Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-15

ssI'll take my 'davy, that l viii,
he said, ..that the gals sweetheart
put her up to it. The thing stands
to natur'. There's where the dagger
went in, . he added. lifting the sheet
| "A single blow seems to have been
! sufficient. . remarked the district at
torney.
alt was a much stronger one IN my
opinion. > said Mr.. Mordaunt, after a
pause. than any girls hand could
have dealt. Ha,' he added. in a
| whisper, .swhat does this means"
WHAT" asked Mr. Gresham. while
the constable. having replaced the
sheet. walked to window.
Don't you see2 The blow was
left-handed one. Now Miss Stray.
as l happen to know, is not left
handed
This really does look like some
thing at last, . said the other reflect
ing.
For even he could see that the cut,
instead Of from right to left, which
would have been the case il the blow
had been dealt in the usual way,
went from left to right, as il a left
handed person had struck il
But Mr.. Gresham's incredulity ra-
turned after moment.
Don't let US be too quick. he
said ut is not impossible for a
right-handed person to have struck
such blow; once in a score OF times
it might happen, perhaps Oftener Be
sides, you cant explain away the
dagger. that damning fact remains
ut will explain itself in good
time. answered Mr.. Mordaunt II
had faith from the first in the girls
innocence. Now l am sure of IT, At
present / am going back TO the
Locks. where everybody about here
is known. am looking you see, for
a left-handed man who had some in
terest in this murder"
Mr.. Gresham shrugged his
shoulders. but quietly followed his
friend.
The inn at the Locks was crowded.
Everybody from a circuit of twenty
miles around had been attracted
thither by the report of the tragedy
1.-The real criminal, argued Mr.
Mordaunt. evil most probably be
there, for he will be anxious to hear
the coroner's verdict | wonder if
his manner will betray him to me.
But amid all the throng he saw no
one who showed the least sign Of
guilt. The beer mugs circulated
h..
tobacco smoke. A dozen voices at
once discussed whether the lover had
been an accessory. but the opinion
was universal that the daughter was
guilty. No, not quite universal, for
one man, the farmer from the forest,
ventured to dissent.
For where is the money?n he said
Il paid him three hundred and fifty
six dollars the evening before, some
money had borrowed from him last
year. He was, / saw, afraid to keep
it in the house over night, he feared
robbers; he told me he would take it
to the bank the first thing the next
morning. Now there was no money
found on him.
The girl robbed him after killing
him, said a harsh voice in answer.
''No doubt of it.
Mr.. Mordaunt looked around
quickly. The man spoke in German,
with Bavarian accent As If to
emphasize his words, he plunged his
beer mug down on the table V it'll
vigor that made the pipes lying
there rattle.
That beer mug was held in his left
hand! More than this, the button
which Mr.. Mordaunt had found was
the button belonging to the uniform
OF the railway employees of Bavaria,
as he happened to know.
Mr.. Mordaunt turned to his next
neighbor.
''Who is that fellow" he asked.
Well, | hardly know. A new
conner here, just from Germany; lives
of in the forest by himself They
say he's been making up to the SER
want girl at old Stray's. however:
she's believed to have saved money.
She has probably told him that her
mistress robbed the old man; he
seems so positive about it.
But this solution was far from be-
ing that of Mr.. Mordaunt On the
contrary, he attributed the accuse
ton of the man 20 a desire to screen
himself. As il by fash the whole
tragedy from this moment became
clear
Mr.. Mordaunt rose and leaving The
! room sought the district attorney.
Il want two search warrants" he
said zone for the trunks of the
servant girl at Stray's and another
for the house or cabin Of Bavarian
living, l am told, at the three-mile
crossroads in the forest Three or
four officers, also, as we may have TO
make arrests.
This is rather unusual, as you
well know, but we will stretch a
point to please YOU" said Mr. Gresh-
am "G'm afraid your zeal for once,
however, has outrun your Judgment. "
Trust me for that replied Mr..
Mordaunt my intuitions in these
matters have never misled me.