The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-28

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At 20 minutes after TO-" said Hen
bricks. 81 fired the revolver you fount
near your father. You did not hear il
At 25 minutes past 10 fired simultane
ously that revolver and another-a 81
caliber weapon. Those shots, it seems
you heard.
Ralph looked mystifed.
81 can't understand what you did
that for" he said. "I presume You are
trying to prove that some one shot my
father, hut the more think about il
the less I agree with you. You see,
know his handwriting. II you think the
note he wrote was a forgery, you are
wrong. No one could initiate his hand
writing. It's true Tread it only by the
light Of match that night, but the
next morning examined it closely. -
"You don't understand what l am
trying to prove, 'lsaid Hendricks 1T
don't dispute that your father wrote ii.
he probably went out with the deter
mination to shoot himself 1t was a re-
markable coincidence, but | have evi.
dence that some one was hidden under
his bed that night between O'Clock
and the time he went into his labora-
tory" ii ~ % sta,o,F
lyon think thatG" cried Ralph aston.
ished.
81 am sure of it,
How could you be sure of such a
thingf'
THE chambermaid who attended Ia
your fathers room," explained the de-
tective, chad not been giving much care
to 1t. Perhaps it was because, during
the stay of your guests, she had too
many other duties to perform. Any
way she failed to sweep under his bed.
and the dust accumulated. 1 first no |
ticed a spot on the floor where some one |
had lain and then detected the odor of |
chloroform. This called for close ex-
animation. found that chloroform had
been spilled on the floor under the bed
and been wiped up with a cloth or
handkerchief saturated with the fluid.
This led me to believe that somebody
had been hidden there, waiting for an
opportunity to apply the drug to your
fathers nostrils when he fell asleep.
But your father did not 90 TO bed. az
we know. He went from his room into
the laboratory and thence down into
the garden.
You believe" put in Ralph excit-
edly, that the person under the bed
followed him?"
Yes, and shot him with revolver
he had brought along for his own de-
Tense in case Of being surprised. Your
father could not have shot himself
without leaving some powder mark on
his person or clothing. These indica-
tons l found missing on the morning
or the inquest. Moreover, here is addi
tional proof of my theory"
From his pocket Hendricks produced
A piece of lead.
That, he explained, "was once the
ball Of 3S caliber cartridge II was
iattened in striking your fathers skull.
e passed through and lodged in the
'raln. The undertaken and a medical I
Expert secured it for me the day of the :
inquest. The revolver You found near !
our father carried 32 caliber ball" I
But protested Ralph, lone Of the
hambers of my fathers revolver was {
mpty. - '"a 'aa'7h a.. aIosg piaos I
Hendricks produced bullet almost
erfect in shape, except that the sharp
nd was fattened slightly. ~ q
Il found this" be said, Embedded
the soft, rotten wood of the old sum- r
ner house, 40 yards from where your b
ather fell" ~ v
Then you hold that be fred al hia 4
exclaimed Ralph, land that I
did not hear it because it was the
mailer weapon of the two begin to
ee." +"
They fred at each other simultane.
usly." answered the detective, "or 20
early at the same instant tlIat tbe two I.s
eports blended into one. |" - 'N'
Ralph hung bis head reflectively. /,
1T was the increased volume of
'und that caused him to hear It." put
q DR.. Lampkin. n 10 sa.s !, ~
Exactly" replied Hendricks. 49, :
Have you any clsw 10 the guilty !
ersonf" asked Ralph.
Hendricks stroked his beard thouabt. !;
ally for'&'momeht, then said: !Elt
There isa little matter which you .
an help me In II you are 90 disposed. (" !
II am !subjecs 20 your orders, 1s9sl .
armed Ralph. To what do you refsrs,",
Hendrioksi hooked into thti Aouss.
"Suppost we 30 bscks into che Ii!
rary. " h6 suggested! Ktta, I shall
ave you with Mr.. Stanvood Tell him
ow your people climb q string and
lsappear ~ the olouds. Came OF, stleo- 4
q. We eaA Nil sbstter ansxds.tis dh1S
CHAPTER nxx. aH' T,
The library was empty. Hendricks .
ssed his cigar into the CRATE and sat /
)wn ON a louuOo t--1rhe curta in6 xsaro 4