The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-08-10

wound declared that nothing could pc
done, and within half an hour the I'M
fortunate crook had breathed his last.
Left alone VITA Mr.. Barnes, Mr..
Mitchell related ali that had passed be-
tween himself anu Slippery Sam and
expressed the opinion that his death
was a misfortune, since he evidently
knew something of the Mora affair
which in time they might have ex-
tracted from him.
Eyes, indeed" said Mr.. Barnes. HThis
is perhaps serious obstacle in our
path, for one or two things are evil
dent. Either this man has been put
out of the way because of what he
knew or else he was the guilty man
himself"
81 do not quite follow that last de-
duction." said Mr.. Mitchell.
ooh! mean," said Mr.. Barnes, "that
either this murder has or has not a
connection with the Mora affair. If it
has, then the true murderer may have
been at work here disposing of dan
gerous witness. If it has not-that is
to say, if this killing is entirely apart
from the other-then we must consider
the mans fright when he learned Of
your interest in the Mora murder.
account for it by the possible supposi
ton that he was the guilty party"
"How readily you abandon your
beautiful theories about young Moraw
said Mr.. Mitchell.
"Not at all. l only say that this last
J theory is possible. think it highly
i improbable. Yet we must not over
look the fact that this man had the OPP
portunity to commit the crime"
"How SOP
zone theory, advanced, l think, by
Preacher Jim to you, was that the
/ murderer may have been any regular
criminal, who first stole the will to be
j used as an instrument of blackmail
and then killed old Mora to make the
will operative"
/ Eyes; that was one theory. Go on"
''Then we know that the murderer
wore certain suit of clothes, which
was possibly taken from the Essex
street house and subsequently re-
turned
81 follow you. Proceed"
"Well. Slippery Sam, according to
Preacher jim and by his own admis-
sion, lived in that Essex street house.
Therefore ! say he had the opportu-
nifty"
Very we'll argued. Mr. Barnes. 1t
is worth looking into when we have
more time. But our first duty iS-tO.
get this corpse out of my house. 4
-ieI XIV, cr.
ing the authorities. Will your
"Certainly. / am at your service aad
will so nj once. But before l go let
me tell you something. 1t was most
fortunate impulse VIII oh led me to-
ward your house tonight"
"Undoub1 eddy. since you may be Of
great assistance to me. But why did
you Gomez
"You left my place this afternoon in
company with Preacher IiIA Since
then | have heard that his old mother
has met with an accident, breaking q
rib, and was taken to hospital"
'Yes"
''She died an hour ago"
$50 the old woman is dead. Does the
son know"
''He was with her. but as soon as she
had ceased to breathe hr hulrie6Ily left
| the building, APPARENT in a great
/ state of excitement. When the news
reached me, could not quite put aside
| a feeling of anxiety for you. believe
the fellow is half mad, If not entirely
| so, and l thought it would be best fol
you to know what had h is,s&onesss,.
: 81 am much indebte lemocraslc sol
t your thoughtfu1ness. B, one iatea
E you meant by saying tina U .a. sue avg
: nate that you came here tonight
''Well, you will admit that it vas {
f strange scene which l witnessed. 70,
e were standing over dying man, hold
/ ing blood stained knife in you
e hands,
4 "a most compromising situation tru
0 iy. The heroes of melodrama hav,
e been condemned on similar circum
a stantial evidence"
d "True, and when l went out for til,
J doctor l passed the spot again, an,
n then found this
o He handed small article to MI
a Mitchell, who examined it and then re
e marked:
It 'NIy match box, bearing my mono
l. gram. You are my good angel truly
d You remove all evidence against me
s. But, Testing aside, | am glad to hav
this. 1t might have been difficult t
e make others believe that l had drop
< ped it,"
= 80 l thought, yet see how unre
+. liable is circumstantial evidence a
it timesw
t. you are quite right, yet the mis-
v takes arise not from the evidence il
h self, but from the misinterpretatio
% thereof, one of your own axioms, be
L. lieve. Now, let me thank you one
T.. more. And will you hurry about til
e. removal of this body?"
1T Mr.. Barnes fastened to- comply wit
n this request and Mr.. Mitchell, lef
,e alone with the corpse Immediately be
A. gan to search it. A moment later h
IS drew forth from the pocket of til
trousers long folded envelope, whic
If he eagerly carried TO the light that h