Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-29

church, and there in the little burying
ground he pointed me out a grave. At its
head was a stone on which l read
"'HENRY GRAHAM,
Aged CD years.
what - exclaimed D'Auburon, aston
ished beyond measure. WAS it our Hen
~ Graham? 1t can't be possible y
There is not the slightest doubt about
it. When / saw that tombstone you can
imagine how l felt after all the time
and trouble l had given this case. 1t
was as if the bottom had dropped out of
everything. The priest saw, no doubt,
that | was strangely affected. He attrib-
uted my agitation to grief.
"'Tell me something about my poor
old friend, l said. 4 have heard that
he was in very bad circumstances. Did
he die poorY
Very replied the priest. But he
was cared for by mother church. That
stone was erected by his son. All! he
was a sad scamp, a willful fellow, who
gave his poor father no end of trouble.
But that was the old mans fault, partly.
He did not somehow care to have the boy
with him. He lived up on the hill, him
self, for years, in very good style-he
had money from somewhere, though
don't know where he got it. But the
child, he didn't seem to be bothered about
him.
Didn't the child live with him|
inquired-not that ] cared to know. but
l wanted 10 keep the Old man talking.
l thought he might possibly drop some
thing worth having.
mo he went on--he was garrulous
old fellow. No, he didn't seem to care
to have the child with him. Until he
was quite big boy he remained in the
care of young couple in the village The
woman, l think. grew TO be quite fohd
of him. But he was an unruly little ras-
call"
"All this is very serious. The result
is that we are no further than when we
started. What do you propose to do
now? You're not going to give it up,
are youf"
Give it up l wonder at your asking
such question. Certainly | Shall not
give it up"
Nov tell me- said the younger man,
, what you propose doingF am impa-
, tient to know
: NJ. Cassagne did 81 Immediately reply.
He closed his eyes ike one who thinks
, deeply At last he sais:
n nave Indllcu oul a. pan VI WN'''A,'
And we must either carry it out on that
line, or abandon it altogether. We have
- adopted from the start the theory that
this crime was not committed for the
purpose of robbery. but in the interest
4 of some person who in some way would
h profit. either directly or indirectly, by
the death of Madame Roupell. If we
abandon that theory we have no other to
41,.' gorpfnl
nation of all the facts and circumstances,
: l fail to account for the murder upon
. any other hypothesis. Henry Graham
being dead disproves that theory so far as
- he is concerned; but so far only"
IL Admitted but whom have you to take
his place? You must substitute someone,
ie or vour theory falls to the ground" re-
marked D'Auburon.
- mot necessarily" replied the C
ie tive. 1--WE may substitute an entirely UNI
.e known person and call him X"
Eyes, that's all very well; but how to
- find him is the question"
' y ITO which l certainly give you an
other answer. Listen attentivey. / an
~ about to begin my argument, and want
% you to follow it and pick it to pieces
" Commencing on the hypothesis already
o., % laid down, ] shall proceed to demonstrate
y two things First. the murder of Madame
y, Roupell was committed by someone di
~ rectly interested in getting her out of thu
% way. Second, it was the work of som'
- person who was acquainted with her at
~ fairs, either by actually having know
-D her. or from information gathered from
-, someone who was her intimate. Yol
% must not forget the missing will, portion
Of which are in my possession. Yo'
-. must not forget also the circumstance
e surrounding this mysterious crime. l
W was committed in the dead of night. TIL
hour chosen by the murderer was one a
a4 which he expected to find the house en-
tot tirely unprotected by the presence of men
n. for the butler and coachman, recolect
~ slept over the stables and the presenc
"e of Van Lith and Chabot in the chatea
=, that night was a contingency totally III
e foreseen by him, and one he could no
- have been prepared for. You may b
'-' sure that IL he had foreseen it. he woul
:. have postponed his visit until some othe
occasion, for men of that stamp, thong
- bold and INSCRIPTIONS, always take a
little risk as possible
Granted" acquiesced DAuburon. &c
ne on"
a.. 1.-THE temporary check that our theor
l !, !, has received from finding that Henri
N' Graham died before the murder was con
mitted, in no way convinces me that b
i-e was not in any way implicated. Let u