Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-22

theory WI llll aot ear - ~
calm examina tiola (. q. s.
And yet. q ejoined M IA, con;
[clnsions, star as they go. are 4 bso.a
|slutely correct. Every bject ton In n hichE
you raise IS platlsfble enough ~ hen.
considered BY itself 81 but we have not
to deal With q Lotto isolated facts
tSwith e series sof connec1ed events:
each Of which depends upon and 3su % o
ports ell the Of hers. Let me finish nv
story. and think you ssw,ill then be-
prepared TO admit that what seems.
TO you now : fight sof fancy On 81 nv
part,,sis nothing but d sober exposition
Of plain, snisvar pfshed .facts.''''E.S *. IN
Dunbar. with q deprecating gesture,
settled back into his.ch air once more.
VALET ArbogaEt shot through the
left lung-fatally wounded, as you
have Just 2remassit a: He obably fell
like . log; while CHI than, weak from.
shock, leaned against the door lamb
yonder. Heshad probably stanched his
wound with}sshis Tree hand as he ran;
r. have et,een :nna Bile Is find any trace
OF blood between, The telephone; and
this spot. On the door jamba however
the blood left a;satain which has. not
been completely wiped out3and which
enabled me to- Judge Of 5Chatham's
height. * was, the only one of, the )
trio who knew what he was about at
this time. + have a genuine 5admira-
stion fork he must he q manor mar:
velous nerve. ~Instead of flying panic
stricken from the -scene, ~as.any, or
binary criminal would have done, he;
calmly proceeded to protect his retreat
Fand .to systemsticatly cover his trail;ssS
His first step was to lock the Wall j
street gate and the inside door,. Quin5f
Ian had doubtless pulled the. outer.
door to as he ran away, so that *
probably thought this also locked. He
then. with, Chatham's assistance;
helped: Arbogast, who was not yet:
dead, and who perhaps by this time:
had regained consciousness, into the !:
cab which was waiting nearEb by in Ex7ss
change place. where found the blood.
stains on the curb, as you will remem- .
Der. After starting off his two ac-
completes in The cab. he returned to-
the bank. put away the pistol in it's
proper place, which, by the way, he. !
tn Aro I'm
all or nearly all the blood stains. There
is sponge and bucket under theYsink
in the clerks room, which were used
in this operation. After, as he thought,
completely obliterating all traces of
the tragedy, he quietly walked off by
the Exchange place entrance, locked
the door and threw away the key.
All this, while Policeman Flynn was
chasing Quinlan. You will note that'X,'
knowing nothing of the. Quinlan cpl
sode, was quite justified in believing
that the shots had failed to attract
any attention outside of the bank
Very likely he was disturbed by the
return of the policeman and Quinlan;
cannot otherwise account for his hav-
ing left the gas burning. Had he had
the time, I. feel confident that, with
his customary thoroughness, he would
have turned it out. AS to my minute
description of Arbogast' svounds, there
is nothing remarkable in that. Ilnow
that the weapon. used by x was yon-
der chair, because found particles Of
the bookkeeper's epidefmis pom one
of the legs, which was consid erably les
sened by the blow. But know exact-
ly what the wounds were, because I
have examined them. told you that
had seen Arbogast yesterday"
"What!"'- exclaimed Dunlap. "you
mean after he was wounded?'',
"Yes." replied sturgis; Ibis body is
at the morgue now. You might call
there this afternoon to identify it, if
you choose; but. everything copsid-
cred, it might$be as well not to make.
the Identification public until we are
we'll on the track of Chatham and our
friend X" :=<4 -: g.: