Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-09
BY MARC 0. ROLFE.

will, thought"
eyes, he is; and there are others,
too, who find fault with it."
Name them"
Alfred Booker"
IF 1 mistake not he is a son of the
last mentioned"
Eyes"
"Any one eIse?"
"Yes; Henry Booker"
Another brother of the murdered
man?"
Eyes.
"And all these persons suspect that
Paul Rogers killed their relative ?"
All have expressed such suspi-
cion'
"AIl tOgether?"
"NO; separately"
Since when p"
Since the body was found.
when was that?"
early this morning"
where 2"
"In Mr.. BOoker's own room"
Shot, did you say ?"
eyes; through the head, and stone
dead"
"Terrible Might it not have been
suicide ?"
"There seemed to be nothing to indi-
cate it.
"I viii go at once to the house"
So saying, SAMSON, the celebrated
New York detective, beckOned to his
visitor to follow him and left his Office,
going down the stairs two or three at a
time, and never pausing until he hailed
Broadway stage.
"Come on" he said, sententiOusIy,
as he entered the vehicle. eve have
no time to lose. Now give me the par
ticulars of the crime as far as YOU know
them"
His companion had told literally all
he knew, and no amount of skillful
pumping could elicit from him any fur
ther information.
In half an hour the train stood be-
fore the door of 391 Scott street, a
stately residence to which they were
soon admitted
On the floor in his own room, evi-
IDENTIFY in exactly the same position in
which he had fallen, lay the dead body
of Abel Booker.
Near by stood the dead mans nephew
Paul Rogers.
This person was a man Of twenty
five, with dark, expressive eyes and a
manly face-sueh young man as one
LAs
and wishes "GOd speed"
SAMSON accOsted him.
your name, sir.
The name was given.
you are a nephew of the dead
mans ?"
Eyes"
And his expectant heir? ?"
The young man nodded his head.
You were in high power with him,
were you not ?"
"Yes-I think so.
$50 I thought. And he was ever
kind and indulgent to you ?"
"In the extreme"
mo doubt you appreciated him
warmly?"
"No man ever loved a father better"
$50 I understood. Now, give me
particulars-teu me concerning the
murder"
Il know little about it-nothing ex-
cept what you know already"
SAMSON stopped and examined the
body carefully.
"He was shot in the right temple"
he unused. Zone fatal shot accom-
pished the assassin's purpose.
He then again faced Paul Rogers
and gazed searchingly into his eyes.
LAAO yOL-AE5 L-Ae@-A NlOCo A4OG 44AA4C-4s
he thought; IF he is a murderer he is
a cool one, indeed"
"Mr. Rogers, he asked, where were
YOU when the murder was committed ?"
"In my bed"
in this house ?"
Eyes"
at what time was your uncle
killed?"
q do not know. Some time during
the night"
you do not know the hour, then ?"
NO; but we Judge my uncle must
have been killed late this morning, or,
at least, not long before daylight. The
body Is even now scarcely cold"
No one in the house heard the re-
port of the weapon, then ?"
"NO; and that is the strangest thing
about it. My room is only separated
from this by partition and, as you
can see, there Is a communicating
door
The detective made an examination
of the two apartments and saw that
what the young man said was true.
He could not repress an exclamation
of surprise.
"Ahl" he thought, at is impossible
that this young man should not have
heard the report Of the weapon, if the
murder was committed In this room