The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-11-24

in just the same way
But that's a difficult thing to do" l
remarked, ito find a theory that fits
all the facts
"Excsedingly difficult sometimes"
asGented my companion, bee. use the
facts often appear to be entirely con-
Trajectory. Really, facts are never con-
tradictory-truth is always truth-the
trouble is we can't always tell what is
fact and what IS fiction The HARDEST
part Of q detectives work L. 10 slft
the wheat from the chan-to get at
the meaty, essential facts.
"Well, as you know, l started out
with the theory Of Tremaine's guilt.
More than that, l was morally certain
that he was guilty, knowing what l
knew Of the man. And first of all it
was evident to NE that no criminal
as careful as he is would run the risk
of going through that boathouse and
committing a EiurI2r on the pier out
side with young Graham sleeping on a
cot Il few feet away, | therefore de-
.Iuced this bottle Smell of it,
He unco.l,ed it Gnt held it under my
nose.
"Chloroform," sad
"Precisely." And he corhed it care
fIlly ana returned it to his pocket.
"Ihe boys story helped ne to arrive
ct il. He had bccn awakened by that
violent thunder clap, but for the first
moment lie had found himself unable
to moye-dtzzy. IS l.e explained it."
Put how G,d you know Wha;e to
look for it, asked.
We'll. / knew tLat no experienced
criminal would keep atou5 him any
such important eriNen"e as 4 bottle
that had contained chl5Ioform. The
odor clings to ii for long time.
committed the mistake at first of SUP
posing that h had hidden it in tie
boath3uSe / ahoull have known bet
ter Naturally he WoL!d throw it into
the bay lhe-e was Il single chance
against ms. Il he had thrown it in
uncorked it wov!d probably have sunk.
That was z point he diCn't think Of.
ana by Just tn~t much Le fell below
perfection. / think he probably ad
miEstered tile ch'0rof0rm by pouring
it upon Que corner of the sheet and
throwing it over voting Grahlm's face.
No doubt the odor would have been
perceptible next morning had any one
thought 10 look f0r-t. There was only
one point in the Whole case" he added
thoughtfully. "that was utterly at va
rance with my theory-and it worried
NE badly for time
What was that" | asked.
THAT was the story the jailer told
us--that Miss Croydon believed Drys-
dale guilty But you have seen how
naturally that was explained. l knew
then. il tina: instant. tnar l was on the
right track-that nothin,. could defeat
the. But let US go back to che begin
ning-and I'd like you to point out any
flaws you see in the story
Very WE'LL" l said and settled back
II the seat to- listen
''rremaine had two very powerful
motives for the commission of this
e. 20" bean Godfrey He needed
L. neg aud could take no more from
Mi Croydon. since he was trying
se-.Jlsly 70 5, III her affections He was
determined 10 get Drysdale out of the
way under circumstances as discre1-
itaple as possible, confident that il
that case he would himself win Miss
Croydon. Which," he added in a
thoughtful aside, from what you've
told le of him. | don't think at all im-
possible"
Not in the least" l agreed. Il be
lieve Tremaine could win any woman
he really set his heart on"
AT any rate, he learns of Drysdale's
jealousy and Of Miss Croydon's prom
Use to explain things. He sees that at
any hazard he must prevent that eX-
PLANTATION Monday me ming he comes
to town with Delroy, and the latter
tells him that he intends giving the
necklace the salt water treatment.
You'll remember it was Tremaine who
originally proposed this, though he
could scarcely at that time have fore
seen what would come of it,
Mere chance" | nodded.
"Well, Tremaine takes the early train
back to Edgemere and lays his plans.
He writes the note
But you really haven't any evidence
that he did," I objected.
For answer Godfrey took from his
pocket the blotter he had found in
Tremaine's room.
81 told you that these letters aren't
in Tremaine's hand" he said. "but If
you'll compare them with the note
you'll see how nearly they resemble
Miss Croydon's. Again, they are only