The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
a GENTLEMAN's CRIME.

Speaking Of odd cases" said Captain McCarty the
qUeerest l ever worked a justihahe erime-snd
there such hingsand the guilty forced not
only murder. confession the BY motives
that Us could De ashamed
1t have been about clock in the light that
Grinne called Up by telephone, and
ycice announced that there burglars IL
house at number &C. / finishing report about an
inceudiary fire. but the available men that hour
scarce, I jumped in the patrel wagon with the
others, ard 10 the house mentioned The family
all hallway. 'front.' parlOr. waiting
they said thar burglar burglars had
been locked middle bedroom second
The daughter of the house. their Tauby
ard the giri Janice had found under
her bed and without making connection till she
in the hail. had locked the outside and a6ak
eued her brother mother who slert the and
back respectively the floor That's
set before running upstairs opening the door
There three policemen besides the driver and
Toole held the light Griffin held the door and always
icohatey, vent IN with gun ready h2d pistol IN
my right hand ready for business there
a when 1 entered the hslf-it room.
bold TO strike match with ny right and lighted
the gas. drawers 81 the dresser chiOnier
opened tossed closet was open
tents scattered but there sound sign Of life.
looked under the bed Tooe turning his lantern.
and man lying at Iull length. l ordered him 20
come out and Griffith began 10 pull the mattress and
bedding Tor command OF the situation. The
truder stirred Ne took the lifted
the wire spring frame, and that the robbers eyes
were shut ard his face CHASTITY. The minute l touched
him knew re dead. We dragged him then. and
his skull was dnted as by mighty stroke of
narrow dull-edged weapon. We called the and
he said it murder, that the robber had been
caught in the act searching the had been
killed by of The inmates the house. latter
superstition seemed preposerous searched building
for an window door that had been left
any kind aperture might given egress
dead mans confederate and slayer. There was none.
The windows doors all locked or atched on the
inside In the yard found a bootiack. billy, which
seemed TO give color to the coroners theory but only
added the mystery.
Mrs. Tauby the mother a widow, gentle. aristo-
cratic, wealthy inordinateIy proud
children. Miss Janice. / discovered. the
fewer of grlsh tenderness and virtue. She hadn't
even sweetheart whom thread of Investigation
might be reasonably attached Randall Taulby
was, as discovered lawyer by profession, but not by
practice. In only recently college and
living a pretty well-sown field of wild
aud menace TO his mother, submissive only
sister Janice, whom he loved and-very much debt
Upon TIE slim prospect Of connecting him with the kill
ing had the search his his clothing and
all his belongings before left the house that night.
found nothing discriminating.
Miss Janice explained that she had been awakened
by she thought bat in had quietly
for many minutes before rising Then she struck
match and seeing nothing with feminine instinct stopped
and looked under the bed She q hand and
key, the hail locked the door behind and
gave the alarm Randall had called the po-
heard nothing till his sisters cries aroused
him. Then he had Downstairs and teephoned.
mother Frustrated with grief understanding nothing
VAS ] know incapable of any connection with the sin
guar affair Somebody house had killed the bur
glar OF that ! certain. But who? And why dd he
or she cefuse confess it. thcm understand
that crime done by killing breaker. but
they al stuck their stories.
The dead burglar was a common booking square-bult
cheauly-lrcssed of about That
STAR doubt the household jeweiry
o. it, slowed his pockets. had keys.
nor any Of the tools which housebreaers USE letters
o. Identification, marks upon his clothing couldn't
figure he effected entrance, for. / said.
the all locked the inside the windows being
lotched and there signs Of violent
Among the papers, the letters memoranda. which
had taken young T5lby's room dated
IIaverhiil Mass. and signed Kent Howard.
IDENTITY from CID college mate and would have ignored
il had not also found in Talbys pockets q
postal card addressed this same Kent Howard and
by those Greek societies they
That save hint. I couldn't
understand Why Taulby should have Towards postal
card in his possession. made grand bun Just
for flyer. know. got Randal in enc
ming told him that had discovered the dead
burglars Kent Howard thought IL my
guess right. he'd flush shake show some
sign bat he never batted eye. and concluded
on another bad steer.
T started some letters east 10 the college that Taulby
had graduated from. ana then keep close
watch him. couldn't fnd that day a ALL the
next, and commencing get ratified. when got
the following letter.
Dear AIcCarty.-you are too cute altogether don't
know how found it Kent Howard and don't
care now. Find you can. was 10 murder. any
how ] let him in The house He born thief and
YVES the high ROAD to TIE pen. anyway ] owed hra
money en- right Ga score hut De trying black
mail pretty bad myself. hrt couldn't rob my
own people Ter him ia at the front door and turned
him loose to rob Tie house BE- rleasei had Do
sonethug cor him. and had money did his
JaHiCe was sound asleep when INTO her room.
couldn't stand what he said then-aa-ut hcr struck
BIN With his own hlly and showed MIN rnde- me bed
Then dropped it out the wiHdoa and a bea Please
dica his th1E g L y7u bring 5ance's
~to II 80 SIN gou57nt forget thor That's The decent
side os me- wont stand aryt ling against her =. IT,
land dropued t coreludei NcCarty slshius softly.
4iaybe 81 was eru2e-f Cout knou-but Il ras
decent crime dont YOU think joins j. RAFTERT
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