Cañon City record., 1902-04-17

though lie wont testity positively u
was undoubtedly put by the servant
snd-r the door OF the yestibule. that lit
tie hall leading to Miss Miller's ROOM
II was put under that door. but not far
enough"
MOT far enougbr
mo. Somebody came along and
pulled II out. II II happened TO he
man who was In love with Miss Miller.
the reading of Il couldn't have been
pleasant. But how did the man get
thereT'
II don't know" said Blair.
.As 10 the motive" continued the de-
tective. '.that's pretty clear now. Miss
Miller has told about her marriage
She hasn't named the man. but you
know him"
yes" said Blair: II know him"
He took up very little bottle from
the table aud began TO turn IL idly in
his hands.
"Now. then" said Elmendorf. lets
recapitulate. The murderer was a man
who knew of that scar"
anybody might have seen that" re-
Joined Blair.
"He knew what it was" continued
Elmendorf. He also was n man who
NJ the first glance believed that wound
which he had inflicted to be fatal. We
conclude that be was doctor"
"very pretty" said Blair.
THE individual subsequently tried to
poison Mlss Milier.- said the detective.
'-and his way OF doing II also bears
out the theory that he was one who
had a knowledge OF medicine. He
knew just what poison 10 employ. and
be guessed that there would be some
sort Of food substance In the room into
which the poison could br put Now.
besides being doctor. what wss hef
- scoundrci. I should say" replied
Blair
"IIe was . man who could go In and
out Of Mrs simmons house when he
/ pleased" said Elm-u,ln-f -iIe was
NOT one who depcud'-d upon any inn
perfect catch OF ,lfr,r. Perhaps he
had lived In th. hou-. aii hi'i never
given up his key. Anyhow II l. certain
that be went In see Miss Miller q, Q
o'clock In the morning. an hour when
most mrn would not think they had a
right to call. hut one who claimed TO I've
her husband might. II. saw thai letter
sticking ont from under the door. He
I stole II. and he said after rradlnr Il. 'if
not mine. then no mans He was a
murderer Ia his heart. then
You mean to imply" said Blair.
''tlnt he had been accustomed TO eo ib
nnd out Of that house without ringing
the he'll. that he was her husband.
though she would not see him except
when b., presented himself at her door
To plead aud to bc sent away. with his
heart on fre Well. I think that may
i,e true"
Undoubtedly said Eimendorf. ''bui
who was the mann
There was rap at the door. and
Riair said Excuse me" quite conven-
tionally ns he crossed the room TO open
IL lie exchanged some words with a
servant and for a few seconds stood
outside, bu, his left hand WAS always
visible upon the door. As Elmendorf
carefully noted when he returned to
his seat, he set down the very small
bottle upon he table.
Il had reasoned so far carly Ia the
case" continued Eincndorf. "aud had
even made an experiment with n per-
son whom had suspected. | cut my
hand aud let him handnEe II. though
that proved not TO lie necessary. for the
man acquitted himself Instantly 10y
saying that ! had cui an artery when
there was plainly no arierini bleeding,
10 say nothing OF the location Of the In.
jury so lac surely wasn't y dorinr.''
"Yuu seem 10 bc quite uu educated
learned anything IN this lire tlnt
would help you lead another II you had
onef-
VERY little. I'm afraid" said Eimea.
dorf: hut lei us proceed. | had proved
that the man was a doctor and thcn
came the Philadelphia story You
know what happened over there. The
husband ran ont Tor a doctor That
,loorcj me nt first. mud had TO think it
out
81 was afraid she was poisoned"
said Blair calmly. and dared not he
alone with her IL She should die"
''lou'r exclaimed Elmcndorf, rising
You, wcll"-and he sat down again
'it doesn't surprise uie.'
"You came here to get me" respond.
cd Blair. II knew /, as soon as you
sat down there. had no chance,
though she promised TO shield mc in r..
turn for my clearing Miss Maclane.
She'd have done It anyway. OF course.
That she had already proved She was
ashamed, ashamed deadly ashamed,
and sick TO the soul OF her for having
ever loved mc. Well. It's all over. if
you know Whit happened in rhlladel-
phin II only remained for you TO lind
the New York doctor He's In Europe.
however; left week or more ago.
His name is Osborne. Amy more In.
formation | can give you. AIR. tcimen-