Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-19
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and his night duty over, when he was
stopped by an elderly woman, wl!o rush.
ed into the room and cried.
'Oh, do send some one, sir to llS
Wcrnham road. My poor old masters
been cruelty murdered. He's lying in
his room in pool Of blood like a river.
1t must have been done in the night.
Do come at once, sir. "
On the way to Wernham road the in
spcctor questioned the housekeeper.
WHO sleeps in the house besides
yourself and the old gentleman" he
asked.
mot a blessed soul, sir, 4" cried Mrs.
Masters. only me and my poor old
master Sich a nice, regular man as he
was, comm ONE every night to is tea
and always i'll bed by 10 o'clock. Oh.
it's cruel thingp'
did any one visit him last night
that you know Off asked the inspector.
Mot that | know of, sir but to tell
you the truth | was i'll bed myself early
last night 'avin bad attack of 'ead-
ache. The old gentleman always let
'imsclf in with lis latchkey, as he
nat rally would. He come to bed after
was asleep for never 'eard i'm come
in
His supper was always laid out
ready for i'm in the dinin room, and he
wouldn' want no waitin on, so there
was nothin wrong in my bein off to bed
as | did, 'avin, as | said, bad 'ead-
hn hai1 fp cfp
aches, which, as you may know, sir,
are very unpleasant to say the least Of
them, and"--
WAS the supper eaten?" said the in
spector, interrupting the woman's elo-
quence.
well, sir, to say the truth, I've not
thought of lookin. Directly see i'm
a-lyin there | off to the station as ard
as | can go. l can't sleep in the place
tonight. That can't"
By this time they had reached the
house and went up stairs. The inspector
and his man went in and locked the
door behind them A knock was heard
at the door
''Can come in?'' said Mrs Masters
Certainly" replied the inspector.
"Open the door, Jenkins We shall
want her no doubt. "
Poor, dear manp' cried the lady
again when she saw the body Of the
old man. 1.-THE monstersr' She burst
into tears
lyon had better go for a surgeon, "
said Mr.. Bevis to the constable. HE
ought to see the body as soon as possi-
BILE, as we shall want his report on It, +"
While the man was gone the in
spector, accompanied by Mrs. Masters,
visited every room in the house Every
thing was orderly and untouched.
The assassin must have left the
place by the ordinary means of egress
for all the windows were locked The
front door, Mrs. Masters told the in
spector, would no doubt have been un-
bolted in any case, for Mr.. Mayne cher
master the man who lay dead never
bolted il If he Get himself in, leaving
her 20 Do 80.
They reached the dining room and
found that the supper had been eaten.
The bottle Of ale was finished, there re'
manning only small portion In the
tumbler The old man had evidently
made hearty meal and gone to his
room,
The constable returned In half AN
hour with a divisional surgeon, MI
Brooks That gentleman made minute
examination " the corpse aud said that
tho cause " death was a knife wound
IN one 0f the veins VI the thigh.
The old man must have bled % death,
aud the prooess u dying must have been
prolonged lie should have had ap op'
portunity of calling for help Mrs Mas,
tors was oertain, however that he had
not done ~. b,
I'm light sleeper Rsntlsmen, "
shs said, addressing the three men,
'and tho slightest thing wakes me u
ho a oall0d out az the do0r, must hAF'
card im, it's certainty"
Quite ~. said tho surgeon,
have 90 doubt my good woman, tha
you afo noi at all ~ blame, bpi "
shall, ~ oonIus. 10 fuTthw mio "a
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ihp inspootof shuplly pointing "
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