The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-04-27

and there was nothing 20 indicate
| that he had seen his assassin. At first
| the theory that the murder had been
committed solely for robbery obtained,
but as the case was worked up my
father, who had charge Of IL. began TO
suspect that there were other motives.
There Is always one motive In a pre-
meditated murder. and there are many
motives when detective begins TO
look them up. Suspicious are numer-
GUS, too, and the detective Is not slow
20 suspect. Indeed, he Is born snspi-
cious, or he would never become de-
tective. Well, as l said, my father had
suspicious and discovered motives, and,
strange as IL may appear, they seemed
TO settle about Mr.. Gartley. He had
been the most active in the search for
the criminal, and had offered the large
sum OF five thousand dollars for his ar
rest and conviction. He had not rested
day or night, and he was to be seen at
all times by detectives and reporters,
and never complained, though they
might rouse him at any hour Of the
night. Yet there was something only
a detective can understand, but cannot
explain, which made my father watch
Gartley. And he did watch him like
hawk, but said nothing of his suspi-
cions to anyone else. As for Gartley
himself he was more polite to my ia
Their than anybody and went out of his
way 10 confer with him and give him
even the slightest clew that he might
pick up In his search. Within ten
days after the murder my father
had all his lines laid and was ready
90 arrest Gartley. Three or four days
passed and still he did not make the
arrest, and then all at once his theories
were knocked to pieces and he was
thrown clear off his course by the muir
der of GartleY. Gartley had been
sleeping in Mr.. Dclars room since the
old gentleman's death, and here the
servant found his dead body as she
had found that of Mr.. Delars Or,
rather, IL was another servant, for the
first one had been so shocked by the
murder OF her old master that she had
refused absolutely TO come back again.
The killing of Gartley had evidently
been done for revenge, for his watch
and jewelry had been left or his per-
son and there was diamond ring on
his finger and some money In his
pockets. He had been killed earlier IN
the night, too, for he had not removed
his clothing, and there was n fiendish-
ness in the murder which had not char
acterized the other, as his head and
face were pounded into an unrecog-
nizablc mass with heavy poker, which
was left by the side of the body. He
was identified by the ring on his
finger and his jewelry, as well as by
letters in his pocket and the marks on
his linen and by the peculiar make Of
his shoes. At all events he was dead.
and think my father was the most
disappointed man In the whole city. In
fact, IL hurt him so that he asked TO be
discharged from the case, and, later. he
retired from the detective force of the
city and opened private detective
agency.
''The murder of Gartley was more
mysterious than that OF Mr.. Delars,
though the circumstances were not
greatly different, except that back
door instead of window was found
open in the basement. It was a stormy
night, and If anyone had come in early
in the evening by the front door he
had escaped observation. The servant
did not sleep In the house, and of
course had no knowledge except what
she had obtained when she came in in
the morning. There it was, and there IL
remained. The heirs from the neigh
boring state appeared, and as soon as
they could decently do so they carried
away the body of Gartley and buried
Ii baside that of Mr.. Delars, and with
out devoting many minutes 10 the cere-
monies of mourning they proceeded to
substantive their claims to the prop
erty which now Gartley, happily for
them, had no further right to, II in
deed he ever had any except so far as
rumor had conceded IL 20 him, for
there had been no time since the death
of Mr.. Delars to look over his papers
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