Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-02-08

That will mainly depend Npon The
evidence you may give" he femarkeU
with a volume OF dry meaning In his
lone. Perhaps, less said the better
in this particular case. You may be
ure that neither coroner nor jury viii
BE- anxious 10 p~rOlong the inquiry dur,
lng Christmas week"
81 understand" ! said. and shall
say as little IA possible. Many thanks.
Mi. O'Brieu, for your timely advice
Subsequent events fully confirmed
the old lawyers forecast, 50 Tar, a.
least, as ! was concerned. My eyi.
deuce WAS as terSe and brief as | coulI
make 1t. ! was al inquiry agent, EN-
pioyed by deceased 10 probe the Inys-
terry Of his cousins violent death.
was explaining 70 him the results Of
my inquiries 50 Jar, when he suddenly
fell back III his chair and expired.
Was the nature Of MY statements such
as 10 cause unusual excitement Yes;
the more SO as deceased took a very
strong PERSONAL interest IN the matter.
had ] formed any opinion as 10 the
cause Of death Knowing deceased
10 have a weak heart. and Judging
from the ~suddenness Of bis demise. /
at nee attributed 1T 10 heart disease.
/ was heckicd a little as 10 the i'm
prudence OF unduiy exciting a person
so afflicted; but there my share in the
matter ended, and l was absOlved
from further attendance, subject 10 re
call al Il days notice.
The medical evidence was, however.
by no means SO easily disposed OF.
Two doctors who had previously at
tended deceased, expressed no SUI
prise AT the suddenDesS OF the death.
Or. Redwood, Oh the other hand, insist
ed that death had been accelerated by
means Of some drug having a specific
action upon the heart The coroner
sided with him: and the inquiry was
adjourned for ten days 10 admit Of an
exact analysis Of the remains.
This was how the matter stood two
days after any departure for London
and upon the eve Of the meeting ar
ranged between James BioGg and the
stranger at the old house In Rodney
Avenue. OF the stranger had neither
heard nor seen anythin" more. He had
not again called at Tit SAellDerne Ho-
tel. finding his mission probably fraS-
trated by Captain ArReHyo0d's death.
MIR. Philip Blake had taken the Sc
mise Of his relative with characteristic
GOODNESS. Greatly to my surprise, he
had entirely changed has hostile att
tube towards nae. and had even gone
the length Of rendering a sort Of hail
apology for his previous inciviltty. He
had done his utmost 10 avoid attend
ing the inquest, which he described as
ia bit Of a bore but, nevertheless,
called uGon 10 appear. he had stated
quite frankly his motive tor seeking q
private interview with deceased As hi>
pressing need Of q check, which the
latter had given him. This was, OF
course, a wise admission. because the
counterfeit bore mis- name ard had
passed into the hands Of the law off
GERS. Incidentally, 1t had also sup
piled the only diyerting incident in tAe
dreary inquiry. He had. he Informed
the coroner, cashed the check IN ques-
ton almost immediately. or. at all
events, before news OF Captain Arpg-
woods demise had reached the Ma
tional Bank; and this instance of
sn~aarrnesS had haIf-amused the Jury.
To NE, Of course, the incident had con-
veyed a deeper meaning, In conjunc-
ten with the disappearance of the
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connection between the hitter, MIR,
Philip Blake, james Bl0Gg and the two
dead ArnewoollS.
Such. then, wa the position upon
Dec. 18th, the evening Of the fateful
meeting which, II ! played my cards
Alright, and with ordinary luck SCENE
destined to solve the mystery OF LIKE
Arnew0od's death But ] had Vet 10.
decide upon a plan Of action. With
Billy as guide. 1t would, doubtless. he
easy enough % effect an entrance into
the house, either before or after the
arrival OF the c0nfsderates. ] had 10
take INTO account, however. that
should have two men TO deal with,
both probably armed and sure to offer
q desperate resistance to capture. THAT
I bad no legal right to seize them. no
matter how compromising their inter
view, was q detail ] intended 10 ignore:
but I could not ignore the fact that ]
would be helpless single-handed. To
whom could I apply for hefp2
Once more the name Of Inspector
Trail suggested itself. ! had but 10
see him and the difficulty would be al
nm end. But again / revolted at the
idea Of seeing the fruits Of my Iabors
carried of by Scotland Yard. As q
very last resource, j might have 70
fall back upon Trail; hut I vowed il
should only be when all other means
should fail NE,
] might hire the services Of q counIt
Of priZe-figirters or bnllies; hut even
they would perhaps draw back when
they realized that burglarious entry Oh
q house formed part of the iOL, and
any hesitation on the part Of my as
sistants might min all my plans.
While ] was puzZling Yer this awk-
ward detail, i stumbled across u dirty
looking letter addressed TO me, which
] had somehow overlooked. 1t was
from the little n~ewsvend0r, and ran as
follows:
"HunOrd Sirs-Hupinc this will reech
Won In time as ! have important news
10 tell you. Its abowt Tom and / can
find him eny time but not after tomgr-
row. H0nord Sir, hoping 20 see YOU at
the Crown and Seeptre, Barrow Street,
Clerkenwell, any time between G and
8 tonight thursday. III j don't see you
i viii pay my resHeS tomorrow. Your
servant 20 command,
-"Sam N0hbS.r
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