The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-13

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outside"
not as yet warranted Mr. Barnes
went to the window and examined 10
closely. "You started by saying just
now that the Murderer fired from out
side. That is where you have gone be-
yond your evidence. This pane Of glass
with that hole and the fragments on
the floor probably attest the passage Of
bullet, but there Is nothing as yet to
show that said bullet was fred by the
murderer.
"Wby, who else could have fired it?"
II have heard that physicians make a
diagnosis sometimes by exclusion, but
it is a dangerous plan for a detective.
Look again, and you will note that it is
the lower sash which has the broken
pane. Being raised as 1t is, the upper
sash is between it and the point from
which you argue that your pistol was
fred. This proves conclusively"-
"That the lower sash has been raised
since the shot was fred" interrupted
Burrows. You SEQ, have thought of
that. I argue this way Mr.. Lewis was
standing in the room when he was
struck by tho ball. He turned and
threw up the sash, endeavoring to dis
cover the identity Of bis assailant.
Then he staggered from the window
and foil few feet away, as we find
him, with bis head in the fireplace. "
TT is, of course, possible. But as he
is in his nightdress it is curious that
he should have been in this room where
an ASSASSIN, whose presence he did not
suspect, could fire upon him. There is
another chance, which is that some ono
has opened that window this morning
Now, looking out, what do we see?"
"A summer house directly opposite,
said Burrows. "a most convenient
place for man to hide in and shoot his
victim as he passed in front Of Light
in Boom at night
II see,' said MIR. Barnes, "whas we
may be most grateful for, and that is
fresh snow. We must extend our invcs-
tigation presently in the direction Of
the summer house and search for foot
prints"
He then turned toward the body. II
was lying on the right side, thus plain
ly exposing mass Of blood which sur
rounded the wound. The barned CON
dition Of the head, owing to its proxim
ity TO the fire, has been mentioned.
There was upon one finger massive
gold ring set with diamonds which
ring, Mr.. Barnes thought, would nee
essarily be known to the dead mans
family, and besides be found the name
John Lewis" embroidered upon the
nightdress
Evidently not the work of bur
glar," he remarked, pointing to the
diamond ring,
mo" replied Burrows, for here on
the mantel aro handsome gold watch
and chain
Notice, Tom, that no is in his night
dress. In connection with later discov-
cries that may prove very significant
fact, AT present it puzzles me, for l
cannot sec why man should BIO so
dressed in his parlor and murdered
without sign Of any struggle. The
latter fact seems to strengthen your the
ory."
"There is a door," said Burrows.
"Let us sec il il leads into his bedroom.
In that event, he may have come here
for any trivial purpose and so have af-
forded the murderer the opportunity for
which he was waiting"
The younger man led the way, fol-
lowed by Mr.. Barnes. He opened the
door and both entered, when they at
once started back surprised. A young
woman was sitting at writing desk,
small upright cabinet. with one of the
drawers open. This she hastily closed
as the two men appeared. There was
also letter. sealed and addressed, ly-
ing OH the desk, which she nervously
concealed in the bosom Of her dress as
she hurriedly rose and turned toward
the intruders This Last motion caused
small object to drop from her lap and
roll hslf way across the room, where it
rested. The eyes Of all three weren't (