The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-03-23

deer Cathcart csnIe up Immediately. The lat.
ter took the news TO the station house while
Regain remained at the scene Of the tragedy
allowing none Of the servants to leave the
room and making . hasty search for some trace
/ Of the assassin
Captain Taylor ard Detectives Smith and
Carlyle were soon on the spot and began a
careful search Of the house, which was not
completed at the time Of going to press. No
| one but the police was allowed to enter the
house. and all the servants-fve In number
were placed under arrest Captain Taylor
absolutely refused TO allow any OF them TO be
interviewed until after he shall have investi-
rated the case. He was seen by the reporter
after he had spent half an hour in the house
and declared that the case was not, in his
judgment, O suicide, as no weapon had been
found which could have been used to infiic,
the wound from which Mrs. Gregory died
Aside from this he refused to make any state
ment whatever, excepting to admit that he had
no clew at present on which to work.
After had read this opened the note,
which was also brief. It read:
MI DEAR sAuNpERs-I want to see you at
once. ALBERT WILSON.
"There is no news in this note, Mr..
Ferguson" said. "What is it you want
me to writer
write all you can about Mrs. Gregory
and about the house." said the night
editor. He was busily at work writing
the headlines for the story Of the murder.
"That l shall have to refuse to do"
said slowly.
T"Refuser" shouted the night editor.
He Is hasty man. "You mustn't re-
fuse You are the only man here who
knows her or who has been in the house"
Nevertheless" said, 81 must refuse
to write anything about her or her
house for personal reasons. If can do
anything else"-
"Your personal reasons will prevent
you from doing anything at all for The
Daily Item if you don't do that" shouted
Mr.. Ferguson passionately, "for l will
see that you are discharged at once"
"You may save yourself the trouble"
said quietly. II will leave now," and
I started for the door.
"There, don't be FOOL" said Fergu-
son, seeing that was in earnest. you
know we must have the story, and You
know we will have it."
81 know that, but can't write it for
you" said l.
"Then you'll have to CO." said Fergu-
son, with an oath, and went. 1t was a
serious step. but felt that there was no
alternative.
Half an hour later was seated in In
spector Wilson's private Office at police
headquarters.
II sent for you," said the inspector,
"for two reasons-irst, because / want
your help in this Gregory case, and, Sec
ond, because I'd rather have you here in
this way than to be obliged to arrest
you. We have been friends too long for
me to want to do that"
This was staggering. ARREST me for
whatT exclaimed.
"On suspicion in connection with this
case" said he.
l had been thinking as rapidly and
as closely as possibly could before he
said this, but when heard that within
two hours of the murder suspicion had
attached itself to me in some mysterious
way, entirely beyond my comprehension,
It became necessary for me to think still
harder and still more rapidly. It was
evident that there was to be battle of
wits between the inspector and me at
once, and the question of advantage de-
pended largely on his sincerity in pro-
Tossing friendship for me. had known
him for several years and had always
been on good terms with him. More
over, had been of great service to him
more than once, as newspaper man
may easily be to a police officer, so that
there was nothing very surprising in his
declaring himself my friend. Neverthe-
less he had never done 80 before in so
many words. and / was suspicious.
Nothing was more probable than that
he was trying to confirm his own sus-
picions of me by leading me into some
damaging statement. determined to
ask as many questions and answer as
few as possible.
at seems strange" said after very
short pause, 'that you should desire my
aid in the case when you say am under
suspicion. Moreover, do not see what
circumstances can possibly connect me
In your mind or in any ones else with
this murder"
Then you think it was a MURDER"
said the inspector quickly.
81 know nothing more about it than
what Captain Taylor said to our re-
porter, Hal Homiston," | replied as
quickly as he.
"Well, want your help because we
have worked together in more than one
mysterious case already, and know you
for natural detective. The suspicion
which has been reported to me probably
arose from the mere fact of your being
an acquaintance Of Mrs. Gregory's."
81 did not know that was of sufficient
importance in the world to be reckoned
as one of her acquaintance" said l,
rather bitterly.
THAT is fencing" said the inspector
promptly. "You certainly cannot deny
that you knew her. Now, Saunders, it
is your best policy to be frank with me.
You are suspected, though do not my
self believe you have any knowledge Of
the murder. Tell me all You know Of
Mrs. Gregory and help me on the case.
It is your best chance to avoid consider
able trouble"
While he was speaking | decided that
it would be best to appear frank. TWAS
out of the question that l should tell him
the whole truth, but would be careful
to tell him nothing that was untrue,