Telegram-herald., 1889-12-01

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tez years ago, 1E1 q. i- l. distinctly stated
that ID Presto lAs trankzrd, E1rne1
- eve ysass Freg-s4sly. Lhs 81 soS.
you Vii rellsl4 ssF. sansed - argue
~i-A Parser tL4T hs certainly wss =
eroIhsE. 5e<aGss i.sF ifsee1 pears PlsTson
ri paid Ala MONEY aud you mlsG give
fa1 ~eighE - rhs sls NeT IL Pa ksr, EhaE
il a1z1s Lite difference whether lBCasy
Vas paid hLal bec4lss hs - as = brother
~ - LeGler Is y. - DeCzlss ne possessed =
secret a. A-ch induced old FlersOE u give
Lus1 money was brother enough for
their purposes. Nov tina argues that
Parker ~zs not fully acquainted with
this relation. and that 10 really enter
tanned doubts u the EeElEy " the
orothsFsaap between ths GSO--thaI the
relation. If net the asa quziRtanceship, De
tween Preston and Parker had sprung
up since Persons death. "
Il ses, sec. Yes. your reasoning Is
close"
Now" continued Tom. whatever
else We may thisk OF Parker, II Wont do
q take him fer fool And fool he
would have teen u open up this prop
ertyship question. by his own motion,
right ca the heels Of the murder, II he
had been guilty II IL, OF implicated in IT,
The fact that he and his client would
have been benefited by it would have
been too patent, and IL he knew the rela-
ton Templeton bore TO the property, he
had every reason 10 believe others would
know IL; aAd with guilty conscience
would think that that fact would be the
first 10 be pitched or"
i an disposed 10 believe with you,
Tom"
You will. the more you turn over IN
YOUR mind that scene III Narick street
and NV conversation with Parker. III
send for the Shadow. and together well
| 20 over the conversation again, and I'll
write down both for you 10 study at your
1 leisure. IL is quite Is important 70 get
those out Of the case who did not do it,
as 10 get those in who possibly could
have done il.
That is shrewdly put, Tom, replied
Holbrook. But you do not forget Park
ers call on me-"
no, do not That call. in my judg-
c1ent, was 10 end if possible whether or
not Pierson had been engaged in mock
matrimonial scrapes prior TO the Foun-
tain episc1e, and of which he had no
! knowledge Now, take fast hold of this
fact: Fountain could only be disturb
ing claimant in the event of there hav-
ug been no previous marriage. II Parker
had known Of the marriage cf Carroll
| Preston. the issue Of which was Mrs.
| Templeton, he would not have been al
all disturbed by my precipitation OF the
! Fountain name. lie was visibly dis
| turDed when falsely assumed TO know
what | didn't then know, that Piersor
had once passed as Fountain. As fol
the driveling old idiot of brother, he Ii
too far gone in rum to have ever con
ceived or executed the murder"
II think YOU have made out a case
Tom. At all events, if the other lines Of
inquiry fail, we have the precious pail
to fail back on"
Now, If YOU agree with me, rs yol
seem 10, then it follows that there ar
only two left-the Simpson woman anC
Wessing."
"WelI, then, let's consider these two
About Simpson we know no more thai
this document tells us"
"As to that, I'll have to send tn
Shadow to New Rochelle TO make in
quiri.s. But l want to note fact
There are only left now under on
process Simpson and Messing
And Messing was at the place O
murder when the deed was done"
Precisely. There's our first line o
work
Holbrook did not reply. He was in
tent on his thoughts. and was nervousl
tearing paper into long shreds, habi
when he was profoundly thinking. +
nally he said:
tom, some very singular things in tn
way Of omissions present themselve:
You never told NE OF that Varick stree
interview, and never told you that Mr.:
Templeton's family name was Preston
Here were two broken links that W
might have joined without the aid {
this paper. Now, here is another omi.
sion.
WHAT" said Tom. with an air Of al
noyance. care you going to make L
out pair Of blunderers?
Yes, apparently. We never attempte
to find out whether Messing knew any
thing about the diamond button:'
"You always secuted the idea Of WeS
ing being connected with the affair"
I admit that. and I am going also
admit that came near forgetting TO te
YOU that / know who has worn pa
precisely ike them
"WhO? For gracious sakeF said Tot
irritably. You increase rather than d.
crease the possibilities"
"Kendrick Noble. Do you kno'
him?'
Yes. He is in the same set as the Asl
grove girl and Fountain. But what %
sible connection can he have with Yves
J ingT'
! mot any that know Of. But "
must find out what he has TO say sbo'
| il"
well. I'll take that in hand myself
! said Tom But. Eolbrook, old MAJ
there is one thing you ought 70 do and
once-you ought to 20 TO the Temp
Z tons. With al the knowledge you no
: possess you nav bring ont some starthr
truths. Your clients are now first CLAIM
2 ants to q large property.
l.Trrla Thaa Rs haan IN nv mind