San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-04

neither, he never IeIU the house last night
except he left it by way Of the hall door.
''Then he is a completely innocent
man, that's all, and I'd best drop him. "
Don't give way to temper, inspect
or"
'Steinworth, from the inside, could
not lock himself into his room. That is,
l think, perfectly impossible"
Granted l have examined the lock,
and so far am compelled TO agree with
you. J."
Neither could he have been helped
by Vickery. At any rate, these two are
| at daggers drawn and are not likely to
have entered into conspiracy"
Then in your own mind you have
now practically disposed of the two
dodgers. Neither could have locked him
self into his room"
! mot without aid from the outside,
and if no one came in through the par
lor window last night-there are no
signs of any other part of the house hav-
ing been broken into-we are reduced to
Miss Rodney"
"And DR.. Leclerc," added Goringe.
"And DR.. Leclercp'
Now, let us start with him. What's
his record?''
Every dickey, must allow. He's a
wild young man. He wasn't unknown
to me in his student time, when I was
stationed at Whitechapel He was as
wild as young colt, but that's moth
ing. However, having as one would sup
pose sown his wild oats down east, he
starts a job here which doesn't look very
promising for young medical practi-
TONER
II have heard Of what You are refer
ring to, though / know nothing of the
inside of the case. From the outside it
doesn't look really very awful, but
that's nothing either"
HE freely admits he was on the
point of clearing out of the country, and
that he had all arrangements made to
fly this very day, leaving his troubles
J behind him"
"That doesn't look well for him, to
bewildered by the state Of affairs here
to make so foolish an admission.
Fright down crazy he looked today"
Every we'll Put all romance out of
the question and out of your head. Don't
mind blushing if you re given that way.
Miss Rodney is an uncommonly pretty
girl To mix her or her lover up with a
foul crime like this would seem to you
too awful
Nothing would seem too awful, " in
terrupted Inspector Briggs testify, ''if l
felt sure 1 could prove it.
"There, we'll not quarrel Now
wouldn't it be ever so much simpler
story if We're to tell you that a young
medical practitioner, facing ruin for the
want of little of the ready, accustomed
to handling chloroform (Which We'll
take it a young cockIey bank clerk ism ~,
thought to forestall matters bit? He
was going to marry the niece, the only
surviving relative, it seems, of the dead
woman. Wouldn't he have sort of pre-
scriptive right to this money? And
when wss he ever again likely to want
it so badly?"
Eyes, there would be something in
that story-if you told it to me. But do
your"
Eve not done just yet. The chloro-
form is in my mind. If it were Vickery
you had fastened your suspicion upon it
would be another thing. His room seems
stepped in drugs and literally furnished
with empty walls. "
"You have disposed of him by agree
ing he couldn't lock himself into his
room without the aid of an accomplice.
But why shouldn't Mr.. Vickery have
an accomplice? Besides do not say he
could not or did not do the window trick.
There are no telltale flower boxes on
his window sill There is only back
yard to drop into, not patrolled road
way. There is no public gas lamp blaz-
ing in front of his bedroom window.
Eyes. There is something in that, but
where does it lead to? Not to the center
of circle, but right slap into maze,
it seems to me. You say DR.. Percival is
not confident Mrs. d. died from the eff
fects of chloroform?"
| "My dear inspector, you must forgive
me. am thinking only of my own case
the discovery of the thief. "
81 can't quite follow you. You are
evidently trying to puzzle me. "
"Not at all want t'~ ."lear vorr
mind of suspicion, if ms q Ryan I
and start you on a strrding to the sl2
go back a bit and ZIP their neat pri
story of the acccay's issue and pro
either of Steinwe boys are desc rvlng
! shouldn't ther1age.