The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-12-01

may not prove fatal until the blade
is withdrawn.
The theory that Dumbarton had
rushed II the house MAS furthermore
supported h. the fact tha no sounds
OF alteration or movement had been
heard coming from tia rooTl previous
10 the CRY OF fright or pain mentioned
81 The Inquest That cry had evidently
been given on the accused seeing her
husband and noticing his condition; in
other words, the instant he had entered
the room already stabbed. and but a
couple OF seconds before his fall.
Mackworth argued that the man had
been stabbed outside the gate, when.
already probably aware from obssrva-
ton that his wife was within reach. he
had dafted into her presence for pro-
lection, while his murderer ~abscouded.
a fact which had not been explained
was n appearance In the house of the
knife by which death had been caused.
The servants evidence proved they had
seen X for the first time after the trag-
cdy had taken place. y Tough-handled
clasp knife, such as sailors carry. il
was not the kind n would pur-
chase. need or employ. The SUPPOSE
non arose that il & belonged TO the
deceased, from whom it had been
SlatcHed in q moment OF excitement
and used against his life by the ac-
cuSed but taaI theory wore no SEM
olanee Of probability to N~1ackmorth,
who believed The weapon was in Dunn
oarton's breast when he made his vi
client entrance TO the house.
lie therefore regarded Mrs. Dunbar
ton as the victim of circumstances, an
opinion in which he was strengthened
by her appearance and manner such
things having weight with one who
- rllf1r1fy9H tyic lrE-s rx-n-rrv -
Into continual contact with men and
women, While stained with crime.
sought TO hide their guilt by a SEM
oiance of innocence, he was quick TO
perceive, in a thousand petty ways, the
inference IN the bearing of one who
was oialHeless. And seeing and ac-
k~noWledging the dangerous closeness
with which q damning evidence sur
:ounded and Swallowed her, his interest
IN her behalf was more fully aroused
than they had been for years in any
s which had employed his talents.
And she being innocent. the murder
must nave been committed by some n
At present unknown and
The crime had been perpetrated with a
InouVe, the most probable being that
OF revenge. In the statement of George
Coris regarding the possible wrongs he
deceased had inflicted, and of the Ven
geance which had probably been aiken
by some outraged husband, lover. or
father, Mackworth fully agreed. No
circumstance, however, that he had
been able to discover regarding the de-
ceased, 4 favored this superstition.
Within q few hours of his finding in
David Dumbarton's pocket a directed
envelope, the inspector had called az The
ddress given. a quiet lodging in Es-
sex street, Strand. This establishment
was Kept by a retired cook, an ample
breasted, high-colored lady dressed in
frayed black satin. Concerning her late
LOGGER she had little TO tell. Now that
ne was dead her curiosity regarding
nila became far greater than where he
a lived. his sensational ending en-
lowing him with new interest to her
mind. What she knew she readily told.
Anout a fortnight previously he had
taken a back room on the second floor.
q been served him dailv
IN this apartment, which he seldom laft
beIore dusk, when he went out. He had
apparently come from abroad, but he
ilad not proved communicative, and had
said little Of himself. He received no
FOR had visitors called. The
landlady was under the impression thar
was poor He had paid his first
weeks rent, but not the second. She
never noticed a knife OF any kind
IN his possession.
Permission was readily given 70
to visit the room, vet lnlar
which had been occupied by the de-
ceased, all OF whose belongings were
by wear n plentifully sprink-
leo with colored labels bearing the
names Of foreign hotels and owns
Win some expectation Mackworth
opened 1t, thinking tina here n1fghr lie
come clew TO the owners terrible death
with this idea uppermost in his mind
me inspector examined its contents:
suit Of clothes with ernpty pockets
some torn covered shilling novels of
interest, y pass books con-
tanning dates OF races and columns of
ilgures- But there was neither letter.
photograph, paper, nor aught eIsa
which might serve to throw light ON
mystery Mackworth sought to solve
Only thing which the portnan-
neio possessed the slightest in
teFest for him, this being an old nsir
Kid gloves. well worn, stained and
wearing the impress of the waara-,s
Neither were they the sham
nor size OF the glove found upon the
path fronting Mrs. Dunlbartnn's house.
the glove MackWorth had already com.
pared with the hands of the decea sad. |
the glove which might or might M.
have belonged to the man who caussS
Dumbarton's death.
The inspectors disappointment
10 strengthen, Ii possible, his de-
termination to discover some of the 10
tails regarding the life of this man
METALS by which his actions might he
traced, his associates known. his ,n,,rS
ierer revealed. But at present Mact-
had absolutely no guide 10 direct |
his search; no clew which afforded him
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