The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-06-22

again acquired an evu name. fr,wns
ai ihis time that be was sought ont by
Professor Mor.arty. to whom Tor
time DE WAS chief of The stan Moriar-
~ supplied him llberally with money
and used him only in one or two very
high class Jobs which no ordinary crlm-
inal could have undertaken You may
have some recollection Of the death Of
Mrs Stewart on Lauder in 1857 Notf
Wen. avn sure Moran was az the bot
tom Of IL but nothing could he proved
SO cleverly was the colonel concealed
that even when the Moriarty gang was
broken up we could not mrrim.natc
him. You remember az that date. when
! called upon you IN your rooms how
! put mp the shutters for fear OF air
gunsf No doubt you thought me fanci
ful. ! knew exactly what ] was do
Ing, for knew Of the existence Of this
remarkable gun. and knew also thas
one Of the best shots Ia the world
would be behind H. When we were In
Switzerland he followed US with Mori-
arty. and il was undoubtedly hc who
gave me that evil Eve minutes on the
Reicheubach ledge
"You may think that I read the pa.
pers with some attention during my so
jOuu in France. on the lookout for any
chance Of laying him by the heels SO
long as he was free Ia London my lie
would really not nave been worth nv.
ing Night and day the shadow would
have been over me and sooner or later
his chance must have come. What
could | dor ! could not shoot him at
sight or l should layself be la the dock
There was no use appealing to magis.
trate They cannot Interfere on the
strength of what would appear 10 them
to he a wild suspicion so ] could do
nothing. But ] watched the criminal
news. knowing that sooner or later I
should get him. Then came the death
Of this Ronald Adair My chance had
come nt last Knowing what 1 did
was 1t not certain that Colonel Moran
had done it2 He had played cards with
the lad he had followed him home
from the club; he had shot him through
the open window There was not a
doubt Of IL. The bullets alone are
enough to put his head In a moose
Il came over at once. I was seen by
the sentinel, who would, I knew direct
the coloners attention TO my presence
He could not fail to connect my sudden
return with his crime and 20 be terribly
alarmed. / was sure he would make
an attempt TO get me out OF the way
at once and would bring round his muir
derous weapon for that purpose left
him an excellent mark IN the window,
and, having warned the police that
they might be needed-by the way.
Watson. you spotted their presence In
that doorway with unorr!ng accuracy
took up what seemed to me TO be a
iudlcious post for observation. never
dreaming that he would choose the
same spot for his attnck Now. my
dear Watson, does anything remain for
me to cxplainw
Eyes" said l. "You have not made It
quite clear what wus Colonel Moran's
motive in numbering she Hon. Ronald
AdalrT
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into those realms OF conjecture where
the most logical mind may be az fault
Each may form his own hypothesis up
on the present evidence, and yours is
as likely TO be correct as mine"
You have formed one thenf"
II think that II Is not difficult to ex-
plain the facts. II came out in evidence
tl,nt ft,f,uol hfnrau oud ,rn,pu, Adagr
had between them won a considerable
amount Of money. Now, Moran un-
doubtedly played foul or that have
long been aware ! believe that on the
day OF the murder Adair had dlscov-
cred that Moran was cheating. Very
likely he had spoken TO him privately
and had threatened TO expose him un-
less he voluntarily resigned his mem
bership Of the club and promised not TO
play cards again. II is unlikely that a
yOungster like Adair would at once
make a hideous scandal by exposing a
well known man so much older than
himself Probably he Qcted as ! sug.
eest The exclusion from his clubs
would mean ruin 10 Moran, who lived
by his ill gotten card gains. He there
fore murdered Adair who az the time
was endeayoring TO work out how
much money be should himself retGrp
since be could not profit by HE part
ner's foul play He locked the door lest
the ladies' should surprise him and in
slst upon knowing what he was doing
with these names and coins VIII II
passT
= have no doubt that you have hit
upon the truth"
ut will be verified or disproved az
the trial Meanwhile. come what may,
Colonel Moran Will trouble us no more
The famous air gun OF Won Herder Will
embellish the Scotland Yard museum
and once again Mr. sherlock Holmes is
free TO devote his life TO examining
those interesting little problems which
the complex life Of London 80 plenu.
fully presents"