Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14

| fracture which must have been recently
made. for the main wire to the cable
! cleaned like gold.
80 far, so good Dallas said. I'VE have
| proved by yonder demonstration that these
| people were here last night whilst you were
actually at work in the studio"
THAT puzzles me more than ever" Raw
| enspur replied. why did they not get rid
Of me an hour before. which they could
have done equally as well, by the same sim
pie expedient?"
| till half-past one You may depend upon 1t
| that Mr. Delahay'S movements were abso-
lutely known to them. They were perfectly
we'll aware Of the fact that he was not ex-
| pected here till some time past half past
| one 1t is not nice insinuation to make,
but when Mr.. Delahay left his hotel at md
night he had not the slightest intention Of
| coming traight here. Doubtless he had Inn
| portant bus ness which was likely to last
him hour and half, and for some rea-
son or other he did not want his wife to
| know what it was. Speaking as one man
| of the world to another, Mr.. DELANEY eX-
| cuse for getting out strikes me as being
| rather a shallow one. Surely married
man more or less on his honeymoon, does
| not want to visit an empty house after mid
| night Surely he could have waited TIL
! daylight
Then you thnt he went out to keep an
| appointment"
Il feel quite convinced of it. your lord
! ship. And, moreover, the appointment was
| a secret one of which Mrs. Dela hay was to
know nothing. | viii go still further and
| say that Mr.. Delahay came here after you
| had gone this morning to keep an appoint
| ment. 1t Is just possible that he might
| have. been in the house during your pres
ence here. 17is just possible that he cut
| the cable himself"
"Ah, but that won't quite do Ravenspur
| protested. when | came out Of the house
| this morning saw that the front door was
carefully fastened, and / am prepared to
swear that the latchkey which Mrs. Della
hay found this morning was not In the lock
then. No. no; l am quite sure that poor
Delahay must have come here after left.
| am not prepared to contest your theory
that my unfortunate friend came here to
keep an appointment Indeed, the presence
of the latchkey in the door proves that he
was in hurry, and perhaps a little upset
or he would rot have committed the mis-
take of leaving the key behind him. But
after all, said and done, this is merely con-
lecture on our part. Have you found any
thing yourself that is likely to give you
clue?"
Inspector Dallas hesitated just for mo-
ment.
Perhaps l ought not to mention it," he
said, but l am sure ! can rely upon your
lordship's discretion When was called this
morning found Mr.. Deahay lying on the
floor of the studio quite dead. So far we
could see there were marks of violence
on the body except small puncture over
the heart, which appears to have been made
with some very IIne instrument. But, OF
course we can't speak definitely on that
point till we have had the inquest. AS far
as we can judge, something like a struggle
must have taken place. because the loose
carpets on the floor were in great disorder,
and one or two articles of furniture had
been overturned. You may say that this
proves nothing, except that violence was