The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-09
Strange Puzzle, Apparently
UnSolvable, Strengthened
Out By Noted Criminolo-
gist, DR.. FurnivaIl, in a Re
markable Exhibition of Ac-
curate Deducing.

was afiher tc.iin' me. Miss Goodwin
''Where did you see This Dooiey?''
"Oh. ~ car. sor. phwin be jumped
OF an Wlnt L an Office. sor."
Yes. md where id you get your
2ewspaPsr tnat dayg'
In IL onisr sor. It's there OF get
& livery maruln'."
Then : suppose You went 70 your
hreaEfast at McGuire's. and afterward
co. u9 here and read your paper2''
'.Yis. sor"
There was nothing about the crime
in it?"
Nor. sor. 'twes tn marnin' paper.
'Twes in tn avenin- wan IL foist came
out"
and how did you get that?"
'-Oi bought IL. sor. mesir. an by
IN IN shtrat."
FurnivaH looked coo!ly al his friend.
";SeH thank you. my man" ne
zaId, FOR yom trouble DJn't fear
that fellow any longer, but go 10 sleep
in peace. rn guarantee he'll never
hurt .ou-"
what IN the name Of heaven can
you make out Of that?'' cried Gerrish
as the door closed behind them. THAT
fellow lied right and left and was as
honest as a judge about a. never
In nay life saw a case Of such slaring
menddclty In words coupled with such
honesty q manner
q tod YOU you'd see something Of
curious interest. but YOU don't seem
70 catch on get No matter. you VIII
soon An. here's a door that must
be the one he mentioned Can you see
any bridge from here?"
Great Scott. nan. the bridge is ca
the other side Of the barn"
Yes. out do yOu see any door on
that side2"
NO. and there is none. There are
only windows. and they're so high ND
that e. ys0uld require a giraffe 20 see
out Of them. OF all the liars
Come into the Office" interrupted
Furnivsu. rubbing mis- hands delight
eddy. Il wish 10 show you something
The superintendent, who was very
obliging TO the weII-known physician,
produced the watchman's time card Tor
Tuesday night. az his request With
out looking at Il Furnivan passed L
over 4 HIS friend. saying;
you2 See. this Is a fat disk Of paper.
with the hours marked on Il. Ike a
clock. II fits into a machine in the
office. and when the Waterman presses
a certain hutton on each floor the push
IS registered here. This is the disk for
Tuesday night II YOU don't find every
floor registered there for every hour OF
the nsght-the night mind you, when.
he claimed. ne was locked in his room
trembling with fear
ITS all here" cried Gerrish IN lis
gust ION every floor. every hour de
performed his duties that night the
same as usual. BY Jove. that fellow
committed the crime himself. and is
trying to
FurnivalI looked AT him quizzicaily-
What did he do with Warner. then2
Warner could throw that little fellow
a rod couldn't he2"
Gerrish appeared chasrined-
That's So" he admitted still
he continued. Il thought this hypno-
tism Of yours made a man tell the
truth. How could he contradict him
self so. And what does IL all mean:
"Ah. it's Pilates old question What
IS TRUTH And it means that you have
lust witnessed what I thought you
xould-a spectacle Of extraordinary In
terest 20 both medicine and law Did
Won see how straight he had his story
Until 1 began to question him? IL was
then that the contradictions began
Do you think those contradictions and
those blank spots in his mind would
have appeared II my eye hadn't held
him7 II 7 had looked another way. or
II a lawyer in court had put the ques-
lions. those gaps would have been
easily and logically filed. and the tale
as straight as a string. Even that part
about the door. a curious and interest
ing slip Of the mind. yet seen 10 be
common enough. too. when analyzs,i.
he would have doctored up in some
way"
But that time Card2 How can you
explain that? Isn't IL strange that no.
body has tAought Of examining it in
connection with his confession?"
Not at also far. The first excite
ment hasn't worn of yet They swaI-
lowed everything he said without Ques-
ton, he was so honest about Il, and
because he came Of his own accord 10
tell IL and give himself Up. Later. of
course. after a lot Of pryiug around,
the defects Of his logic would appear.
But GOMEZ must return to the tele-
graph office.
But the watchman-shouldn't he be
arrested
mo. no; he's SAFE let him alone.
only" he added as they whIrIed-
away. lit Will be a Eood exercise for
you TO think his case over during the
next few minutes. applying his char
acter and temperament as you read
them 70 the circumstances. Perhaps
YOU will be able TO get little light on
those strange antics in the witness
box that occur so frequently"
AT the telegraph Office he received d
message which seemed 10 please him.
and which he Immediately answered.
From there be drove back 20 the un-
dertslker's. and. leaving word that the
body should be put in condition Tor
removal within two hours. headed for
the Parker mansion.
Doesn't il strike you as singular.
Gerrish." he said. as they rolled
smoothly along, that Parker should
have disappeared just now. AID Stat
nobody from his house has called 10
view the remains?' p
Gerrish threw him a startled glance.