Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-12

he wished the maid to give to the stable
boy9"
HE says it was ten-pound note.
One was found in his purse. But your
other difficulties are not so formidable
as they seem. he is not stranger to
the district. He has twice lodged at
TavIstock in the summer. The opium
was probably brought from London.
The key, having served its purpose,
would be hurled away. The horse may
lie at the bottom of one of the old pits
or mines upon the moor"
"What does he say about the cravat?"
"He acknowledges that 1t Is his, and
declares that he had lost 1t. But a new
element has been introduced into the
case which may account for his leading
the horse from the stable"
Holmes pricked up his ears.
eve have found traces which show
that a party of gypsies encamped on
Monday night within mile or the spot
where the murder took place. On Tues
day thew were gone. Now, presuming
that there was some understanding be-
tween Simpson and these gypsies,
might he not have been leading the
horse to them when he was oyertaken,
and may they not have him nowP"
at is certainly possible
1.-THE moor is being secured for these
gypsies. l have also examined every
stable and clubhouse in Tavistock, and
for radius of ten miles"
There is another training stable
quite close, | understandY
Eyes, and that Is factor which we
must certainly not neglect. AS Desbor-
ough, their horse, was second in the
betting. they had an interest In the dis
appearance of the tavorite. SiIas Brown,
the trainer, is known to have had large
bets upon the event, and he was no
friend TO poor Straker. We have, how
ever, examined the stables, and there Is
nothing to connect him with the az
fair"
"And nothing to connect this man
Simpson with the interests OF the Ma
pIeton stables?"
Nothing al ALL"
Holmes leaned back In the carriage
and the conversation ceased. A few
minutes later our driver pulled up at
neat little red brick villa with over
hanging caves, which stood by the road.
Some distance off. across paddock,
lay a long gray-tiled outhuilding. In
every other direction the low curves OF
the moor, bronze-colored from the lad
ing ferns, stretched away to the sky
line, broken only by the steeples OF
Tavistock, and by a cluster OF houses
away to the westward, which marked
the Mapleton stables. We all sprang
out with the exception of Holmes, who
continued to lean back with his eyes
fixed upon the sky 10 front Of him, en-
tirely absorbed in his own thoughts. 1t
was only when l touched his arm that
he aroused himself with violent start
and stepped out Of the carriage.
Excuse me-" said he, turning to Col.
Ross, VINO had looked at him in some
surprise. 81 was day-dreaming.
There was CLEAN in his
eyes and suppressed excite
ment in his manner which convinced
me, used as l was to his ways, that his
hand was upon clew, though could
not imagine where he had found 1t.
"Perhaps you would prefer at once to
20 on to the scene Of the crime, Mr..
Holiness" said Gregory.
II think that | should prefer to stay
here a little and go into one or two
questions of detail. Straker was
brought back here, presumed"
Eyes; he lies upstairs, The inquest
is tomorrow"
she has been in your service some
years, Col. Ross?"
II have always found him an excel
lent servant"
81 presume that you made an invent
DRY OF what he had in mis- pockets at the
time of his death, Inspector"
II have the things themselves In the
sitting room il you would care to see
them"
81 should be very glad"
We all filed into the front room and
sat around the central table, while the
Inspector unlocked a square tin box
and laid a small heap Of things before
us. There was box of vestas, two
inches of tsllow candle, an a. d. p.
briar-root pipe, pouch Of sealskin
with half an ounce Of long-cut Caven-
dish, q silver watch with gold chain,
five sovereigns in gold, an aluminium
pencil-case, few papers and an ivory
handle knife with very delicate in
flexible blade marked Weiss 81 Co.,
London.
This is a very singular knife" said
Holmes, lifting it up and examining
it infinitely. II presume, as l see
blood stains upon it, that IL is the one
which was found ia the dead mans
grasp. Watson. this knife is surely in
your line"
st is what we call cataract knife"
said /.
Il thought so. A very delicate blade
devised for very delicate work. A
strange thing for man to carry with
him upon a rough expedition, especial
" as II would not shut In his pocket"
1.-The tip was guarded by disc OF
cork which we found beside his body"
said the Inspector. Ibis wife tells US
that the knife had lain for some days
upon the dressing table, and that he
had picked it up as he left the room. 1t
was poor weapon, but perhaps the
best that he could lay his hand on al
the moment"
VERY possibly. How about these
papers?"
"Three OF them are receipted hay
dealers accounts. One OF them is let
ter OF instructions from Col. Ross. This
other is a mililner's account for thirty
seven pounds fifteen, made out by Ma
dame Lesurier, Of Bond street, to Viii
liam Darbyshire. Mrs. Straker tells US
that Darbyshire was friend OF her
husband. and that occasionally his let
tiers were addressed here"
MADAME Darbyshire had somewhat
expensive tastes" remarked Holmes,
CHANGING down the account. Twenty
TWO guineas is rather heavy for a sim
gle costume. However, there appears