The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-10-25

would satisfy so eXactlng a person as
you, inspector, l know l am neither los
ing time nor making any steps back
ward
"Tlen you have some definite theory
about the theft?'
II have. But it is not in a form yet
which will bear discussion. If l put
you II possession of my theory
Il thought you didn't deal III such
things, interrupted Inspector Briggs,
smiling.
II don't put my theories into shape
until l am certain they are capable Of
demonstration. As l was saying, if l
laid my mind open to you now it might
possibly hamper you in your search for
the murderer
"Anyhow you will pardon me for cor
recting you. There has been 10 murder,
and therefore there is no murderer to
unearth."
"You need not be SO precise about
your terms with a pal" said Goringc,
q little nettled at Briggs interruption.
II should, Of course, have said your
search for the MAJ who attempted to
murder Mrs. Davorn.'
but there is neither Il murder nor
an attempt to murder. 1t is a relief t.
find you tripping" observed Briggs
with a laugh.
"You mustn't let the absence of a
murder discourage you, said GOringe.
Il know it is an unpleasant thing to
find out that a murderer has been rude
ly snatched from your grasp just as you
felt you had the barnacles on him, but
you must bear i'll mind that if "a thief in
the act Of committing IA theft seeks to
chlOrOform a person who is afterward
proved to have died a natural death he
a~ggravates his Otfense very considerably
and rises to a somewhat high rank in
our criminal brigade. Didn't l warn
you in the beginning that this murder
business was full of pitfalls?'
THE warming hasn't helped me
MUCH SAID Inspector Briggs, gloom
lily.
Base ingratitude, sir said Detect
i've Goringc, with Il sigh. Il sympa-
thiZe with you, l am sure. I know the
state Of your feelings nov Something
like the French ideal of an E~nglishman
one who want to go out and kill
something. You are eager now to go
out and arrest somebody for murder.
All this disappointment comes of taking
u violent interest i'll people who commit
capital offenses-a class of people upon
whom it is difficult to place the least
dependence. Ny lesser delights in track
ing thieves-whO are usually as sane as
oo,,r,,r ,,.nr,I+o,, L,ro ,ffnr oil
their corresponding advantages. What
ever you do, inspector, please don't lose
your temper with me.
III try not tO-but this isn't any
time for chaff. We shall get into a reg
ular stew here if we don't look sharp.
Here is Vickery arrested on his w con-
f~ession, which he sticks to. And here
are Steinworth and the young medical,
both at large, with no protecting eye
upon them. Now if none of these is
really connected with the job we're in
a laundering mess, and if the two men
at large, or either of them, prove>to be
mixed up with the affair, and if either
or both of them hook it v away,
we'll fall in for severe censu4,
Are they aware your lynx eye is not
directed upon them
II suppose they are.
"Havc you no lingeriu, suspicion
now Of Leclcrc: He was m favor
tie with you for a short time
Just a trltie,' said the Inspector.
"If SteinwOrth and Nickcry e ont Of
It he would still, to my suspicious
mind-that is, if the robbie business
hadn't been handed over TO stand
a good chance Of being run
Miss Rodney, of cOurH being III
your suspicious mind the accomplice-
the locker Of the doors, and 50 forth?'
| observed Goringe, CHANGING tixedly at
the finger nails of his left hand.
well, yes,' said the inspector, afte,
l a pause. 1.-THE young man seemed tc
be all eyes and ears for DR.. p,ccival's
evidence. But tell me one ''ng-did
yoC know from the beginnil lat Mrs.
D. wasn't killed by the chi, @m?'
Il inferred from a CONVEX II | hat
with DR.. Percival that he Other
. views"
And with that knowled for, O.
, course you won't allow II all i
anything else-do you thin VA Were
quite candid with me?"
I And Your inference is that if chloro
form was administered it must hav
a been administers after death?"
r THAT is my opinion, If I may ven
ture on an opinion in such matters.
"We shall now let you ha 70 the evi
Q dence Of DR.. Norton, who SISTED Dr.
Percival in the post mortem,' said tn
It coroner, with a briskness which almos
alarmed the Is jurymen.
I The coroner had scarcely conclude
his sentence when a strange hoarse CT
1, startled the court
if Every eye was turned in the directio
vs. from which the cry came.
Albert Steinworth was seen to thro'
vs. up his arms, and before Constable Me-
t. calf, who stood neal, could grasp tn
1t young man, Steinworth had fallen dow
In a fit.
or Detective Goringe smiled again.