Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-30
The Mystery of
The Yellow Room
By CASTOR LEROUx ~ COPYRIGHT

! the door, which Is narrow and on the
threshold Of which the concierge stood
with the lamp while her husband and
| searched for him In every corner of
/ the little room. where 1t IL impossible for
any one to hide himself. Thedoor. which
had been forced open against the wall.
rould not conceal anything behind 1t,
as we assured ourselves. by the win
dow. still in every way secured. no
flight had been possible. What then?
! But we discovered my revolver on
the hoOr-yes, my revolver! Oh. that
brought me back to the reality! The
devil would not have needed to steal
my revolver to kill mademoiselle. The
man who had been there had first
gone up to my attic and taken my re-
| volver from the drawer where ! kept
It. We then ascertAined. by counting
! the cartridges. that the assassin had
, fired two shots. All. It was fortunate
/ for me that NJ. Stangcrson was in the
laboratory when the affair took place
and had seen with his oWn eyes that ]
was there with him. for otherwise.
with this business Of my revolver, l
don't know where we should have
! been-I should now be under lock and
! BAR
| The editor Of the Matin added to this
interview the following lines:
1--WE have. without intcrrupting him.
allowed Daddy Jacques to recount to
us roughly all he knows about the
crime of the yellow room. We have
rc!roduced it in his own words. only
srar;hg the reader the continual lamen-
tations with which he garnished his
| narrative We should have liked to
! put some further questions to Daddy
Jacques, but the inquiry Of the exam
iring magistrate. which is being car
ricd ON at the chateau. makes 1t i'm
possible for us to gain admission at
the Chandler. and. as to the oak wood.
1t is guarded by wide circle Of police
men who are jealousy watching all
traces that can lead to the pavilion
and that may perhaps lead to the dis
covery OF the assassin.
I'VE have also wished to question
the concierges, but they are invisible
Finally, we have waited in a roadside
inn. not far from the gate Of the cha
teau. for the departure of Monsieur de
MarQnet. the magistrate Of Corbeil. AT
half past 3 we saw him and his clerk
and. before he was able to enter his
carriage. had an opportunity to ask
him the following question:
| v,UA, MnnSiov,P Aa M0rnnnt
give us any information as to this at.
fair. without Inconvenience 10 the
course Of your inquiryT
"It is impossible for Us to do It..
replied Monsieur de Marquet. \ can
only say that 1t Is the strahgest AFFAIR
I have ever known. The more We
think We know something, the further
We areafron knowing anything"
I'VE asked Monsieur de Marquet t.
be good enough to explain his last
words. and this is what he said. the
importance Ut which NO one will fail t.
recognize:
III nothing is added to the material
facts SO far established. fear that the
. mystery which surrounds the abomina
bic crime Of which Mile. Stanger
son has been the ~ictim will never
be brought to light. but 1t is to bt
hoped. for the sake Of our human rea
son, that the examination Of the walls
. and of the ceiling of the yellow ROOM
an examination which | shall tomor
row intrust to the builder who con
, structed the pavilion four years ago
will afford us the proof that may no
, discourage us. For the problem Il
, this We know by what way the as
, sassin gained admissiOn-he entered b!
! the door and hid himself under til,
, bed, awaiting Mile. Stangerson. Blu
how did be leave? How did h.
, escape? If no trap no secret door
no hiding place. no opening Of any sor
is found; II the examination Of tn
Whatsoever to the demolition Of tn
. pavilion-does not reveal any passag
, practicable-not only for human be
= Ing, but for any being whatsoever-i
= the ceiling shows no cracks, II til
door hides no underground passage
: one must really believe in the devil!
!. 1--WE wanted to know what Dadd
. Jacques meant by the cry Of the Bet
, du Bon Dieu' The landlord Of tn
e Donjon inn explained to us that It
= the particularly sinister cry which
4 uttered sometimes at night by the ca
n Of an old woman Mother Angenou,
;. as she Is called in the country. Mott
er Angenoux is a sort of saint. VIII
a lives in hut In the heart OF the flores
a not far from the grotto Of Sainte-Gen'
n We've"
n In conclusion and at a late hour IL
$ same journal announced that the chi,
f Of the Paris police had telegraphed
|, the famous detective Frederic Lars1
who had been sent to London for a
. affair Of stolen securities. to retur
Immediately to Paris
l. CHAPTER II.
= In Which JOSEPH RouletAbi An =