The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-03

almost equally eventful.
/ had not been surprised on receiving
Fred's telegram the evening before to ind
that the name it contained was that of the
young artist. Had he not already told me
that Greenwood was supposed to have been
the favored sutton? And, knowing May
Derwent as / did. had felt sure from the
very first that she must have entertained
the liyeliest feelings of trust and liking
TO say the least-for the man whom she
permitted to visit her on that Tuesday
evening. That the cur had not known
enough TO respect the privilege filed me
with mingled feelings of rage and delight.
Had he not offended my divinity there
would have been no chance for me, and
yet that he had dared to do so had made
long to punish him.
But to do this must first find him. His
name did not appear either in the social
register or the directory, but thought that
by visiting the various studio buildings
dotted over the city 1 should eventually
lind the one in which he lived.
So / got up bright and early the follow
ing morning. determined to begin my
search at once. As I sat down to my
breakfast. with hopeful heart and an ex-
ceIlent appetite, 1 little thought what
ing so ilnocently beside my plate.
had hardly read the terrible news before
out of the house and on my way to
Merritt's. Luckily / found the detective at
home, calmly eating his breakfast. He
showed no signs OF surprise at my early
appearance, and invited me TO share his
meal with simple courtesy. AS had hur
Iied oft without stopping to eat anything,
i thought that had better do so, although
i grudged the time spent in such trifiing
pursuit while so much hung in the balance
and every minute might be precious.
well, Mr.. Merritt" I exclaimed, what
is this fairy tale about Greenwood? 1 see
from the papers that your people do not
put much faith in the Identification"
1--WE do and we don't" he answered. but
1t is not proved yet. and while there is still
some doubt about it, 1 thought it well
for The gentlemen of the press to be kept
guessing a little longer"
"But what do you think? Surely you do
not believe the murdered man to be Grey
wood?''I urged.
Doctor. I'm afraid I do
'.You do?" / cried.
yes"
but when / saw you on Friday you were
co Tally sure Of Miss Derwent's innocence"
'.Ah, that was Friday! Besides, 1 have
net said that / believe the young lady
guilty; / merely say that l believe Maurice
Greenwood. and not Allan Brown. to be the
name of the victim
But then. you must think that she killed
him. insisted.
"NoI necessarily. Have you never thought
of the possibility that Allan Derwent (for
we wil. assume that he was the man whom
yor saw in her apartmenD might be the
murderer
NO" I confessed, that had not occurred
TO me-"
But it ought to have. for of all the the
cries we have as yet entertained this one
is by far the most probable. You see," he
Continued. you allow your judgment to be
warped by your unwillingness to associate
the young lady. even indirectly, with a
crime"
perhaps So" acknowledged.
Now, must tell you that, however in
nocent Miss Derwent may eventually prove
to be, since my last talk with you have
become convinced that the murder was
committed in her parlor. and nowhere else"
Mr.. Merritt spoke very earnestly. leaning
across the table to watch the effect on me
OF what he was saying.
''Ah," i exclaimed, angrily, ''then you
Gently, gently, young man; 1 don't de-
ceive any body. 1 told you that wished
the young lady well; so 1 do; that 1 be-
leved in her innocence; 1 still do so. /
said that the information i had received
from you materially helped her case. which
1t most assuredly did. Had you withheld
certain facts it would have been my duty
my painful duty, l Acknowledged have
arrested Miss Derwent last Saturday"
But wly?" / inquired.
Because all the evidence pointed towards
her and because my belief In her innocence
rested on no more solid founda ton than
what is called intuition, and intuition is a
Quicksand TO build upon
But what was there to point to her ex-
cept that negro boy thought that the dead
man resembled Greywood?
All, you acknowledge that her visitor
was Mr.. Greywood?"
am convinced he has not been murdered.
But Why demanded the detective.
Now, listen to this. The body is identified
by two people as Greywood's. Greenwood
disappears at about the same time that the
crime was committed. We know that the
corpse must have been hidden somewhere
IN the Rcsemere for twenty-four hours.
Where could IL have been more easily Sc
ereted than in the Derwents' apartment.
into which no outsider or servant entered ?
And. lastly. IL would have required two
people TO carry. even for a short distance.
body OF its size and weight. but. as the
young lady was not alone, but had with
her the man and woman whom you saw
this difficulty is also disposed OF. From ali
this conclude that the Derwents' fiat was
But why should Greenwood have been
killed." l asked. What possible motive
could there have been?'
Oh IL Is easy enough to imagine mo-
tives, although i do not guarantee having
hit on the right one. But what do YOU
think OF this for a guess? Miss Derwent
who knows that her brother may any day
be in need OF hiding place. has given him
the key TO their back door. Coming to
town, she meets Greenwood, dimes with him
and invites him to spend the evening with
her (having some reason for supposine
that her brother is safely out OF the way
During this visit they have violent quar-
rel and In the midst of ii young Derwent
who has come In through the kitchen, sud
denly appears. Let US also presume that
he Is Intoxicated. lie discovers his sister
alone with man, who is unknown to him
and with whom she is engaged in a bitter
dispute. The instinct 10 protect her rise:
within him. His eyes fall on a weapon
lylng let US suppose, on the parlor table
lie seizes IL, and in a drunken rage staggers
across the room and plunges IL into Grey
woods heart. What girl could be placed IN
more terrible position? She is naturally
forced 10 shield her brother. So she hit:
on plan for diverting suspicion from him
which would have been successful IL fat,
nae not INTERVIEWED in the most extraordi
nary way. You remember that il came GU
that on Wednesday she went in and GU
OF the building very frequently. Durinl
one OF these many comings and goings she
manages TO extract the key of the vacant
apartment, TO have IL copied, and TO return