tell me- why you have
so carefully examined every door and
window of the house ? Was it in the hope
of :Cinching sonic trace of the robber ?"
"Not at all.. I wished. to assure myself
as to the possibility or impossibility of
..entering yew: house either by door of
• window.,"
" Well?" expectantly.
" 1 find that year bolts and bars should
be burglar-proof Inc thief entered last
night either by cloor or window,"
Why, sir, how about the open street
door ?"
" may The thief have been secreted bo -
1 y
fore your doors wore Ioeked,. or oven in
the daytime--but---t am not at all. con-
Vince& of that; if •such were the ease,
?howovor, he, would naturally leave by the
most -accessible, door, namely, that open-
ing'direetly upon the street." •
some two
" You have questioned my servants and
and
addressed a few questions to my wife ai 1
Miss Annin; pardon me, but I could not
quite see the drift of your conversation—
sometimes. it seemed 'a little irrelevant,"
" No doubb," dryly,•
•"c Why did you disiniss my daughter's
maid, and afterward her companion, so
summarily ?" •
" Because—there was nothing more to
be gained from them."
bei
questions seemed to me quite
unimportant," • -
"They were unimportant. I have been
questioning .fDees, not minds, in nay ex-
aminations to -day, sir. The mind, the
tongue, soon learn to dissemble, to guard
a secret well, hat the human face is 'a
window. The quivering of a nostril, a
chance gleam of• the eye, a movement• of
the hand, or head, can convey to hie more
moaning than Will hundreds of worcds.
For years I have made the human coun-
tenance my study, and I have been well
repaid."
"And what have you learned from the
faces of my servants?"
c ° That I must look farther before I find
a aim' ' to this mysterious burglar, Your
servants are honest'.'
"Then we are at sea again ?"
"Not quite sir ; but Mr. •Batha st must
take the next step; I will now go."
And without another word this rather
eccentric personage took his leave,
"These detectives are a queer lot,"
Muttered Mr: Durand, as he wont thought-
fully up to his wife's sitting -room. "And
if I ala not mistaken this man has a sus-
picion after all."
"It's a queer trail to strike," thought
the detective as the walked briskly away
from the avenue. "But I will follow%t-up
for all that—the only person in that
household who has aroused a suspicion in
my mind, is the rich man's daughter,
Miss Aura Durand."
As if undecided where to go he turned
at the corner of State street, and looked
up and clown. As he dict so his eye Poll
upon a man lounging before a confec-
tioner's window, and, seemingly, intent
upon counting the cakes within.
"Upon my word," muttered our detec-
tive, with a sudden start. "Here he is."
Ancl he hurried across the street, and was
soon within speaking distance of the
stranger, who was a tall .man with a
slouching hang -dog air, a shabby costume,
and a head of brick -colored hair, that fell
down almost to his collar. The face was
smooth shaven, except for a dab of red
beard upon the protruding chin, and was
further ornamented by a patch just under
the left eye. The nose had a very in-
flammable look. and a shabby beaver hat
worn. very much over one ear completed
the ensemble of the veriest "buwimer"
that ever trod the flags ,of State street.
There was the usuabustle and hurry
upon the street, and having surveyed the
lounger to his satisfaction, our detective
managed to wedge himself in among the
foot -passengers in such a manner that
when opposite the red haired man he was
suddenly brought up against him with
considerable force.
"What the dev—"
some street vender, :end to avoid these he
o t-
] r t doubt-
fuldown one of t iase st ee s of d
1ul repute that are so plentiful in Chi -
sago. It was comparatively quiet here
and our hero moved on, still lost in a
labyrinth of cogitations.
As ho was passing a somewhat showy
house.before which a carriage was stand-
ing, a sitchien movement of one• of the
horses attracted his attention, and look-
ing up quickly, he saw that it was the
very carriage which had driven away
from the State street restaurant,
"Ah !" muttered he "Rob's English-
man is not above the demi-monde it
seems, and yet the woman can't live here.
I have got into a bad. locality, and will
turn back."
He was suiting the action to the word,
when his steps ,were arrested by a loud
shriek, lvhieh seemed to come from the
upper rooms of the gaudy house,
He paused irresolute until the sound
was repeated.
"Help l help!" cried a woman's voice..
"Murder ! MURDER ! MURDER!"
.CHAPTER V,—AN A1.DvBarau n AND A
WALLET.
" 1Unrder !"
The startling cry sounded doubly weird
and awful because of the afternoon sun-
light that was bathing the housetops.
Bat no such thought occurred to Neil
Bathurst as-lie'bounded up thssteps and
gave the door a vigorous push.
Contrary to his expectations, it was not
hocked, and flinging it open, he rushed
up the stairs, at the head of which he en-
countered a group of women, who were
huddled together near a door, upon which
their horrified eyes were fixed.
Rightly guessing that this was the' door
of the room from which the cries had
come, he hastened toward it, and putting
his hand upon the handle found that it
was locked.
The women fell back at his approach,
and hearing groans and curses from
within the young ratan promptly applied
"YO?T COULDN'T TELL Mis THE WAY TO
THE TRUSMONT MOUSE?"
The stranger suddenly chocked his
wrath as his eye fell upon the detective ;
and then the two gazed at each other in
silence for a moment.
"You couldn't tell me the way to the
Tremont oat honsstranger?"
? e could you,
asked the detective with comical
mical drawl.
The man thus addressed turned away
suddenly, and retreating until his back
could bo brought in contact with the con-
fectioner's wall—said, with a • jerk of the
head, in that direction. "Maybe I've got
the address in my pocket, parclner; come
hither and see."
Thus invited, the detective approached
and said, in a low, quick tone :
"Rob, old man, I spotted you by acci-
dent, .didn't set oat to rim you down. If
I am in the way I'll move on."
"You are not in the way, Neil," said
the disguised. Jocelyn. "I am after a
chap who is up stairs now with a lady.
Just stand here and talk while I wait—
that is if you are not in a hurry on your
own• account."
"I'm in no hurry now, Rob," replied
Bathurst. "I have two good hours before
me, ancl, as usual, am restless while' idle
from necessity. Lord, Tuan, what a
make-up, and you have sacrificed your
mustache, too. That's a confounded
shame."
"Had to do," replied Jocelyn, indiffer-
ently: "You see I tumbled up early this
morning and came out; almost the first
than I saw was a party who must have
crossed the water very lately, he is a swell
gambler and a reseal of the finest cut. I
know some of his games in London, and
am ready to wager that he is here for rio.
good. I've been shadowing him all clay
and don't intend to let up until I find out
his game."
"All right, Bob, but don't let me lose
track of you—I am looking up a queer
job myself and may call on you for assist-
ance."
At this moment a man and woman
came clown the stairs near them, and
Neil Bathurst knew by ono gianoe :from
Rob Joeelyn's eye, that this was the
game.
o A. carriage was standing just below
'thein, the man hurried the woman to-
wards it, assisted her in, lifted his hat
gracefully, and turned away; walking
swiftly up State street) while the carriage
rolled oft in the opposite direction,
Without a word Rob Jocelyn turned his
face- northward and walked swaggeringly
after the man, whits Neil Ilathtistsaunt-
ered slowly down the street as if follow-
ing' the carriage, scarcely noting whither
Ins feet turned, after the carriage had
whirled oat of sight, ho paced on, lost in
thought.
A. erowcl of people were gathered upon
a corner listening to the lively chatter of
his shoulder to the door .and exerted all
his strength to break the fastenings. It
was but aflimsy affair:, and after the fash-
ion of city tenement -house locks, and at
the third vigorous push the door yielded.
Entering the room Neil Bathurst found
himself face to face with a man who had
evidently turned a,vay from his victim to
seoure his own safety. Guessing at once
that this was the assassin, Bathurst stop-
ped short in the doorway, thus cutting off
his retreat.
With a howl of rage and fear the cor-
nered man sprang to seize a• large dirk -
knife that lay upon the floor near his vic-
tim,. but the detective was too quick for
him. With wonderful agility he seized a
chair that lay between them, evidently
overturned in the affray, and, as the vil-
lain stooped to recover the knife he dealt
him a sudden blow that laid him pros-
trate.
Instantly Bathnrtwas on one knee be-
side him, at the same time saying over
his shoulder to the frightened women:
`Colne in quick and attend to the lady
—I mast secure this man''
Even as he spoke hie quick eye rested
upon a wallet which lay upon the floor
before the bed, half open, and exposing to
view a bundle of papers, which seemed to
be its only contents.
He had possessed himself of the knife,
and assured himself that the mail before
him was not shamming but actually stun-
ned, and now he arose incl turned toward
the bed, saying :
":Run for a doctor, some one. and for
policemen."
"They are coming, sir," replied the old-
est of the women, who now stood beside
him,
.B thttr t glanced, again at the woman ;
she was living, lett evidently bleeding in-
war,lly; h'. coati hear the tramp of pu-
liceuten on the stairs; there was no time
to lose; with the. instinct of a true de-
tective, he bent down, and unnoticed by
any of the women, sse reel the wallet,
with its contents, thinking, as he slid so,
of Jocelyn and the foreign gambler.
In lees than five minutes the house was
alive with people, and the usual scenes
attending such occasions ensued. The
stunned. villain, who had struck the death
blow, recovered to find himself in the
grasp of two powerful policemen. A
doctorsoon. appeared, and.., having prompt-
ly cleared the room of all unneeessary
acenpants, he proceeded to examine the
victim, and then apply such remedies as
might serve to lessen pain and keep the
feeble life spark alive.
givenbrief
a
the policemen
to c
Having
account of the affair, or as much of it as
he had taken part in, and, having seen
them safely on their way to the
station ]louse with their prisoner,
Neil Bathurst re-entered the house
and began to look about him. A group
of exerted women were conversing in low
tones, in a little room just at the head of
the stairs. He ascended slowly, anrd see-
ing that the door of the room which held
the seeming dying woman was closed, he
approached the group at the oppoitc end
of the hall.
Among the faces turned to him he
recognized two as belonging to the wo-
men 'who had been huddled about the
door When he had first entered the house,
and, after looking from to the other for a
moment he beckoned the younger of the
two to follow hint, and went down stairs.
Somewhat reluctantly- the girl obeyed
him, and presently they stood alone in a
little, half darkend, back parlor.
Neil Bathurst was well aware of the
character of the house in which he stood,
and he knew therefore how best to ap-
proach the girl before him.
Crossing the room he drew back a cur-
Iain, .letting in a strong light, and then
dlrawing forward a chair, and throwing
himself into another opposite, i?:o said, in
a matter -of -course tone: .
"Sit down there, please, and tell me
what you know about this affair,"
The girl took the seat indicated. mid.
then said, with a coarse laugh :
"You are quite airy in your clemancl.s.
Why don't you ask some olio else for in-
formation? Who aro you, anyway?"
"I ask you because 1 choose to do so,
and if you don't want to answer the same
questions in a police court, you had. bet-
ter be frank now. I am an officer, end
I've had my eye upon this house for sono
time:"
":You --don't mean to arrest me?"
faltered the girl,
"Not if you tell me what I want to
know and don't lie about it."
"If I trill you the truth, may I leave
the house unmolested?
"You ma."
"All right" with a look of relief,
"Then what clo you want to know?"
"Do you know the woman who has
been stabbed ?"
"Never saw her until she lay there half
dead. "
"You live in this house ?"
"A.nd she comes as a visitor ?"
"She 'came to -day. We were in the
parlor—two others and myself. We
didn't know when she drove up, wo were
playing casino at the back of the room."
"Who?"
A
"Ribby,nnie and myself,"
"All right ! go on,"
"I don't suppose that the carriage had
been standing there two minutes, when
we noticed it, but the lady was already
inside. We knew that a man had been
upstairs, waiting for some one, far nearly
an. hour, and we had heard him tramp-
ing up and down the room as of he was
getting mad,"
„Well!„
"Well—as we were talking 'about the
carriage, the old lady put her head in the
door and said it was half -past four o'clock.
She expected callers at half -past four, and
that meant that we must get out of the
parlor. The girls went down to the
dining -room, but I went upstairs—"
"You did ?"
"Yes—did you examine the rooms
above?"
"N0.,,
"Well, if you do so, you will see that
there is a room opening off from the one
in front, where the man and woman. met.
The room is a sort of closet or lumber
room for everyone iib the house. We all
put our trunks in it. The old lady keeps
her linen there, and there is an old dress-
ing table there too, which has an excel-
lent glass ; the winclow gives a good light,
and we often use the table and glass, and
dress our hair there.. There is a door, as
I said, opening into the front room, and
a transom over it. Some time ago a pane
of glass had been broken in the transom,
and so the thing has been filled in on the
front tide with a gathering of crimson
moreen. Well—the ocoupants of the
front room are not likely to know that it
is very easy to hear their conversation,
if one is in the lumber room, do you
see?"
"Yes. Go on."
"Well, I was going out this evening,
so I ran up to the trunk room to dress my
hair, while there was plenty of daylight.
The man was talking very loud when I
entered the room, and they did not hear
me open and shut the door."
"I suppose not," dryly. "You listened
—well tell me every word you overheard,
and, remember, no exaggerations or false
statements. I have seen the woman up
stairs before—and you can't lie to me."
"So !" cried the girl, with the air of one
who has made a discovery. "You were
shadowing her, were you ? That's how
you were on hand. at the right minute."
'Never mind that," replied he with
some impatience. "What did yotthear?"
"I can't give you the exact words, but
this is it in a nutshell. The two were olcl
partners of some sort, and must have been
up to a good many games together. It
seems that they had planned to get some
money from some victim (an Englishman)
who had shown a full purse. The man
]tact found the victim and then sought
her services. She had got into the Eng-
lishman's good graces, and had promised
the man to get possession of his pocket-
book
ocketbook this very day and bring it to him.
'Voll, when she produced the pocket -book
it had no money in it, only papers. The
man had been drinking, I should think,
and he flew into a fearful rage ; they both
became very angry. She told him that
she was glad the scheme had failed, and
that she would never do any more dirty
work for him. Then I heard him spring
at her and say, 'D— you, I'll have your
life then.' There was the sound of a
struggle, and then I knew that he hacl',
struck her; she screamed and I heard. her'.
say, 'You have killed me !' Then I rush-
ed into the hall and cried at the top of
my voice, 'Mercier ! murder ! murder !' "
"So it was you who cried 'murder !' "
"Yes. Why, bless you, he had stabbeci
the breath out of her ; she could not have
screamed so."
"True !"
At this moment the mistress of the
house entered the room.
"How is the lady, madam?" asked the
detective, rising.
"The chances are even," replied the
woman in a hard voice ; "she may live,
she may die. Are:you the man who broke
in the door ?"
"Yes, machine."
"Then come up and see the woman."
Bathurst rose to follow her, but paused
and, as she passed from the room, laid
his hand upon the arm of the girl and
whispered,
"Remember, not a word. as to my busi-
ness, if you want to be safe yourself ;
and you had better leave this house to-
night."
"Trust me for that," replied the girl.
"I will be safely away within an hour,
and I won't give you away."
Thus assured he hurried out and up the
stairs, to find the anistress of the house
stanching at their head, looking somewhat
irate.
"I should think this was no time for
trifling with silly girls," she said, testily.
"I don't know who you are, but you seem
to know how to act promptly. How is
this affair to terminate?"
"You have just said—in life or death."
"I don't mean that; how will it affect
me?"
"Not much, I should fancy," with
covert sarcasm.
"Not much, indeed ; my reputation in
this quarter is ruined."
"That's a pity."
"Well, I won't stay here long—and
what's to be clone with this woman ! I
can't keep her on my hands—she must
go to the hospital."
Without making a reply to this unfeel-
ing speech, Bathurst turned on his heel
and entered the front room.
Before the bad stood the doctor and one
women, evidently a neighbor ; he ap-
proached, and standing beside them,
looked clown upon the insured woman,
0
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Castoria.
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Bathurst was assured that the physician
was all that could be desired, and, feeling
that the patient was in good hands, he
turned his face homeward.
More than an hour had passed since he
had fist entered the house, and he felt as
he hurried on that he would be late in
keeping his appointment with Arteveldt,
at the Durand mansion. The day had
been warm and his disguise was some-
what burdensome.
When at last he reached his own rooms
he threw off the paddings that had given
him an appearance of stoutness, and thn
wig and beard that had, together with
various pigments and little brushes, trans-
formed him into a middle-aged man, and
heaved a sigh of relief.
"I am getting into business, again with
a
vengeance,"he muttered as he com-
menced a hurried toilet. "I would like
to look into the contents of that wallet
for Rob's sake—but it can't be done to-
night. I must now cultivate the friend. -
ship of Miss Aura Durand."
At that moment there came a sounding
rap at his door, and in another instant
Clarence Ar•teveldt in full evening cos-
tuune stood before him.
"Hurry up, Bath," he cried impatient-
ly. "Old Durand has sent a message to
the house desiring us to come in time for
dinner. I have leen here twice before
and found the door fast locked."
It was not a young face, evidently; the
woman had passed her thirtieth year, but
in health, it must have been a handsome
face even yet. She mi¢rht have been a
weak woman, but she did not look like a
wicked. one. She was well., but not ex-
pensively, dressed ; and on the third
finger of the slender left hand she worn a
plain: gold ring, that looked as if it had.
not been removed .for years so firmly did
it seem embedded in the flesh of the small
finger.
For a few moments they talked of the
woman and her chances for life or death.
Then the cleteetive asked.:
"Will it lessen• her chances for life to
remove her to the nearest hospital, (lec-
tor ?"
"If she lives beyond to -morrow," re-
plied the doctor, gravely, "she will be
better off there than here."
'"She get any too good eare here,"
said the woman who seemed a kindly dis-
posed, officious person.
"Can't yon look after her until to -mor-
row 9" asked Bathurst,
"Wolf—yews, I might."
"Then I will see that you aro not the
loser by it."
,Thos assured, the woman declared
soli ready to undertake the charge,
CHAPTER IV.—AURA nURaNlr.
Neil Bathurst was busily thinking, the
while he arrayed himself for the evening,
that was to be an admixture of pleasure
and business. But when finally he in-
terrupted the flow of Arteveldt's small
talk by a carelessly spoken question, not
even the keenest observer would have
suspected him, of having a care more im-
portant than the careful arranging of his
lavender tie.
"So you are really smitten with that
little country girl?" he said, arranging
the knot of the aforementioned tie with
much apparent care. "Miss—what did
you call her name?"
"Miss Ai
m if„ enthusiastically. l3• "Yes,
Bath, I am smitten—ancl it may be as
-well that my engagement with you and
old Durand keeps me from making an
idiot of myself by rushing over to the
North Side again to -night.'
Bathurst laughed naturedly.
"You omit to mention Miss Durand,”
he said. "You did not find her unfor-
giving, did you, when you called in the
moring• with your pretty excuse?"
"I slid not find her. at all," replied Art-
oveldt with a grimace. "She sent down
that blessed companion of hers, with an
excuse for me—she was 'indisposed' to see
me."
'Not well, eh?"
"Don't know whether sire was well or
not; she said sho was indisposed, and
begged to be excused."
SSleil Bathurst brushed his coat in tran-
quil silence.
"I say, Bath," broke out Artoveldt
after a moment's pause, "did you send
around a man to look over the Durand
premises?"
"Certainly • always keep my word
about these things. So Miss Durand has
a companion, eh? Is she pretty and
young?"
Artevele.t shrugged his shoulders.
"She is young—and attractive; you
couldn't exactly call her pretty."
• "Olt ! she makes up for lack of positive
beauty by dash and style."
[TO Tri CONTINUED.]
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