Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-03-02

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Ny Arst vasss slslieleM ~ -
tsred upoo Hanley. They werS found
ed only upon his dsmeaner st the tins
when he and I were together In the
long room, Immediately after my dis
covery Of the crime. Certainly there
could net have been . mere perfect pic
turs Of guilty terror thaA hS futAisAed
then.
Bot could net at Arst supply . ms
tive for him.
The bullet after pasing entirely
through ny sncae's hodJ, had pens-
tratsd the hack Of the desk, and the
wall also. I was amazed At the power
iof the projectils. but Captain Marshsll
was not.
It supported his theory that the new
explosive for small arms figured In this
case. He was an expert upon this
point; indeed, he was at that time CON.
Quoting experiments with . rife in
tended for tbs army.
Els knowledge Of the subject was IN.
deubtedly great. and thf more thought
because the coincidence of the presence
of such a man in that house At . time
when q mysterious ald powerful
weapon had been murderously en-
ploysd.
| My interest became horror when
found, soon afterward, that this cir
cumstance impressed itself more
strongly than any other upon the mind
of Bernard Kelly.
/ He learned from Mrs Holiday that
she had left Marshall alone in the par
lor for fully ten minutes. He seemed
not to have moved when she returned,
but he had had time to go to the long
-oom and return
/ On the afternoon Of that day had
seen a pile of bank notes In a drawer Of
the desk, and the topmost had been of
the denomination of S10O. How much
was In the pile l did not know. My
uncle had closed the dra wer Immediate
ly. When we searched the desk, under
Kelly's direction, there was no money
at all in it My uncle had only q few
dollars and a gold watch in his pockets.
If robbery was the motive, whom
should we suspect2 1 thought Of Han
ley instantly; and in private described
to Kelly the demeanor of the man at
the first alarm.
( About an hour after he had gone
away l received a telephone message
from him, saying that the case would
soon be cleared up. l begged him to
name the guilty man, but the only re-
ply was that he would be at Sunny
side early the next morning.
At S O'Clock l WAS standing on the
veranda in front of the house when the
sound of the wheels startled me, and I
saw carriage containing Bernard
Kelly and a man who leaned far back
with his face In the shadow.
The carriage rapidly approached. In
few seconds II was near enough for
me to see the face of the shadow. Kel-
ly's companion was Horace Preble.
''In heavens name, what is this7r
demanded.
Il am a detective in the pay OF the
New York police department" he said
I'm here professionally"
I'VE wired TO New York for a man."
said Kelly, "and Byrnes sent up Mr.
Preble. Between US l guess we can
sift this matter down. Would you like
to look at the body, Mr.. Prebie?"
Not yet" he replied. Let US have
4 look at the room"
Captain Marshall Joined US while we
were busy there. Preble was examin-
ng the bullet hole In the desk and In the
wall. He enlarged the latter until he
could see through 1t, and then he looked
out. following with his eye as nearly as
noeSif,Io tho Hiro,tiosN ~ tho ho II
There's a chance that we can find It,
he said, and he led the way to the
grounds at the rear of the house.
Fifty yards back we came to a large
tree, and In its rough bark near the
ground. after the most careful search
ing, Preble foun9 bullet hole. Five
minutes later he'held in his hand the
leaden missile t9at had killed Genera
Holiday.
Captain Marshall" he said, you, as
an expert, will be able to tell US what
sort of a weapon carries such bullet"
You know already" replied the Cap
tain. with a sort Of gasp. II can see
that In your face 1t is the bullet which
the rifle am testing carries. There is
no other like 1t"
l looked anxiously at Preble and saw
to my surprise, that he was not regard
Ing Marshall He was looking over the
Captains head.
1 turned and saw a man running
through the grounds. He was bent
double, and seemed to fancy himself to
be shielded by some of the low shrub
berry. l recognized Hanley, tho butler.
aNr II nj ho N
reached the road which bounds the es-
tate upon the south; and in a few min
utes the trembling servant stood before
Preble. The detective nodded to Kelly,
who instantly began to search Hanley.
In one Of his pockets was package Of
twelve S1OO bills.
Now, let's have your story without
a moments delay" said Preble. sternly.
II swear to you, SIR" replied the but
ler, solemnly, that l had no hand II
his death. l robbed him, but did no
kill him. 1t was this way: went into
the long room to speak to him. Miss
Margaret was asleep on the couch. The
General also seemed to be asleep with
his head on the desk. And right there
in plain sight was all that money.
"The General never stirred. He was
dead, then, sir, I've no doubt, but
didn't know 1t. l got away with the
money and hid 1t in my room. So this
morning, when l learned that one Of
the servants had seen me go into that
room, and had told on me, resolved to
run for it."
Il believe you, my man." said Preble.
He directed Kelly to keep an eye on
Hanley and then we all went into the
long room. We found Margaret and
Dr. Hilton there. Margaret greeted
Preble with great cordiality.
He opened his hand and showed
splinter of wood about an inch and q