New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-09


! Austin came forward hurriedy: A. =,
| What do you make OF il, MIR. -, Mr.. -
| What do you make OF this horrlolc BUSINESS
Mr. Denham?
i can't say make much yet
The villain or villains cannot yet have got far
| away There must be no time lost Cifer re-
| ward-any amount-if necessary spare no
money =. ,.o, ,,,o, aonora
| in following UP whatever clcw We get the cnd or
Nothing can be palmer broke in Lowe i'm
petuously. Some sconndrcls have got IN ny ,ne
| window. and my dear old friend, having awakened
while they were getting hold OF their booty, has
| been silenced-in the way You sec.
! looked at each alternately before answering
and then merely said would like to see the ser
/ sat in a roon and the domestics were one by
ono sent in to me | made show OF questioning
them they could tel me no more than l a a.
already learned but my object was hardly lnior-
nation The fact was that suspected TINS Jon
had not been done from the outside at all ana
wished to sec if any of the undcrlingS were lkcly
persons 70 he implicated in such an aiialr As INC
last went, ] shook my head ana sald 10 hiSScii
Nothing there Dcnham. .o,,,a ,oo,, o,.or tho
DO Won mean the private apartments asked
the lady.
WHAT said Lowe. with what couldn't help
thinking a startled look do YOU mean you VIII
search my-MlSS WiIIouShpS "i0''ii7 A'''' "'
and bedroom >, ., i,
Il am sure they are quite at liberty SAID she.
sCeI tainlv tLcy are quite ut liberty 10 seafch
any room in the house sad noIoGe AuS'H Tho Won
What is your object /? asKeu ho"'' Do w"
suspect any one here -. = e,o1 ~ srob
We went over the servants apartments hur-
riedly. but / fingered long in Horace AuStns,
turned over everything, had boxes unlocked, ana
wardrobeS opened. Miss Nilloughpys mereI
scanned but again fingered IN loves Here
thought once | had found something's SIX
clavat of particular palte.n. / iurL'e} com
pared il with the scrap in my pocket-bOo<' ana
laid il down again with sigh. AZ the Close Oh
the search had really found nothing.
Well? said Horace as was going away. ~,
Il have nothing to communicate AT present, MI
Austin: be sure YOU will hear from me as soon as
| have. Here is my private address, IN case you
should want me-
colleagues into counsel tSimp lins always agreed
with me so was o! no use. We agreed that there
was room for suspecting that the crime had been
committed by inmate OF Ards House, put
not sufficient ground TO 90 upon Tor an arrest
that il was possible | was mlstakcn-thaJ 'hS
window might have been left unlaStcntd, ana
that n cat-llle burglar might nave crept III anu anu
out without leaving any MARKS behlnd hihl ana
that there WAS no presumption against any one
in particular-the servants had settled to DE 3ut
cf the question. Miss WillOughby was equally
So. and Gerald Lowe had absolutely nothing TO
gain by the old mans death. Horace, who alone
seemed to have at night to his grandfather
room, came into his fortune, OF course, year OF
two SOoHer-hut-nO, 1T would not DO
Accordingly no time was lost IN COMMUNICATING
70 the police over the country the facts OF the
case and "a description (Which had taken down
from Miss Willoughbyl of the missing articles
In due time the coroner held his inquest, put noun
ing new was brought out. What ana others had
TO tell really bore hard against Horace Austln
For one thing. the housekeeper was made to recol
lcct ha wing heard high words IN her master room
as she passed the door on the evening before the
murder, and having seen Horace come out some
lime thereafter. 1t would not have surprised
me though he had been committed; nat an open
verdict was returned of wilful murder against
MI a.
obvious reasons, produce on tins occasion the rag
OF silk had found in the dead mans hand. II
could serve no purpose them and TO he oil future
use my possession OF il must remain secret
All efforts on the part If the pOhcc IN LONDON
and elsewhere 10 get en- the track OF the culprlJ
or stolen articles proved 'an There were one
or two arrests on suspicion, only to be Followed
bV liberation of the suspects his kept puDnc
expectation on the stretch, and very soon the
Usual inpatient and severe remarks on me H.
efficiency Of our police officials began to he made
he Ards House Mystery formed staple para
era ph in all the papers, and some OF them limited
in terms thai could not be mhSuhaf tra 'na'
An official came down from London to lnNes-
tigate and went away agreeing that prosecn,
ton IN the present state of our information would
only lead 10 a disgraceful breakdown.
Going backwards and forwards TO the house
| became in a sort OF way intimate, ana was
treated by no one with more appearance OF TREND
illness than by Gerald Lowe | must confess
however that il was this Iast-mcnnOned per
son that my suspicious had from The hrst turned
to a third party, had turned my attention IN tins
direction And ] must further confess that on
NY own account had him watched from the first,
and his doings quietly noted Horace was the
only one who had gained anything by the old
mans death, yet l felt somehow that he was
innocent.
Two or three weeks had gone past, and moth
ing had resulted from the watch Gerald lad
wandered a good deal about. had taken TO diving
into tree clumps, and standing gazing drcamlH
mt littl stream which ran through tn, grounds,
lat II. or m
Horace had ridden out occasionally for exercise;
and Miss Wiloughby had only left the house
twice, when she called at my private oince for
news
Things were in this position when-it was the
day after the London man had been down. had
occasion to call at the Ashbury Bank On piece
Of business which necesSltated prolonged inter
view with the manager AT the close our talk
turned, as matter of course, on the mystery
Mr.. Austin was here only one day before 1t
happened the manager remarked.
All He was an exact man OF business, DC
leve.'
Yes but do you know thought | observed
some falling OF that occaslon-Some confusion
Of mind not usual TO hum. In checking his ac-
count he objected to one draft-was positive
he had not drawn that day. and supported him
self by reference to his notebook / showed him
the check On looking at il first he declared
IL was IA forgery, hut afterwards drew in his
words and admitted himself mistaken.
Ny ears 1et like growing wider every word
he uttered.
May / ask YOU said, to give me the par
ticu.ars of that interview"
That is ALL he answered; when | told him
who presented il, he said nc must have made a
mistake and went away abruptly making his
preparations in a hurried, nervous manner
And who presented 1t"
His young relative, who had been his messenger
often before
Horace Austin?
no, no-Mr. Lowe
What was the amount, pleasc%
Two hundred. and il was paid in four iftics.'
noted the date on which the check was |
cashed. and the numbers of the nOle~ with which |
tho manager readily furnished me- thanked him, |
and took my leave.
Had | at last got hold of ne end Of the clcw |
Whit should | do next? After thinking the |
matter over, wrote to them in London TO find out
among the people what were Gerald loves |
character and habits who his associates, |
when he was last in town, and if ne had then |