Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-11-26

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 a woman, who announced that
she would conduct a costumers business,
and that the saloon proprietor had never
seen but one person he knew to be con-
nectcd with the business, and that an old
woman. and she but once Brought in
TO examine the body, he declared he had
never seen the woman in life, and did
hot know who she was or where she
came from
The detective turned to Dorison again:
when Won assembled those back stairs
was the door at the top open or Shut"
Shut"
Odd yea Try the door leading from
the veranda TO the hall?'
IL did, aud found it locked"
How did you enter
"By tue window, next the door"
"Was the sash raised as it is now"
NO; threw IL up.
1T was not fastened them
mo"
"How did you enter this roomy'
Through those sliding doors"
"Were they open as nowF'
mo; threw them back"
WAS there light in the back ROOM
Eyes; Just as there is now"
N. Npt pa ~, >;
clothes at his back, the captain said:
Jones, go into that yard and see II It
is possible for man to make his escape
over the fence and reach the street"
1T would be possible for a man "a
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 at him sharply
and replied:
That is true"
He even might have sat down and
drank beer afterward and been in the
saloon when the blood was discovered.
That also might be true" returned
the detective.
The proprietor ought to know
whether he served a customer whom he
did not notice enter the front door
Again that may be so; III inquire
"AlsO.' continued the old man, If
you are Specializing, your man might
have entered the saloon aud slipped ont
t. gam This room by the rear az tins
young man did, and slipped back again
after he did the jo0."
All" said the detective. turning
look OF apparent renewed interest upon
Hullsun He took the proprietor aside
and questioned linn on the points raised
by the old man. The German was quite
certain Dorison had never stirred from
the chair he seated himself in when ne
first entered until the blood was dis
covered; lie was in full sight and could
not have moved without his knowledge;
besides, he had talked all the time with
Mr.. Ncttleton, fact that attracted his
attention, since, though the old gentle
man came there nightly, lie rarely talked
with any one.
As to the possibilities suggested by the
Old man with regard to others. he could
not speak 50 positively, though he did not
think ihat anything like that suggested
by the old man had occurred, because
the saloon had not been 20 full that ne
could not take coguizance Of every one
in the place. When asked 70 look over
the throng in the hall 20 see if all
We're there who were i'll the saloon when
the blood was discovered, he said alter
examination that while there We're some
in the hall who We're not in the saloon,
there was one who was N the saloon
who had stood by him in the hall when
he was called in to see II he could rec
OyniZc the body, who was not there
then. He was a stranger who had come
in early and drank brandy. lie could
not describe him, save that he was not
an old man, was not tail, and had brown
hair and mnstache.
That undoubtedly is the man want,
said the detective.
Sending Dorison 10 headquarters in
charge OF one of the policemen III or
der that statement as to himself and
the events Of the night might be taken,
ana telling the officer to put man on to
shadow Dorison after he left he&dqEar-
ters, the officer busted himself with COM
plotting his examination of the premises.
Finally, leaving an officer IL charge, he
went away, accompanied oy the remain
ing officer N plain clothes.
This night has not brought forth
much" he said but | suppose we can
find out from the woman who rented the
rooms vino the girl is. We must hunt
her up the first thing tomorrow morn
ing. That must beyour Jor.