Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-11-25


province 80 do either she said. with
defiant look in her eye 1 shall let jus
tice take its course I can forgive q
young woman with plenty Of money
| for doing a great deal but there's such
a thing as overriding the high and
mighty. I couldn't imagine what made
her seem SO unmoved by her fathers
death till l learned that she's not his
daughter after all"
MOI"
An adopted child"
Adopted at what age2"
Took her out OF the Temporary Home.
in Charles street when she was year
cid"
watch that woman"
You may be sure shall"
How about the other daughter?"
She's his own daughter, but didn't
see her. I was given 70 understand she
| was completely prostraJed by her IA
| Tiers death. She is between Il and rs
years Old and / doubt il she could help
Us at all"
But all this doesn't explain what has
unsettled your ideas about Stackhouse.
So far you have only confirmed your
own suspicious"
"Ah. but there have been several new
facts. AT an early hour this morning.
4 deputed two men 90 make a thorough
canvass Of the neighborhoOd for the pur-
| pose of ascertaiuing whether anybody
had been seen going in or coming out OF
| the North house on the night Of the
murder. Unfortunately the people who
| live directly opposite. who would be
more likely 60 have observed than any
| body else. LEFT for Newport yesterday
morning. Suu. we have found a servant
| girl. Hannah Doyle. who lives several
| houses further down This woman
| positively declares that when she was
returning home after dark about half
past nine on Thursday might. she saw
a woman-a young woman she believes
come down the steps OF the North
house and walk away"
The deuce she did, Can she not be
mistaken ia the house?"
She says not. What made her notice
the woman and remember the circum-
stance was the peculiar fact that any
body should be coming out OF a house
boarded up for the summer. And no
| other house for several doors EXCEPT the
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This is important Applebee"
II think So"
'Haf-psst nine must have been later
than the murder. Consequently the
woman must have been the criminal or
an accomplice"
she could not have failed 20 know
that North bad been killed even II she
had no part in the deed The fact that
she gave no alarm-has not spoken a
word since-declares her completely"
| 1T seems proof positive"
| Another fact, II you please. have
discovered that North had somewhere
in his possession a 30 caliber pistol.
That pistol was presumably In the
| Marlboro street house on the night OF
he murder. I have searched the prem
| .ses from top 20 bottom without finding
trace OF it,"
That has an odd look. too"
But" continued Appletee. with a
meaning emphasis, Il did find the box
Of rtridges-nearly flled-in drawer
OF the writing desk 10 the library where
The man was shot The drawer was
| closed, but the box was open"
Important" said the chief inspector
| quickly. Important Now. how thor
ough has been your search of the prem
isesy"
| i did not take any chances I took
Two men with me. We even visited the
coal bins and examined the ash barrels
In detail Stackhouse has been eager 70
/ AFFORD US any help. He has even given
US every key we asked for. The search
has been thorough. The pistol is not
| there"
SO then IL only remains 70 discover
who that woman was"
so IL seems"
Have you no clew?'
Just one"
'of what nature?"
"A perfume To be sure. there is a
| handkerchief. but IL is unmarked and
have inquired al the stores where they
sell such things. to no purpose ! tolA
| you where and when found that bit OF
| lace. IL was upon the stairs. between
the second and third floors. not a great
many steps from the door OF the library.
and it had not been lying there any ff-
teen days. which is the length of time
the family have been away"
How do you known"
Bless you. took it TO a chemist. He
assured me that 10 be as fresh as that
the perfume must have been applied
| within two days at the longest 1t is one
OF those volatile preparations that soon
lose their strength"
Il don't see but your chain is COM
piete, then. so far as it goes. No man
ever carried that handkerchief II must
have been dropped by woman. The
woman was seen coming away after the
hour at which the crime was committed.
You haven't forgotten that perfume,
| trust"
"Assuredly not. If I ever get near
enough TO the woman who uses it-but
that's the trouble. I'm afraid she's NOT
apt 20 pay me a visit"
You nust visit her, then. Meanwhile,
what about the threatening letter which