Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-07
"Not with nv permission. /"

| with quick movement the case LAY
open on the table. 1t was lined with
black satin and contained gems simila,
to those described in the paper found II
the dead woman's pocket What seemed
more important, however, was a piece
Of writing paper upon which Mr.. Barnes
found an exact copy Of the list and de-
scription which he had in his pocket,
The detective noticed with establishment
that though Mr.. Mitchell had refused tt
permit this examination of the contents
Of the case he made no effort to prevent
it, and now sat back looking on in the
most unconcerned way.
"Mr. Mitchell" said Mr.. Barnes
"why did You object to my looking into
this case?"
81 never show my jewels to-stran
gers. 1t is wrong to tempt people. "
"You are impertinent, sir What de
you meant"
IT mean that I regulate MY life by
rule. This is one Of my rules, and
though I do not doubt your honesty, you
are stranger to me and so come within
the operation Of my rule. 3"
"Your cool impudence will not avail!
you in this instance These are the
stolen jewels
Indeed! Do you discover that, as you
claim to have detected the thief, simply
by looking at them?" Mr.. Mitchell as
sumed that sarcastic t".e which hau seV.
eral times irritated tl:D detective.
"Have done with childs play" said
Mr.. Barnes. Il l.. ve a list of the lost
Jewels, and this case, with its contents,
accurately matches the description.
What is more, this list in your posses
sion is the facsimile of the one which /
have in my pocket. "
"Ah, now we come to tangible facts
and leave the realm of psychology, "
said Mr. Mitchell, leaning forward, with
evident interest. "Let me understand
this. You have list of the stolen jew
els. That paper is facsimile of this
one here The description, too, tallies
with the case and jewels Is that
right?"
"That is quite right. Now can your
remarkable inventive faculty fashion a
story to meet this emergency?"
"Mr. Barnes, you do me an injustice.
am no romancer. That is the differ
ence between myself and the criminal
class, with which you deal. Those poor
devils commit crime and depend upon
sequence of lies to clear themselves.
On the contrary, I follow this rule, Re
fuse to answer all questions, or else an
swer truthfully.' Now, in this case there
are some points as puzzling to me as to
yourself. Them I shall not attempt to
explain. One of them is how you can
possibly have duplicate list Of my jew
els-for these are nina, I assure you. "
"Here is the list, said the detective,
taking it from his pocket and oompar-
ing it with the other, land, by heav-
ems, " he continued. "the writing is the
same!'
"That is interesting. Let me look, !"
said Mr. Mitchell. With which he arose,
walked around to the other side of the
table and stood leaning over the detect
i've. "You see, do not ask you to let
me take your paper from you. You
might suspect that would destroy it. !"
Mr.. Barnes handed both papers to him
without word. Mr.. Mitchell bowed as
he took them and returned to his seat
After a moments careful examination
he handed them back, saying:
II agree with you, Mr.. Barnes. The
writing is the same. What deduction do
you draw from that fact?"
"What deduction? Why, l found this
description of the stolen jewels in the
pocket of dress belonging to. Rose
Mitchell"
"What? Do you mean to say that she
was the woman who was robbed?" The
blank amazement upon Mr.. Mitchel's 8
face disconnected Mr.. Barnes, for if he
did not know this, the mystery seemed
deeper than ever.
"Do you mean that you did not know
it?' asked Mr.. Barnes.
Chow should l know?"
This caused silence. Both men stop
ped moment to consider the situation.
At length Mr.. Barnes said coldly:
"Mr. Mitchell, am under the painful
necessity Of placing you under arrest. "
upon what charger"
"Upon the charge Of having stolen
jewels, and perhaps Of having murdered
Rose Mitchell"
care you in hurry to take me with
you?" asked Mr.. Mitchell coolly.
why do you ask?'
"Because if not I should like to ask
you one OF two questions. "
"You may do so. 3"
"First, then, as the robbery was COM
mitted on moving train, will you tell
me how you supposed it to have been
accomplished, since the passengers were
searched?" Mr.. Barnes had his own idea
on this subject, which he did not choose
to tell. He thought it well, however, to
pretend that he had still another theory.
At least he could observe how Mr..
Mitchell received it.
GAS you say, all were searched. The
first was Mr.. Thauret. Nothing was
found. Let US suppose case. This man
Thauret was in the same carriage with
the woman Rose Mitchell. When the
train stopped at New Haven, suppose
that he took the satchel, left the train
and passed it to you through the win