Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-07-04

exile; in short, that, as somebody SAID
of one of the Turkish sultans, he was to
be 'suicided.' He must have had strong
reasons 10 suspect Chatham of treach.
cry; for he at once impulsively jumped
to the conclusion that his only chance
of safety lay in striking before he
could be struck. At any rate. while the
accountant was busy at the telephone,
Arbogast stood near this desk, mechan-
1cally tearing to pieces this letter,
while he planned the accountants
death. lie had taken with him you're
volver. AS the thought of it flashed
upon his mind, his resolution was in
stanty taken. He stealthily crept to
the paying teller's wicket. Through it
he could see the telephone closet, the
door OF which stood open. Chatham
was in direct range, as Arbogast raised
the pistol, and, without n word of warn
ing, fired. The accountant held the re-
ceiver of the telephone to his ear. This
saved his life; for the bullet entered his
left hand and remained embedded in
his flesh. When the bullet struck him,
Chatham fell forward, striking his head
against corner of the telephone
box, and inficting slight scalp
wound. I found few hairs of an
intensely red hue, which are evidently
his. / also found shreds of his cloth
ing which caught on projecting nail
as he fell; and / infer from these his
taste for loud dress. He recovered
himself before Arbogast was ready to
fire second time and ran into the
clerks room, probably hoping to make
his way to the street through the
Exchange Place door. But at the
same time, Arbogast rushed through
the reception room and this office.
renching the vestibule in time to head
Off Chatham, who then turned back
and ran through the secretary's room,
with Arbogast in pursuit In the
meantime X to whom have al
ready alluded, was waiting in Ex-
change place, where Chatham had
cab Upon hearing the pistol shot he
went to the accountants assistance.
He passed into this office, which he
probably reached in time to see Chat
ham rush in from the secretary's
room, closely followed by Arbogast.
X seized that chair over there in the
corner and sprang between the hunt.
ed man and his pursuer as the latter
raised his arm to fire. Our anony-
nous friend is probably a man of
great strength; for with one blow of
the chair he broke the bookkeeper's
wrist. The hammer fell, but the
weapon was DETECTED and the bullet.
instead of reaching it's intended VIC
tim, passed through the upper lobe
of Arbogast's left lung and out Mt
the back at an angle of about GO de-
grees. The bookkeeper was standing
not far from the mantelpiece yoader.
Do you see that broad black line ON
the hearth? That was made by the
bullet. Its direction and the angle
enabled me at once TO see that it must
have ricochetted into tia frepiaee,
and there, sure enough, found it in
the SCOT in the bend of the chimney.
Here it is"
Dunlap had listened to this nara
tive with evident interest. But now,
recovering from the spetl OF sturgis'
persuasive conviction, his skepticism
regained the asceudancy for mo-
ment.
"Mr. sturgis, you have missed your
vocation" he said, laughing good
naturally; you ought TO have been
a playwright. You have most con-
vincing way of presenting both your
facts and your theories. While you
are speaking, one is ready to admit
the plausibility of every statement
you make. But now that you have fin
ished, 1 have become hard-headed
banker once more, and / beg to sub
NIT one or two facts-since we are
seeking facts--which it seems to me
are enough to demolish all your elabo-
rate structure"
go on" said Sturgis; ut goes with
out saying that any theory is worth
less unless 1t takes into account and
explains every existing fact. If there
are any in this case which have es-
capped me-a contingency which is
quite possible, for have no preten-
sion to infallibilty-I shall be glad to
hear about them; and, naturally, if
my conclusions do not tally with the
facts, the conclusions must be altered,
since facts are absolute"
"Weu, then" said Dunlap "assum-
Ing, for the sake of the argument,