Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1907-02-08
SYNOPSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Godfrey, n newspaper reporter, il
talking with his friend SimniOnds, q
detective, when the janitor of the
Marathon, an apartment house
comes In with the story that mur.
der has been committed. At the
Marathon, Miss Croydon, an ac.
quaintaince of Godfrey, is found with
Il pistol in her hand in a room with
Il dead man. She denies being re.
spOnsible for his death and claims
that she came to his room to secure
family papers which he claimed to
possess. She alleges that the murder
was committed by stranger who
came into the room, but states that
she fired n shot at the assailant OF
the deceased. The bullet from her
pistol was found imbedded in the
wall.
Later, Jimmy, well known crook,
is arrested for the murder, but he in
sists on his innocence until told that
Miss Croydon will appear us II wit
ness against him. Then he suddenly
asks to be locked up.
Drysdale, fiance OF Miss Croydon,
calls on Godfrey, who tells him the
story Of the murder. Drysdale eX-
plains that he called at the DelrOy
residence on the night of the crime
and found Miss Croydon absent and
her sister, Mrs Delroy, greatly agi-
lated. Miss Croydon returned sud
denly and declined to explain her alb
sence. Drysdale expresses faith in
the innocence of Miss Croydon.
At the coroner's inquest Miss Croy-
don states positively that Jimmy,
the Dude, is not the guilty man, and
he is released.
Godfrey secures the record OF the
Croydon family, who formerly lived
in France, but removed to England.
Edith Croydon, eldest daughter, was
educated in France; left school sud
denly on account of i'll health; subSe-
quenty married Richard Deroy of
New York. Croydon and wife died
in England, leaving fortune to daugh-
ter Grace.
Lester, an attorney, interested in
the murderer, secures suite II in the
Marathon as lodgings. He searches
the rooms carefully and finds IL dia-
mOnd.
Tremaine, u promoter OF railway
in Martinique, and his wife, Cecily,
are dodgers ut the Marathon. Lester
meets them and suspects that they
We're acquaintance OF Thompson,
the murdered man. Godfrey observes
Tremaine making a,search for some
thing in Testers rooms.
The mate of II Martinique steamer
recognizes II picture of the murdered
as that OF Il common sailor who
came to New York on his vessel.
Tremaine is invited to a house par
ty of the Delroys and attempts to
make love to Miss Croydon. Drys-
dale ovcrhears II part of his conver-
sation and a quarrel between the
two men follows. The gems OF Mrs.
Delroy's pearl necklace are found to
have lost their brilliance and n sea-
bath to restore their lustre is decid-
ed on.
Graham, u gardener of Delroy's,
and his son are set to guard the
necklace which is suspended from Il
pier. Later, Graham is discovered
dead, his skull crushed from blow,
and the necklace gone.
A button from Drysdale's raincoat
is clasped in the fingers OF the dead
man, and other circumstances point
to Drysdale as the murderer. He is
arrested and refuses to talk about
Graham's death. Lester finds that
the diamond discovered in suite IA Is
not the one missing from Cecily's
brooch. He finds the clippings, hid
den by Miss Croydon when Thomp-
son was murdered the Marathon.
Chapter XXI Continued)
piled them carefully beside me and
started hopefully OH the task of de-
ciphcring them-of piccing together the
story they had to tell me. But the
farther proceeded the more my
spirits fell. for they told no story. they
seemed to have no relation to each
Othcr-nO common thread. Apparently,
they had been gathered aimlessly at
haphazard to satisfy the whim of the
moment. Ore chrouicled wreck ut
sea: another bank robbery: a third
an escape from prison; fourth was
merely marriage notice; Il fifth told
of a row in sailors dive, and so on
down the list. They were about differ
ent peoplc- friends of Thompson's, per-
haps; none of them had any conncc-
tjon with Tremaine: they told no story.