Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-08-14
By A. CONAN DOYLE,

fortunate riuer lie was a tail man,
full bearded, with spectacles, one glass
Of which had been knocked out. The
cause Of his death was a frightful
blow upon the head, which had crush.
cd in part Of his skull. That he could
have gone on after receiving such an
injury said much for the vitality and
courage Of the man. lie wore shoes,
but no socks, and his open coat dis
closed nightshirt beneath 1t. 1t was
undoubtedly the German master.
Holmes turned the body over rever-
emily and examined 1t with great at
tention. He then sat In deep thought
for time, and could see by his ruff
, fed brow that this grim discovery had
not, In his opinion, advanced us much
in our inquiry.
at is a little difficult TO know what
to do, Watson" said he at last. MY
: own inclinatlons are to push this in
quiry on, for we have already lost so
much time that we cannot afford to
waste another hour. on the other hand,
we are bound TO inform the police OF
the discovery and to see that this poor
| fellows body IL looked after
Il could take n note back"
But I need your company and as
ISSUANCE. wait p'' -,
low cutting peat up yondcr. Bring him
! over here' III" he VIII e"''' Wv y"
/ lice"
brought the peasant across, and
| Holmes dispatched the frightened man
with note 10 Dr. HuNtaDie'
NOW, watson saiu me- we nave
picked up two ciews 'his morning one
Is the bicycle with the iaiiner ire
and we see what that mas leo TO- Inc
other Is the bicycle with the patcheu
Dunlop. Before we start 10 ihVesu-
gate that let us try to realize what we
do know. so as to make the most OF II
and to separate the essential from the
A., accidental
First OF all, ! wish to Impress upon
| you that the boy certainly left OF his
own free will. He got down from his
window. and he went OFT either alone
or with some one. That Is sure
assented.
"Wcll, now, let us turn to this I'M
fortunate German master. The boy
was fully dressed when he fed. There
fore he foresaw what he would do.
But the German went without his
socks. lie certainly ncted on very
short notice
Undoubtedly"
| why did he so? Because from his
bedroom window no saw the flight OF
the boy; because he wished to over
take him and bring him back. He
seized his bicycle, pursued the lad anu
In pursuing him met his DEATH
80 1t would seem.
Now ! come to the critical part OF
my argument The natural action or
a man In pursuing little boy would
be to run after him. He would know
that he could overtake him. But the
German does not do 80. He turns to
his bicycle. am told that he was an
excellent cyclist. He would not do
this II he did not see that the boy had
some swift means OF escape"
THE other bicycle
Let us continue our reconstruction.
He meets his death five miles from the
school-not by bullet, mark you,
which even lad might conceivnbly
discharge. but by savage blow dealt
by vigorous arm. The lad, then. had
companion In his flight. And the
flight wns swift one, since 1t took five
miles before an expert cyclist could
overtnke them. Yet we survey the
ground round the scene OF the tragedy.
What do we findf A few cattle trucks.
nothing more. I took wide sweep
round, md there IL no path within fifty
yards. Another cyclist could have had
nothing to do with the actual murder.
nor were there any human footmarks.'
Holmes" I cried, "this Is impossi-
BILE"
Admirable" he said. "a most H.
Eliminating remark. 1t Is impossible as
! state II, and therefore l must In
some respect have stated 1t wrong,
Yet you saw for yourself. Can you
suggest any fallacy"
HE could not have fractured his
| skull in N fallyv