Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29

Then how were they caused?" asked the
coroner
Il cannot tell"
There was no cross-examination I fol-
lowed, merely cOrrObOrating what my chief
had said. Then, after the police surgeon
had given his evidence, DR.. Diplock turned
TO the twelve Kew tradesmen who had
been summoned and sworn as :urymen
and addressing them, said:
L think, gentlemen, you have heard suf-
ffcient to show that this is a more than
usually serious case. There are certain ele-
mentS both extraordinary and mysterious
and that being so / would suggest an Ad-
Journment, in order that the police should
be enabled to make further inquiries into
the matter. The deceased was a gentle
man whose philanthropy was probably well
known to you all, and we must all there
fore regret that he should have come to
such sudden and tragic end. You may,
or course, come to verdict today if you
wish, but / would strongly urge an ad-
1ournment-until, say, this day week.
The jury conferred for a few moments
and after some whispering the foreman a
grocer at Kew Bridge, announced that mis-
fellow Jurymen acqutesced in the coroner's
suggestion, and the public rose and slowly
left, more puzzled than ever.
Amber Jevons had been present sitting
at the back of the room, and in order to
avoid the others We lunched together at
an opposite public house In Brentford. on
the opposite side of the Thames to Kew
Gardens 1t was the only place we could
discover, save the hotel where the inquest
had been held. and we had no desire to be
interrupted, for during the inquiry he had
passed me scrap of paper upon which he
had written an earnest request to see me
alone afterward
Therefore, when l had seen EtheIWynne
into a cab, and had hidden farewell to Sir
Bernard and received certain private in
structions from him, we walked together
into the narrow, rather dirty High street of
Brentford, the county town of Mddlesex
The inn We entered was close to a soap
works, the odor from which was not con-
ducive to a good appetite, but we obtained
room to ourselves and ate our meal of cold
beef almost in silence.
Il was up early this morning." Amber
observed at last. Il was at Kew at s
O clock"
"Why?"
I'm the night an idea struck me, and
when such ideas occur 1 always seek to put
them promptly into action"
What was the idea? | asked
81 thought about that safe in the old
mans bed ROOM" he replied, laying down
his knife and fork and looking at me
What about it? There's surely nothing
extraordinary in man having a safe in his
room?"
mo. But there's something eytraordina-
ry in the key of the safe being missing" he
said. Thorpe has apparently overlooked
the point: therefore this morning L went
down to Kew, and finding only constab BILE
in charge, l made thorough search
through the place. In the dead mans
room l naturally expected to find it. and
after nearly a couple OF hours searching
in every nook and every crack 1 succeeded
1t was hidden in the mold of small not
ROOM
you examined the saf e. then?"
No, don't There might be money and
valuables within, and l had no right TO
open 1t without the. presence of witness
I've waited for you to ACCOMPANY me
Wen go there after luncheon and examine
Its contents.
But the executors might have something
to say regarding such an action" I re-
marked
Executors be- hanged! I saw them this
morning, couple of dry as-dust old fos-
sils-city men, think, who only think of
house property and dividends. Our duty is
to solve this mystery. The executors can
have their turn. Old chap, when we've fin-
ished At present they haven't the kew or
any notion where 1T is. One of them mem
TONED it, and said he supposed it was in
the widows possession"
We'll" / remarked, IT must saw that
/ don't half like the idea of turning out a
safe without the presence of the execu-
tors
Police inquiries come before executors,
inventories" he replied! They'll get their
innings all in good time. The house is. at
present in the occupation of the police, and
Have you told Thorpe
mo: He's gone up to Scotland Yard to
make his report. He'll probably be down
again this afternoon. Let's finish and take
the ferry across
Thus persuaded drained my ale. and to-
gether we went down to the ferry, landing
at Kew Gardens. and crossing them until
we emerged by the Unicorn Gate, almost
opposite the house of mystery
There were still loHerers outside men, wo-
men and children. who lounged in the Vi
entity, staring blankly up at the drawn