The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-12-12
CHAPTER V.

AllAI III
who has the key to the attic of the
bouseYg asked the detective, when they
had descended from the piazza.
Miss Hattie, master; she asked me for
It yesterday morning"
rs there more than oneT
"No, master, only de one"
Come round here on the east side of
the house. Is that you, CalbanT'
'sYes, Mars Lang, it's Calban."
NJ one has left the house, save those
you Know
"No, Mars Lang.
"Ncw, Hannah, who murdered your
master2y
Il don't know that, Mars Lang"
lyon do know who rang the door bell;
but do you mean when Robert Campbell
sounded itY'
mo Mars Lang, no. / diden know Mars
8 Robert was in de house till after l heard
|, de bell: but he must have been, for it was
I he that went to de door, and not hive min
/. utes after, when / went to de door of de
library, dar he stood, with de bloody knife
: 10 his hand, and Mars Herman 'cusing
Z hin OF murderin' MASTER
2 'sSNas that the first you knew of his be-
! ing IL the house?'
b aNait, Mars Lang. l had been dozin'
X IA de kitchen. Mile had gone upstairs to
a. | III hCn 4 hAh( ~
see x ole master had gone to bed, and put
ont de- lights in de hall. You see, | know
ed. md Duke had gone to bed, so l passed
( through the dining room and out into the
hall. Somehow, l happen to look up. 1
( euoxe | was lookin' at de hangin' lamp;
/ but I seed someone standin' on de stairs,
anout five steps down. Da had on a long
white night gown. At first, l thought 1t
was Miss Hattie; but then seed it was
z too tall and big for her, and de hair on
be head was too black and short. L was
y Jest about to speak when de person on de
n stairs bent ober, sideways like, and reach
cd out one arm, and wild de hand seized
hole of de wire dat leads to de bell at de
lower end of de hall and pulled it. He
pulled it several times, and as he was
beut ober, L saw his face"
y III was the face of Herman CravenF
ssYes. Mars Lang, and he was as white
as Death. / diden know what to do. A
II tremblin seized me, and 1 was that skeer-
/. Cd j lax to fell down. Suddenly, l heard
ole masters voice, and someone started
for de door from de library. l thought II
CO was ole master. Mars Herman had dodg-
~ ed back upstairs, and ran through de
Nf dining room and into de kitchen.
be Then you did not see Herman Craven
descend the stairs?'
a mo. Mars Lang. Mars Herman was in
his night shirt, and he ran back after he
> had pulled de bell wire
"Did he see you, Hannah
OH Il can't be certain; but don't think he
ob did. Mars Lang"
fA "If he did, your life may be in peril
ns not that he would fear your testimony
M but that you might give me information
mo- You must be on your guard, and watcl
him closely. You must never be alone
Ia never leave the house by Yourself ID
must have committed this murder.
Inn "How could he, Mrs. Lang? hadel
hr been back in de kitchen no time when
aug heard a groan. l ran back to de dinin
room door, and was standin' there trem
M bin, when Mars Robert pushed open d
front door and run in. He was bare
headed, and l lodged back, as he entere'
' de library door. The next thing hear
his cry: Help Murderr then | hear Mar
cali Herman knock on Miss Hattie's door an
call her, and saw them come down stair
IN together."
, VI Robert Campbell, you say, pushed ope
Al the front door and ran inF 1t must nav
been unfastened, then
'TThe door was standin' ajar, Mar
he! Lang, lax he left it, when he went out I
see who was dar.'
t. bt ssThen YOU do not think Herman de
op5 scended the stairs after you saw hi
sr pulling the wire, until after the murdt
a. had been committedT'
mo, Mars Lang, he hadn't time.
. u eDo you know when Herman entere
~ the house to-nightF'
enll mo, but l know he was in de librar,
g OBJ and l was in de dinin' room, when he pas
Ner ed through de hall and went up to bed.
"How long was this before he pulled II
mo, wireg'
,sra eOh, a long time, Mars Lang, before
was dozin'-perhaps an hour"
TDid you hear loud voices, as thous
NN" your master and Herman were q%uarreliI
sD t%o-night?'
Iwen mo, Mars Lang. Ole master nebb
sal ouarrek He say what he mean, but
lout nebber quarrel, and / heard no loud voic
until / heard Mars Roberts cries
bs Help Murderr
For a moment the detective stood the
in the darkness, in thoughtful silen'
SIN Suddenly he said: you know, Hanna
FAC that il would not have taken Hermi
h Craven long to run down the stairs, stri
eve that blow and dash up them again"
,ieh u know that, master; but he could
have lone it. If he had already be
down stairs when de bell sounded, and b
s~ in masters room, or in de library,
he's might have had time after Mars Rob'
p went to de door to have killed ole mast
adj and dashed up de stairs before hea
AXE that groan and got back to de dining roo
door. He didn't run up after that"
"You forget" said Sellars, that If he
the murderer Of your master he was do
stairs at the time you heard that groai
"He couldn't have been, Mars La
Mars Herman is not the murderer Of
master"