The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-28

Dico, was not idle meantime. II,
had made a study of the small tabl,
whic., stood bv the side If i..e muir
der-d woman. bed. There WAS .
3otlle and a glass upon /; al ihe side
next To the bel. The Old lady mao
frank Drt of the glass, without doubt
But she had not sat in the chair
which stood near the table : S.ie hsd
lain IN bel and taken the brandy, foi
there wlr. spots on the cDveTieI
which shp@ed il. The rer-,n whc
slt la the chair had pushed 1t back
near The bei wien he or IA. arose, fol
the carpet Was fraved ana iooped
thread of /, had been cars!i, ia the
lie, If the chair and drawn away.
Follow that topped thread aud YOU
found where the chair stood when
Madame drank her cognac living in
he'd. Placing the chair where il had
fret caught the looped thread and
seating himself in it, Dico, examined
the table and the marks on il. Some
one sitting where he sat had used the
liquor spilled on the table, drawing
lines on the surface with the tip Of i
finger. These lines had I'll been drawn
towir.! the occupant Of the chair as il
stood where Dicot restored IL. They
were drawn from the spilled liquor
toward the person in the c;iair. for
they grew fainter as they spproached
the drawer.
But might not Madame have sat in
the chair and drawn the lines, and
then moved the chair toward the bed
where Dico, found il?
No. Madame was almost bliai. snd
could not see 30 draw such lines with.
out her glasses. and Dico, him-el:
found her glasses IN the desk in the
store below, where she left tiem when
she locked up before going up stairs
to sleep her last. Some :rienii; per-
son Was .hersfore with Madame after
she retired that night.
D;cct also carefully considered TIE
footprints in the yard.
Taey began at the fence. which was
fourteen feet high. Right at The spot
in Raoul's yard there was water tub.
There was M sign ti,s; it had been
disturbed. Dicot found it :" ricke:y
that the weight @. a child would have
urse; IL. Ranu; did not climb hy that.
But suppose the assassin came from
RaouFs premises? DID he spring from
the wall INFO the yard Of Madame
Courraint? Not likely. /; would
make a noise, and moreover il woul!
require him 10 stand UP aud expose
himself to detection. and his feet
marks Souli be evident away from
the wall. If he came that way he
crawl,d over and dropped To the
ground.
Su: how would he drop?-wi,h his
fice turned awav from the fence?
Not likely; but rather ai,h hi. face
to the fence. 50 that when he touched
the gronud his toes wcnid he neares,
the fence.
But was this so. Assure,ily not.
The heels were almost close up TO the
fence. with the toes pointing TO the
center OF the yard.
But suppose all this was explained ,
How did he leave the yard. By the
'ence? There were no toot prints to
indicate it. The footprints began
,lpse 10 the fence. and extended 10
Maisme's room, aud there sas au end
4 them.
Dill the assassin quit the scene of
.r,me by the front of The dwelling?
Windows and doors were fast, and
here was nothing whatever which
,ould justify such i theory.
Dicot next considered tie motive
bat might have prompted TO tie
rhine. Was Rioul man 20 murie.
IN old woman in revenge? Madame
vas comparatively well off. Her
business was profitable. and her ex-
zen es were small. Dicot searched
'mong her papers, and found an oh.
Veli-worn memorandum book in which
had made entries for years.
Ter hand was Grabbed, and most
ifiicult to decilher, bit still the de-
ec,ive was alliyent student. The !
as: entry in the book was December .
6. the day before she was murdered. (
Every day 10 December had some
airy, except the 18th and 18th. A:
saf wss m;ssing-that was clear. (
)icot could see where il aud the one
orrespobding to it had been. :
Dicot spent !ew hours searching
he shop. Then he rooted among
ONE rubbish and sweepings under the
isirs. After much patience he dis
overed a lew scraps Of paper which
leased him. for he picked them up.
miled. and put them in his pocket.
PRESENTLY he ceased his labors ard
roupht forth the slips. He spread
hem on the desk, and proceeded to
I them together. Thew formed Q
erfec; sheet, corresponding exactly
, a page of Msiame's memorandum
ok One side bore the date Deem
er II. tie other December Is, and
n the 18th an entry appeared in
ladsmt's scraw'. thus:
Received of Father Riquadier H.
% francs, loanei by NE to his sister,
le Baroness Dangers"
Where were these 1900 francs,
here was no sign OF them. Was this
lie motive for the crime? 4
Dicot was satisfied that RacuI was
II The man. but he was also satisfied ,
at the real assassin knew that IN. :
existed between Raoul !
ID Madame and desired to FIX suspi- :
m on Rlcui 80 as To misIead as to :