The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-01
The
Tenth Green


distance in unraveling the Chetwynd
case. The gallant gentleman fOresaw
from the first that complications
touching certain local personages and
interests might arise, which would
stand a better chance of satisfactory
treatment by a man who could ap-
proach them from a detached point OF
View. And it is but fair TO place 1t on
record that from start to finish Su-
perintendent Williams and his merry
men gave me their cordial co-opera-
ton without a trace Of professional
jealousy.
Williams was on the platform Of
Honiford station when my train
steamed in. The only thing about him
that 1 had cause to quarrel with was
his voice. which might very well have
brought Colonel Chetwynd back to
life.
inspector Peters from Scotland
Yard" he shouted as descended from
my compartment, thereby disclosing
my business to all and sundry.
That. However. was the limit Of his
indiscretion, and 1 will pay him the
compliment of saying that the way he
put the case before me was a master
piece of lucidity. This was the story
which he unfolded as we drove through
network of country lanes to the scene
of my labors:
On the previous day Colonel Chef
wynd, a local magnate and justice Of
the peace. had arrived at the club
house of the East Loamshire Golf
club shortly after midday, intending
TO lunch by appointment with his
friend, General Appleyard, with whom
he had arranged to play match dur
ing the afternoon. But Appleyard, for
domestic reasons since satisfactorily
explained, had failed TO put in an ap-
pearance, and the colonel, having
eaten his lunch in high dudgeon, had
expressed to other members present
his intention of going around the links
alone for a solitary practice.
by the way, you understand the
gamer the superintendent interjected,
half turning TO me from his seat IN
the dogcart.
was compelled to plead guilty to
the indictment.
"Ah. WELL" he sighed as though con-
doning a fault, there isn't much about
play in it, but you will understand the
few necessary technical terms. I had
to learn 'em myself in a hurry yes
terday."
He resumed his story from the
mouths of witnesses, who had de-
scribed to him how Colonel Chetwynd
had stumped out of the clubhouse, and
how, on being approached by Raffles,
the grown-up caddie whom he general
ly employed, he had dismissed the-Zpan
in highly peppered language, stating
that he would carry what few clubs
he needed himself. He had then start
ed out alone, the first of the members
TO leave the building after lunch.
Following him at a brief interval,
the Messrs. Wilson Neil and EVeraTd
Neil, father and son, had gone out for
a game, the last named being. the su-
perintendent informed me in a whis-
per, the unauthorized lover Of Miss
Mona Chetwynd, the colOnels only
daughter. The two gentlemen had
also been unattended by caddies. Last
ly, after a further interval, there had
started out a foursome of lady mem
bers, one of whom was Mona Chef
wynd.
4 At this point in Williams disclosures
! We emerged from a steep. up climb
Y ing road into a glorious expanse of
heather clad moorland with a peep of
the sea beyond. A little ahead of us
was a modern red brick building.
thanked by a tall flag post, with its
gaudy bunting droooping at half mast.
This was evidently the headquarters of
the East LOamshiTe Golf club. Beyond
hint of emerald here and there in
the nearer and farther distances
showed the greens and trees of the
renowned course.
But the local man was nearing the
end of his story.
On approaching the tenth green,
which was hidden from the tee by
rising ground and an artificial bunk
er. the ladies were Mortified to find
Colonel Chetwynd lying dead on the
green. He had been the victim of
ferocious violence, his head having
been battered almost out of recogni-
ton. The two Neils, visible some dis
green only a few minutes before, but
recalled by the shrieks Of the ladies'
expressed horror and surprise, avow-
ing that the cClonel's body had not
been there when they had been put
ting" on the green so recently. They
had believed him either TO be a long
way ahead. hidden by the fluctuations
OF the course. or to have abandoned
his practice and gone home.
The superintendent said not word
to influence my suspicious but 1 saw
an ugly time coming for the two Neils
II the murder was never brought home
TO anyone. II nothing worse hap
pened, fingers would be pointed and
heads wagged at them: for. as 1 soon
learned in the village, relations had
been so strained between the elder
Neil and the colonel that the latter
had forbidden HIS daughter to have
well, that is ALL" said Williams. as
he got down from the trap at the door
OF the clubhouse and gave the reins
TO the constable who had accompanied
US. Expect that thereH be another
Richmond In the field unless YOU make
an arrest very shortly. Mr. Chetwynd
that's the colOnels brother and ex-
ecutor-has sworn to call in Radford
Shone If the police can't do the trick.
Now. would you wish to see the club
steward first, or visit the ground?
Come along, then; I'll show you the
links"
I spent three days in the village.
pushing my inquiries by methods
which by the readers of detective fic-
ton would be regarded as common
place and dreary, and which shall
therefore be omitted here Though I
had formed certain theories, l had not
seen my way clear to an arrest, and
when. on the fourth day. started out
after an early breakfast to pay yet
one more visit TO the scene of the
crime, I was beginning to wonder how