Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-22
,aslons of all three rohberies.

You'll only get that by direct question ing l can't possibly remember thing, of that sort. As to the family and visi tors-why, you don't suspect any ol them, do youY
 q don't suspect soul, Sir James, Hewitt answered, beaming genially mot soul. You see, I can't suspect people till I know something about where they were. Was there any visi tor here each time, or even on the first and last occasions only?"
 No, not one. and my own sister, per haps you will be pleased to know, was only there at the time of the first rob bery."
 Just so! And your daughter, as have gathered, was clearly absent from the spot each time-indeed, was ir company with the party robbed. Your niece, now?" 3
 "Why, hang 1t all, MT. Hewitt, can't talk of my niece as Q suspected criminal! The poor girls under my protection, and really can't allow"-
 My dear sir, haven't I said that ] don't suspect a soul? Do let me know how the people were distributed as nearly as possible, Let me see. Il was your niece, I think, who found that Mrs. Armitage's door was locked this door, in fact-on the day she lost her brooch? And yesterday-was she out then?"
 "No; I think not. Indeed, she goes out very little. Her health is usually bad. She was indoors, too, at the time of the Heath robbery, since you ask. But come. now, I don't like this. It's ridiculous to suppose that she knows anything of it."
 T don't suppose it, as have said. l am only asking for information. That is all your resident family. I take it, and you know nothing of anybody else's movements, except, perhaps, Mir. LloydsT
 "Lloyd? We'll, you know yourself that he was out with the ladies when the first robbery took. place. As to the others I don't remember. Yesterday he was probably in his room writing. I think that acquits him, eh?" Sir James looked quizzically into the broad face of the dffable detective, who smiled and replied:
 Now, you see, we get down to the servants, unless some stranger is the party wanted. Shall we go outside now?"
 Lenton Croft was a large, desultory sort of house, nowhere more than three stories high and mostly only two. Hewitt scrutinized Its external fea- lures carefully as they strolled round and stopped some little while before the windows of the two bedrooms he had just seen from the inside. Pres ently they approached the stables and coach house, where groom was wash ing the wheels of the dogcart. ' Do you mind my smoking?" Hewitt asked Sir James. Perhaps you will take cigar yourself. They are not so bad, think. I will ask your man for a light" ...
 Sir James felt his own matchbox, but Hewitt had gone and was lighting his cigar with match from a box handed him by the groom. A smart little terrier was trotting about by the coach house, and Hewitt stopped to rub its head. Then he made some observa- tion about the dog which enlisted the groom's interest and was soon absorb ed in chat with the man. Sir James, waiting a little way off, tapped the stones rather impatlently with his foot and presently moved away.
 For fully quarter of an hour Hew- it chatted with the groom and when at last he came away and overlook Sir James that gentleman was about re-entering the house.
 "0hp exclaimed Sir James shortly.
 There is one other thing" Hewitt said, that should like to know-there are two windows directly below that of the room occupied yesterday by Mrs. Cazenove, one on each floor. What rooms do they llghtp
 "That on the ground floor Is the morning room; the other is MT. Lloyd's, my secretary, sort of study or sitting room"
 "Now you will see at once, Sir James," Hewitt pursued-'you will sec at once that If ladder had been used in Mrs. Heath's case anybody looking from either of these rooms would have seen It."
 "Of coursei The Scotland Yard nan questioned everybody as to that, but nobody seemed to have been in either of the rooms when the thing occurred at any rate, nobody saw anything"
 "Still think I should like to look out of those windows myself. It will at least give me an idea of what was In view and what was not if anybody had been there."
 Sir James Norris led the way to the room. As they reached the door a young lady, carrying book and very languldly. came out. Hewitt stepped aside to let her pass and afterward said interrogatively, Miss Norris, your daughter. Sir JohnT'
 "No; my niece. Do you want to ask Der anythIng7 Dora, my dear." Sir James added, following her in the cor ridor. this is Mir. Hewitt. who Is in- vestlgatlng these wretched robberies Tor me. I think he would like to hear If you remember anything happening 1t any of the three times"
 The lady bowed slightly and said in ! plaIntive drawl: "I, uncle? Really. don't rpnanbar anything. nothing at