The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-20
He withdrew his arm. apporently

He withdrew his arm, apparently
more in sorrow than In anger. and the
two pursued their way In silence.
And now we must follow Billery.
who was by this time seated In Trus.
colts study awaiting the advent Of
his chief. He opened the black bag
and produced from 1t considerable
pile OF papers, folded into separate
packets, each bound round with twine.
He unfastened them and ranged them
in an orderly mound on a side table,
and had just completed his task when
Truscott entered the room with
CHEEKY greeting.
Well" he asked, what's the ma,
ture of the clue you wrote about?"
Il can give you part of It," said
Billery, "and a part only. / have be,
gun an investigation at two separate
ends, and l am sertain as that | am
here alive that | can lay my hands
upon the man who compassed old
Brangwyn's death. I'll give you one
fact to begin with. At the inquest
held last week Aloysius Brangwyn
swOre that at the time of his uncle's
disappearance he was in Paris. You
remember that?'
Certainly" said Truscott. "The
old gentleman's man servant wired to
him when the case began TO look
serious and he came over. You inter.
viewed him at the time"
Quite so," said Billery, gravely.
''But at the time of the old mans dis
appearance Aloysius was in London.
| am in position to prove that fact.
have my witness ready and can pro-
| duce him at any moment"
NM" said Truscott. IF that is
true, it will have to be explained; but
it doesn't prove that he had hand in
| spiriting the old man away"
Il have second fact" said Billery.
"The elder Brangwyn's lawyer has
still in his possession the notes Of the
! instructions he received from him on
| the last day on which he was seen
| alive. The old mans estate was
sworn at something over half a mil
| lion. When his death was legally
presumed and the estate was admins
| tered, it was equally divided between
the two surviving relatives. Now, the
| instructions given to the lawyer were
that Aloysius was to receive $3.50
a year for life, that sum being charge
able to the estate, which, with that
sole proviso was made over to Alexis.
| Mr. Harrogate of Bond street, city, is
| prepared to say that Aloysius had
| been informed of the old mans in.
| tention to make this alteration in his
| will, as an expression of his disap-
| prevail Of his nephew's conduct. My
suggestion is that Aloysius came to
London in the hope of persuading him
| to relent, and, finding him alone in the
| house and inexorable in his purpose
made away with him"
| ''That looks like the beginning of
a case," Truscott admitted.
| Motive proved" said Billery; mo
! tive as clear as day. Presence of the
! suspected man in London at the hour
! at which the crime was committed |
| II crime there were-proved also. Sus |
| picion increased by the fact that Alloy |
| sius perjures himself with respect to !
| his whereabouts at that time"
"Not enought to move on" Truscott |!
said, rising and pacing thoughtfully |
about the room.
Not enough to move on by them |
! selves Billery assented "But there |!
| is more behind. You remember the |
| condition of the body when it was dis |
| covered. The old man might we'll |
have been alive week before, or |
even less. Decomposition afterwards |
set in SO rapidly that the body had to |
be buried Immediately after identif- |
| cation. What does that point to-"
What does 1t point to-" Truscott |
| asked, pausing in his thoughtful walk. |
you have your theory, can see."
ITO Be Contjnuedo