Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-03

1ortock. between his teeth, 'as that he has been murderedp'
 An Exclamation of horror burst from my
 tips and from the lips of my wife. Mdlle. l Rosaiie was silent
 "Itis impossib!e." said "it cannot bcl" "Look here" suid MT. Mortlock. He turned down the bedelothcs. and l pointed to Il thin circle round the dead mu.,'s neck.
 "He has boon strans!ed." said MT. Mort- lock, ''fn his sleep"
 Heaven have mercy upon him2" mur-
 mured my wife. in a low. shuidering voice. Tt will have" said Mir. Mortlock, "no mercy upon his murderer" '1t is strange" said Mdile. Rosalie, finding
 her voice, "that nothing has been seen of MT. Samuel Fleetwood"
 "No. mol" cried my wife. horrilled at the 1 suggestion.
 "But." said Mdlle. Rosalie, with persist once. sit is strange, Is 1t not, sir?' Ut is,"I mechanically replied; "ho must be found"
 Meanwhile" said MT. Mortlock, ''this is . matter for the police" "For tho police l" exclaimed. "For the pohoe," repeated Mir. Mortlock. "A wicked murder has been committed in
 your house. Do you propose to hush 1t upi" "No." replied, 'I do not. Your insinu-
 ation is injurious and offensive Perhaps" he retorted, with bitter empha- sis, "as injurious and offensive as you have considered my presence in your house to have been."
 "Ah," said. "you have observed thatr "Oh, hush. hush" murmured my wife. "We are in the presence of death." telt the force of her reproof, and turned from MT. Mortlook, and gazed about the room. There wore no signs of @ struggle visible, not trace of disorder. The dead mans clothing was folded by his bedside the despatch-box. locked. was ia its place on the floor at tho head of the bed even the bed clothes were smoothly arranged. "The first and instant thing to be done," said MT. Mortlock, lis to look these rooms
 and to call In the police." The advice wvs proper and practical. The communicating door could not be locked.
 having been broken in but locked the door
 of Flectwood's room. With the key in my pocket. and those who were with me pro- ceeded to the ground floor. whether 1t was
 brought about by accident or design, know NooS oue &A0hos AtOShlIo duu ! WcK0 BlQ6 DY side moment or two, in the rear of my
 wife and MT. Mortlock. "Strangled, he said, sirp' she whispered.
 "Yes," replied, mechanically.
 'Tho rope must have been thin," sho
 Whispered. "Did you notice how narrow tile mark was round his neoka"
 nodded. and passed on, and seeing Mdlle. Rosalies brother. Redwtng. in the garden. called to him. and bade him take a note, which hastily wrote, to tho police station. As soon afterwards as was practicable three officers presented themselves--an inspector. nn ordinary policeman. and @ detective-and conducted the m to the apartment in which the dead body of my uncle was lying. At the inspectors request I handed him the key of Fleetwood's room, and he took pos- session also of the key of my uncle's room. which was in the look. inside.
 "These rooms are now in your charge, sir said the inspector to me, land no one must enter them without permission"
 II understand that" said.
 At the examination which they then pro- ceeded to make only MT. Mortlook and were present Of any household. My wife had no wish to accompany us. Mdlle. Rosalie had expressed her willingness to do SO, but she waS not allowed.
 did not require prompting to relate to the officers all that know concerning my uncle's movements which, in my judgment, had any bearing upon the matter. said nothing of tho conversation which so vitally affected my futute prospects in life. for deemed 1t a purely private affair. MT. Mortlock then supplied the officers with information, and learned that he had been with my uncle in his bedroom after they had both wished us good night. He had remainedw with my uncle half an hour or 90 in private converse, and. to my relief. nothing fell from his lips as he spoke to the officers with respects to Eunice. He had concluded his narrative when he made remark which. had not kept a strong guard over my feelings. would have brought the tell-tale blood to my tace. The officers had turned down the bedclothes, and my unole's hands wero lying by his side. MT. Mortlook stopped and looked at them.
 ''Mr. Wtlmot," he said, "had a diamond ring on his finger last night. 1t was single stone ring. and the diamond was of dne sparkle. and attracted my attention"
 They searched the room for the ring, and assisted them, tho ring being all the time in my pocket. dared not produce it, fearing the construction that might be placed upon its being in my possession.
 '"rhat looks." said the inspector, Gas if robbery were the motive. The murderers Is in danger; the ring can be identt3edS'
 "I will swear to it," said MT. Mortlook.
 "You see. gentlemen" remarked the in- spector. "these fellows generally supply us with a clew. That ring discovered, we shall soon lay hands on the murderer"
 "And yet" observed MT. Mortlock, '.it hardly loSks as If robbery were tho motive. MT. W1lmots watch and chain have not been touched"
 "rhat doesn't matter" said tho inspector; "it is left to put us oil the scent What is in that despatch-box2"
 "A large sum of money,"I replied, land some valuable jewels. On the night of Mr. Wilmot.s arrival here-that Is, the night be- fore last-I assisted him to count the money. There were Ave thousand pounds"
 The inspector gave a low whisper of as. tonishment. That's a large sum to carry Hbout-a dangerous sum- It fs puttinu