The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-03

the superstition of murderer from
without, while the chain of evidence
which encircles the son is almost COM
plete. But, since you have been dis
cussing this case with Preacher Jim,
perhaps you spoke to him about the
plaid suit of clothes. What are his
views in that direction?"
"There he agrees with you-hat is
to say, he believes that the murderer
wore them going in, as well as coming
out, and that young Morals sugges-
ton that they We're taken from his
room to cover the blood stained clothes
of the intruder is untenable."
"Thus, you see, he advances contra
dictory theories which substantiate
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 it against the son, and in the
derer Wore the plaid suit, in which
case the son must be the guilty party
So, you see, Mr.. Mitchell, l fear you
wasted your evening-that is, if you
went aboard that boat with any idea
of probing this mystery"
(Which, of course, l did not" inter-
rupted Mr.. Mitchell.
swell, anyway l have to report that
did not waste my day. What would
you say, Mr.. Mitchell, We're / to tell
you that l have found that plaid suit
and that it is at present in my posses
sion?"
81 should say that you are very
clever man unless
"Unless what?"
"Unless some one found the things
and brought them to you. That was a
possibility prophesied by Preacher
jim"
ooh, indeed! But he probably meant
the regular police. do not have i'm
portant clews and evidence thrust
upon me in that manner. No; l dis
covered these things by the system
which you deprecate-by spying"
"This is becoming interesting. Give
me the details"
II am to understand, then, that you
will work with me on the case? You
asked for 81 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-"
ooh, meant no otfense! Surely
you have taken none. There's my
hand. Yes, will study out this
problem with you, but l stipulate for
perfect liberty to proceed as please"
every good. Then l will relate what
has happened since we parted. You
speak sneeringly of spies and make a
plea for the use Of brains alone. But
it is only in fiction that a detective
listens to the story of a crime and
finds the solution without visiting the
locality in which it was committed
or seeing the suspected parties. In
work goes hand in hand with what
you call the spy system. If suspicious
circumstances point to a certain man
we watch his movements, and often we
very soon discover that he is innocent OF
guilty, especially when we can spy upon
him before he knows that he is Sus
pected. With that knowledge, OF
SOu1SC, InC SIlLIlld1 uSGS luOlc SdullOA
To my mind, it was almost certainty
that young Mora killed his father
argued that he 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 spattered up
on him, and to offset the watchman's
testimony he denied his first visit tt
the house."
II follow you. Proceed"
"Think a moment If a man car
make change of clothing away from
his own home in the middle of the
night, reappearing in garments which
are not new and which he is known tt
have worn before, the logical deduction
is that he must have another residence
in which he is sufficiently at home t.
keep part of his wardrobe there"
"Yes; you are right. Go on
Having removed his blood stained
garments and having replaced then
with fresh suit, he would hurry HON,
to be the one to discover and repor
the crime, but when he then learn
that he had been seen in a suit con
spicuous because of it's pattern h
would naturally become anxious abou