Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-02

hind Holmes. studied ii over his
shoulder.
1t is Very rough. OF course. ana it
only deals with the points which seem
20 re essential. All the rest you Nil
see later for Yourself. Now. first of all,
~piesumi.s that the assassin entered
the house. how did he or She come in?
Undoubtedly 10y the garden path and
the back doo:. from which there is
direct access TO the study. Any other
way would have been exceedingly COM
plicated. The escape must also been
made along tn4t line, for of the other
two exits from the room one was
blocked by Susan as she ran down.
stairs and the other leads straight to
the professors bedroom. | therefore
directed my attention at once to the
garden path. which was saturated With
recent rain. and would certainly show
any footmarks.
My examination showed that / was
dealing with n cautious and expert
criminal. No f~ootlnarks were to be
found on the path. There could be no
question, however, that someone had
passed along the grass border which
lines The path. and that he had done
so In order TO avoid leaving a track.
I could not find anything in the nature
of Il distinct IMPRESSION. but the grass
was trodden down and someone had
undoubtedly passed. 1t could only
have been ,he murderer, since neither
the gardener nor anyone else had been
there that morning and the rain had
only begun during the night"
zone moment said Holmes. "Whert
does this path lead to-
ITO the road"
"How long is it?"
~ hundred yards or So
well. on the road ITSELF"
No. it was all rodden into mire.'
"Tut-tut, Well, then, these tracks
upon the grass, We're they coming or
going "
1t was Impossible to say. There
was never amy outline"
"A large foot or n SMALL"
You could not distinguish
Holmes ave an ejaculation of i'm
patience.
III mas been pouring rain and blow
ing q hurflc,h ever SINCE SAID ne. ny
Will bc harder to read now tnar. ,ilat
palimpsest: Wei, well. it can't be
helrcd. What did You do. Hopkins.
aite' you mao maze certain that YOU
mao mace certain OF nothing"
II think l made certain. of n good
deal. Mr.. Holmes. l knew that some
one had entered the house cautiously
from without. next examined the
corridor. Ii is lined with cocoanut
mating. and had taken no impression
of any kind. This brought me into
the study itself. 1t is n scantily fur
nished room. The main article is Il
large writing table With n fixed bureau.
This bureau consists of a double col
umn of drawers. with a central small
cupboard between them. The drawers
We're open. the cupboard locked. The
drawers. 1t seems. were always open.
and nothing of value was kept in them.
There We're some papers of Importance
in the cupboard. but there were no
signs that this had been tempered with.
and the professor assures us that moth
ing Was missing. 1t is certain that no
robbery has been committed.
81 now como To tho bodv of tbo ,o,,r,
man.. 1t was found near the h,rean
lust to the left of IT. as make unon
that chart. The stab was on tho ri~hi
side of the neck and from hehind rorN
wards. so that 4, is almost ;r,nncsihIa
that If could have heen self infic,ed ;.
unless he fell upon the jsnifn" eaia
Holmes.
"Ex,c+ly ,r,a .da, -
nm wa fo,,,d ~ intco ny ~
IRON, Tho hn,,,. CO ~, naa. ~, a"nS
sihin ,rben nr o,,rs ,,hhooma' i.ipus-
MANS own dyinr ynnrd. 80 's une
,bera Wa ,bis ~, 49, many.
evidence vbinh ~ fa,,nI n.e,1 o. ~
tho dead ,,,anis r;oh+ Lanin 'pNo VA
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