The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03
RUSE BY A DETECTIVE
TO CLEVERLY SOLVE BAFFLING
MURDER MYSTERY.
An Exploded Scientific Theory
Brings Confession From the
Criminal.

ran! another Ounglei snapped Br1S tOWC,
that dry Old stick of a detective. throw
ing down his newspaper II that man had
had smattering of science al his fin
gers ends he could have done the trick.
Yes. you can all see it now! All, I ought
to know. 1t was a bit of science-with
one of the pregnant chuckles that always
set uD a ripple of euriosity-that once
helped me to net $500. get at the root of
as queer a mystery as ever l tackled, and
possibly to save a gentleman's life into
the bargain. Yes, I can tell you just how
it happened. 1 wasn't on the spot till
after the crime, of course, but know
exactly what took place, My word!
1t was Sir Gavin Grey's case. If you re-
member-Grey, the great London banker.
He had a fine old place down at VIM
gedon, that his niece, Kate-as sweet and
lovable a girl as ever walked this earth
used to keep for him. Old bachelor, you
know. They say, and l believe, that
that girl might have married any man
she liked; bur of course Il so happened
that the lucky fellow who crept into her
heart was only a cashier at her uncle $
pdih-l@eo MdTknOuSe py name, The OLD
gentleman was staggered at first but at
the finish he gave way on the condition
that they wait till the young fellow proved
himself fit for partnership and for such
wife, and things went smoothly enough
for time. Then came a deadly crash.
Would you believe 1t, this Mark house
was fool enough to so and make use of a
check that ought to have gone into the
bank, and somehow or other ii was found
no orr ha -.
in Sir Gavin to give any man a second
chance, i suppose; at any rate he called
him in, dared him to show his face there
again, and sent him about his business
with an alternative of prosecution. And
one evening, a week later. when the old
gentleman got back to his Wimbledon
house, the first thing he heard was that
Warehouse had been there, and that Miss
Kate had gone off with him-gone for
good. Pretty romance Ell?
Now for the mystery. 1t seems that for
some days Sir Gavin was absolutely crush
ed, and never left the house. He used
to go up to the girls room to make sure
she was gone; and then he would go and
sit in his study for hours at a stretch.
with the door locked, hardly moving all
the time, they said. Well, there was a
glass door in his study, opening on to a
sort of balcony, and one night, when he
was sitting there so, the door opened and
man walked in. Burglar No. If was
Warehouse, come there with his wife to
ask for one chance to redeem his back
sliding .y
He said, afterwards, they had meant to
go boldly up to the front door, because
Miss Kate was sure only one contrite word
was needed to go straight to the old gem
tleman's heart; but as luck would have II
he had seen the light in the study and
chose that way
There was a fine dramatic scene: they
say the noise of it could be heard half
over the house, Markhouse!f NE pleaded
hard and tried - explain things. but the
old gentleman was as hard as granite. At
the finish Q'm telling you just what l had
from Warehouse himself, and from Silver
ley, Sir Gavin's man servant, who. being
privileged, was listening outside the door
the whole 1me) he dragged open a draw
er and threw a packet on the floor.
There, he says you've wasted your
time and eloquence. Your wife's mother
left her at death f200 and some jewelry
There it is, and there the way out; and
never wish TO see either of you again"
Markhouse SWears he never once thought
of touching the packet, but simply stood
still for time, dazed by the prospect and
the other mans bitterness. Then he pull
ed the glass door to and went down the
balcony steps and along the avenue To
III
staring at the light from the study. n
was queer she should say to him.
Leo, you never threatened him 7
heard your voice, but / was too frighten-
ed to move. Leo, don't harden your heart
so-wouldn't you be bitter in his placer"
Perhaps" was all he said. "The air of
this place suftocates me-"
Well they had got to the end of the
avenue, when there came after them a
hoarse scream, unnerving enough in the
circumstances. Just the one word-"Mur-
derp'-and nothing more But the worst
of it was that the sound came from the
house he had just left
OF course, he stood staring at the girl
and the next thing he knew
she had broken away from him and was
flying back up the avenue He followed
mechanically, and instinct took him back
20 that study window. And by Jovel
across the carpet in there sure enough.
lay still figure; his wife hung over It
with clasped hands, and the servants were
buzzing and whispering behind Murder?
Well, the old gentleman had been struck
Sideways, it seemed, as he sat. There was
a purple mark on his right temple and
there was his own heavy ebony ruler "
ing near by. And the man? Well. Mark
house suddenly woke up TO the fact that
they We're pointing al him, and that the
buzzing had stopped.
mere ne Isl! says some one. Don't
let him gol
''What?" He couldn't believe his own
eyes, of course. They were all shrinking
back from him-even his own wife. he
thought.
rs every one mad?" he asked. "Kate.
what does it mean?'
'Mean?" says Silverley, stepping I'D.
Why il means murder, Mr.. Warehouse.
and you mustn't leave this house vet
Accuse you?-all of us. You came here
for money, stealthily. l was in the han
and I heard every word of your quarrel
When you had gone l knocked several
times. but the door was locked / called
the others and we broke in, 10 find him
lying-no, Miss Kate, you can't!
She had caught these words, and grasp-
ed what they meant. Woman-like, her first
thought was for her husbands safety
She got hold of Silverley's arm, and held
him back by main force, imploring Mark
house to go, to escape, and leave the rest
to Providence. OF course, he ought 20
have stood his ground, but the thought
that she believed him guilty fairly para
lyzed him, it seems. At any rate. he
turned and went off without another
word-as bad thing as he could have
done.
For the next two days it was all chaos
People who called to sympathize found her