The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-05-11

wore them going In, rs well as comm:
out, and that young Morals suggcs-
tion that they were taken from Ills
room to cover the blood stained clothes
OF the Intruder is untcnablc."
Thus, you see, he advances contra.
dictory theories which substantiatc
mine as to his insanity. at one mo-
ment he thinks an outsider came in
and killed the old man to get the will
and use 1t against the son, and in the
next breath he argues that the mur.
derer wore the plaid suit, in which
case the son must be the guilty party.
SO, you sec. Mr.. Mitchell, l fear you
wasted your cvcning-that Is, IL you
went aboard that boat with any idea
or probing this mystery"
(which, of course, l did not" inter
ruptcd Mr.. Mitchell.
well, anyway l have to report that
l did not waste my day. What would
you say, Mr.. Mitchell, were | to tell
you that l have found that plaid suit
and that 1t is at present In my posses
sionr'
II should say that you are n very
clever man unless
UNLESS some one found the things
and brought them to you. That was
possibility prophesied by Preacher
jim"
"Oh, Indeed! But he probably meant
the regular police. l do not have i'm
portant clcws and evidence thrust
upon me In that manner. No; dis.
covered these things by the system
which you dcprccatc-by spying"
This is becoming interesting. Give
me the details"
Il am to understand, then, that YOU
will work with me OH the case? You
asked for "a hours in which to con-
slider the matter, but you have not
given me your decision. You have
spent the last half hour chatting me-"
"Oh, l meant no offcnse! Surely
you have taken none. There's my
hand. Yes, l will study out this
problem with you, but stipulate for
perfect liberty to proceed as please"
Every good. Then l will relate what
has happened since we parted. You
speak Snccringly of spies and make q
plea for the use Of brains alone. But
1t Is only In fiction that n detective
listens to the story of crime and
finds the solution without visiting the
locality in which 1T was committed
or seeing the suspected parties. In
practical experience the analytical
work goes hand in hand with what
you call the spy system. If suspicious
circumstances point to Il certain man,
we watch his movements, and often we
very soon discover that lie is innocent or
guilty, especially when we can spy upon
him before he knows that he is sus-
pected. With that knowledge, of
course, the criminal uses more caution.
To my mind, it was almost a certainty
that young Mora killed his father.
argued that lie was unaware Of the
fact that he had been observed by the
watchman until he heard it on the fol.
lowing day. He had changed his cloth
Ing because Of the blood spattcrcd up
on him. and to offset the watchman's
testimony he denied his first visit to
the house."
81 follow you. Proceed"
''Think moment. If man can
make n change of clothing away from
his own home in the middle of the
night. reappcarins in garments which
arc not new and which he is known to
have worn before. the logical deduction
Is that lie must have another residence
In which he is sufficiently at home to
keep part of his wardrobe there"
"vas. va" ore rioht. 60 on."
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