Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-09
CHAPTER Xxx.
PIERRE TIJRRIAN'S MURDER.

PIERRE TURRlAN S MURDER.
Sir Jaffray was for the moment so
shocked by Mr.. Gifford's terrible news
that be could not trust himself to
speak.
"Wait, pleased" he exclaimed impa-
tiently, with a wave Of the hand, when
the detective was about to continue
The recollection of his adventure on
the previous evening, when he had seen
Lola close to the scene of the murder,
flooded upon him, together with the
fear he had mentioned to Beryl that
Lola was mad, and, though he fought
hard not to draw the inference which
the facts suggested, he could not resist
the conclusion which was forcing itself
upon him-that Lola was mad and per.
haps in some frenzy had been driven to
do this desperate thing.
"Tell me, please" he said after q
long pause, when was the body OF
this man found?''
II found it myself. Sir Jaffray, less
than an hour ago"
'How long do you think the man had
been dead-today?'
II can't say exactly. That's matter
for the doctors. But should think l8
to "a hours about or something of that
sort. My view is that the time Of the
murder might very we'll be about 10 or
IL O'Clock last night, might be before
or might be after, but l expect that's
what the doctor will say"
1T is terribler' exclaimed the baron
ct and relapsed again into silence
Mr.. Clifford began to get fidgety, and
he glanced now and again at Sir Jaffray
and tapped with his fingers on the table
and on the cover of the notebook he
held in his hand.
There's great deal to do, Sir
Jaffray," he said at length, land time
is short if I'm to be hot on the trail.
And I've more to tell you, if you please,
which l think you ought to hear. "
go on, replied the baronet prompt
ly.
"There are three points | marked,
and with regard to t"o of them I've
done very unprofessional thing-very
pprofessional-but I-well, was act
ing for you, and-well. did it. "
"Well?'
II was the first to find the body, Sir
Jaffray, and thought ought to make
the most of the time. There doesn t seem
to have been much of struggle at the
place, and l gather that whoever did
this was standing talking to this man
quietly, when, without word probably.
she ups with the dagger.
"She?' interposed Sir Jaffray.
"And lust drives it home between his
ribs" continued Mr. Clifford without
needing the interruption "She must
have been q rather tall woman, Of great
strength, because the dagger was driven
right home to the hilt-the hilt touches
the mans clothes-and | judge she was
tall because the direction OF the blow
was trifle down, whereas if she'd been
short the utmost she could have done
would have been to drive it straight.
You'll see rny point, sir, if you'll just
take this paper knife and watch the
difference in its direction if you try to
strike first at your level and then at
some mark above you
AS he spoke he acted in illustration
of his words. 81 see what You mean, !"
laid Sir Jaffray without attempting to
make the experiment. PIT why do
sou think it was woman?'
"For this reason: In the dead mans
clutch found this piece CT black lace,
torn, I have not the slightest doubt,
from the dress of the woman who struck
him the deathblow, and the unprofcs
sional thing have done is to take that
out of the dead mans hand and bring
it away with me- Another reason is
this: Here is little, curiously shaped
fligree gold keepsake that was never
made for any puprose on this earth save
to please the eyes Of Il woman. 1t look,
like an Indian thing or japanese, anr
it's one of those balls that those east
erners are SD clever in making There :;
a bit of wrench lii re where the thing
seems to have been pulled off with Il
jerk. That found lying close t" the
body, and that also took leave To hrlG:g
away with ne. Those are my reasons,
Sir Jaffray, for saying this is the work
of woman, and l venture to think