The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-11-28

':al..es dudley. co::ie :-c:a I'D
buque. Iowa. / am registered at the
Grand Central l arrived in town at
seven this morning. have not been in
New York for eight years before"
why did you hesitate in arswering??'
Because vainly thought by conceal
ment of my name | might escape the
annoyance of being a witness, but u
moments reflection showed me the alb
surdity of the idea"
This was promptly said, but frank and
ingenious as the reply seemed to those
who heard it, the detective, looking inro
Dorison's eyes, saw something there
which did not satisfy him.
"Do you know this Mr. Nettleman?'
II have known about him all my life
since boyhood."
"Does he know you?"
"Yes."
At this moment two men in citizens
clothes. who We're admitted by the uni
formed officers, entered and took up
their stations respectfully behind the de-
tective.
"What did you see when you entered?"
asked the detective after long and keen
examination of Dorison's face
''That." replied the young man, point
ing to the body on the floor. 81 had but
just entered when you came"
The detective did not permit his eyes
to follow the pointed finger of Dorison.
but still continued his stern and search
ing examination, while Dorison fullyap-
preciated that he had become an object
Of suspicion.
There was a slight diversion at the
door. A man OF average height, inclined
to be stout, perhaps sixty, with shaven
face, whose only striking feature was a
pair of eyes, small, dark keen. active
and restless, who had been standing
without the door, pushed his way in.
The officers guarding the door made a
motion as If 10 stop him, but upon an al
most i,nperceptible nod from the cap
tain permitted him to enter.
The newcomer crossed to the table
covered with blue felt. his hands in his
vest pockets. and leaning against the end
furthest from the body sent his eyes into
every part of the room with rapid darts,
finally fixing them on Dorison, without
abandoning the notionless attitude he
had assumed on entering.
The detective began a systematic in
spection of the body, the room. the
entrances thereto He took the names
Of all present and those in the saloon
when the drop of blood was discovered
He closely questioned the proprietor.
The only fact he elected was that two
weeks previously the rooms had been
rented by Il woman, who announced that
she would conduct costumer's business,
and that the saloon proprietor had never
seen but one person he knew to be con-
nected with the business. and that IN old
woman, and she but once. Brought in
to examine the body, he declared he had
never seen the woman in life, and did
not know who she was or where she
came from.
The detective turned to Dorison again:
"When you assembled those back stairs
was the door at the top open or shut"
Shut"
"Did yon try the door leading from
the veran'la 70 the hall:"
~ Oli, ana !oHnd It locked.
Glow did you eu:er?"
"Dy the window. next the door,"
"Was ths sash raised us it is now?"
mo: threw it up"
lit was not fastened them
mo"
'How did you enter this roomy'
Through those sliding DOORS"
"Were they open as now?"
mo; threw them back"
WAS there light in the back room?''
"Yes; just rs there ia now"
Turning to one OF the men in citizens
clothes at his back. the captain said:
''Jones, so into that yard ana see II
is possible for a man to make his escape
over the fence and reach the street."
1T would be possible for man tc
descend those back stairs, enter the saloon
below from the rear. and SO gain the
street," said the old man with his hands
in his vest pockets. without moving.
The detective looked ut him sharply
and replied:
THAT is true"
"ue even might have sat down and
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saloon when the blood was discovered"
THAT also might be true" returned
the detective.
"ihe proprietor ought to know
whether he served customer whom he
did not notice enter the front door,"
Again that may be so; I'll inquire"
Also" continued the old man, 81,
yon are srerulating, your man might
have entered the saloon and slipped out
to gain this room by the rear as Thu:
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