The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-07-27

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Anything else against the young
man?"
"He returned to the house at i
o'clock in the morning, differently
dressed and"-
| Differently dressed, you say?"
Yes. OF this the Waterman is posi-
tive"
That ought to be significant"
Il should say so. He went in, but
within few minutes he emerged
again in great excitement. Passing
the Waterman, he exclaimed: My ia
ther has been murdered! Let no one
enter the house until RETURN"
And then?"
Then he went directly to the police
station and reported the case"
= clever young mani"
You will continue to hold that view
the more you hear Two policemen
were detailed to return to the house
with MIN. and the central office was
notified. SO that within an hour ex-
perlenced detectives were on the spot
One of these, my friend Mr.. Burrows.
was kind enough to stop for me and
ask me to accompany him. so that
was present at the first official inyesti
CATION"
You We're Fortunate"
es. always dislike to take I'D n
case after others have moved things
about and tramped over the scene &c
the tragedy. We found the room in
licnrInr
the rugs about the room in tangled
heaps where the struggling men must
nave kicked them about, bric-a -brac
strewn on the floor and broken-in
fact, every evidence to prove that the
old man had yielded up his life only
after a desperate encounter with his
assailant."
he was old"
odd is figure of speech. He was
something over so. but he had been an
athlete in his youth and could give a
good account of himself in boxing
bout at any time. If his son was the
murderer, the men were evenly match
ed. He is not SO heavy as his father
was, but he is sinewy and has muscles
OF steel. found Mr. Morals watch I'M
der the bed. where it must have been
knocked from the dressing table. The
ran mad caused it to stop, and the
hands Indicated minutes of ., agree
ing with the time during which tho
watchman testiies that young Mora
was at home"
Yes" said Mr.. Mitchell, but do not
go TOO fast. The watch may have run
down. 1t is uncommon for a good
watch to stop merely because it falls
to the floor"
Both of your points are good in the
ory, replied the detective, "but nei-
ther applies in this instance. If a
watch runs down, it cannot be started
again without winding BY merely
this one set it going, and to
make assurance doubly sure l let it
run FOR an hour, when it was still keep
ing time. Next, though it be true that
most watches would not be so easily
stopped, this one, for some reason, is
very sensitive to Il blow. | tried the
experiment of pushing it from the TIA
Die to the floor, and at every attempt
found that it would cease its move
ment."
You certainly have been thorough
On this point" admitted Mr.. Mitchell I
ana presume we may consider it es-
-abllshed that the first attack upon MIR.
Mora occurred at or near O'clock"
During the hour when the watch
nan ella fhof
nome" added Mr. Barnes.
The WatchmanS testimony must be
certainly said Mr..
Ot course continued the detective.
the hrst theory in these cases is nat
lrally that of the midnight marauder
search of plumber, but careful ex-
lmlnatloh showed that nothing had
'een distracted, though various arti-
les OF furniture, and especially Mr..
lora's writing desk, had been ran
acked. ought to mention that A..
pen package containing several thou
and dollars IN notes was conspicuous
y in view in a small drawer and WAS
SheouSutu! is not llldl merely n
resumption? Why may not this
hrewd criminal have taken half or
wo-thirds of the cash found, leaving
he rest, as he did the club to batti,
etectives?"
II have said. that Mr. Mora was
lost methodical. We found a note
ook in which was entered from time
0 time detailed account of his world
possessions. This included state
lent OF the cash balances in various
anks and the cash on hand. Under n
ate two days previous to the murder
an entry giving the balance of cash
u hand. which is only n hundred dol /,
lrs more than the amount of the notes :.
)und in his desk"
We'll. then. if not money, what did !
ne murderer seek in the desk which
on say was ransacked?"
why not the will?"
An. of course. the will. Do you
now that there was will?"
HIS lawyers declare that they made =
ne for him recently-within month.
fact He bequeathed one half of