The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-16


with him since his arrival and thew
seem 10 be women of excellent charac-
ter. The professor is writing learned
book. and he found il necessary. about
a year ago, to engage a secretary. The
first two that he tried were not sue
cesSes, but the third Mr.. WiIIoughby
Smith, very young man straight from
the university. seems to have been Just
what his employer wanted. His work
consisted in writing all the morning TO
the professors dictation. and he usual
" spent the evening in hunting up ref
eTCpCeS and passage which bore upon
the next days work. This Willoughby
Smith has nothing against him. either
as a boy at EpPmShdm or as q young
man at Cambridge / have seen his
testimonials. and from the first he was
a decent, quiet, hardworking fellow.
with no weak spot in him. And yet
this is the lad who has met his death
this morning in the professors study
under circumstances which can point
only to murder"
The wind howled and screamed at
the windows Holmes and 1 drew
closer to the fire, while the young in
Spector slowly and point by point de-
welcomed his singular narrative.
If you were to search all England.
said he. 4 don't suppose you could
find a household more Self-cOntained or
freer from outside influences. Whole
weeks would pass. and not one of them
go past the garden gate. The profess
SOr was buried in his work and eX-
ist d for nothing else. Young Smith
knew nobody in the neighborhood. and
lived very much as his employer did.
The two women had nothing to take
them from the house. Mortimer. the
gardener, who wheels the bath-chair,
- an army peUSiOneF-au old CrimeaU
man of excellent character. He does
not live i'm the house. but in a three
rooined cottage at the other end of the
garden Those are the only people
that YOU would find within the grounds
Of GoNley Old Place. At the same time
the gate of the garden is hundred
yards from the main London TO Chat
nam road 1t opens with a latch and
there is nothing to prevent anyone
from walking i'm.
Now / viii give you the evidence of
Susan Tarlton. who is the only per
son who can say anything positive
about the matter It was in the fore
noon. between II and l.. She was en-
gagged at the moment in hanging some
curtains IN the upstairs front bedroom
Professor Coram was still i'm bed for
when the weather is bad he seldom
rises before midday. The hOuSekeeper
was busted with some work i'm the back
OF the house. WillOughby Smith had
been in his bedroom. which he uses as
sitting room. but the maid heard him
at that moment pass along the pas
ately below her. She did not see him.
but she says that she could not be
mistal<n i'm his quick. firm tread. She
did not hear the study door close. but
minute or so later there was a dread
full cry i'm the room below. Il was a
wild, hOarSe scream 50 strange and
Unnatusal that il might nave come
either from a man or a woman. At the
same instant there was a heavy thud.
which shook thu old house. and then
all was silence The maid stood petri-
TED FOR a moment. and then. recover
ing her courage. she ran downstairs.
The study door was shut and she OPEN
ed it. Inside. young Mr.. WiltOughby
Smith was stretched upon he floor. At
first she could sSe no injury, but as she
tried TO raise him she saw that blood
was pouring from the underSde of his
neck. 1t was pierced by a very small
( but very deep wound which had di-
Vided the carotid artery. The instTu-
/ ment with whicT the injury had been
: inflicted lay uDon the carpet beside
him. II was one of those small sealing
wax knives to be found on 0lGr-faSh-
toned writing ia bles. with an ivory
handle and a stiff blade. 1T was part
of the fittings of the professors own
desk.
AT first the maid thought that
young Smith was already dead, but on
( pouring some water from the carafe
! over his forehead he opened his eyes
for an instant. The professor he muir
mured-'it was she The maid is pre-
pared to swear that those were the eX-
/ act words He tried desperately to
| say something else. and he held his
/ right hand up in the air. Then he fell
/ back dead.
. "In the meantime the housekeepeT
/ had also arrived upon the scene, but
/ she was just too late to catch the
young mans dying words. Leaving Su-
( san with the body. she hurried to the
: professors room. He was sitting up
/ i'm bed horribly agitated, for he had
! heard enough To convince him that
something terrible had occurred Mrs
Marker is prepared to swear that the
! professor was still in his night clothes,
! and indeed it was impossible for him
! TO dress without the help Of Mortimer,
whose orders were TO come at L
! o'clock The professor declares that
he heard the distant cry, but that he
! knows nothing more. He can give no
| explanation of the young mans last
/ words. The pTofessOr-it was She.
! but imagines that they We're the out
come of delirium. He believes that
/ Willoughby Smith had not an enemy
| i'm the world, and can give no reason
7 for the crime. His first action was to
/ send Mortimer the gardener, for the