Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-07-15
The Mystery OF
The Yellow Room
By CASTOR LERoUx + '0p1Hls.,i .ssszszAsos
COPYRIGHT. 1908.
BY BRENTANO'S

ssNTy theory, based on the evidence |
of the shots that were heard at mid |
night, demanded two shots-one Wn1cn
wounded the murderer at the time OF |
his attack and one fred at the time |
of the nightmare The evidence given
nv the Berniers before the examining
magistrate was to the effect that only
one shot had been heard. NJ. stan
gerson testified to hearing dull sound
first, followed by sharp ringing sound.
The dull sound | explained BY the
falling Of the marble topped table; the
ringing sound was the shot from the
revolver. | was now convinced was
right. The shot that had wounded the
hand of the murderer and had caused
ii to bleed so that he left the bloody
imprint on the wall was fired Dy
mademoiselle in self defense before
the second phase, when she had been
really attacked. The shot in the cell
ing which the Berniers heard was the
accidental shot during the nightmare.
ssI had now to explain the wound on
the temple It was not severe enough
| to have been made by means or the
mutton bone, and mademolselle mao
| not attempted to hide it. It must have
been made during the second phase.
It was to find this out that went to
the yellow room, and | obtained my
answer there"
Rouletabille drew a piece Of white
folded paper from his pocket and drew
out Of it an almost invisible object
which he held between his thumb and
forefnger.
seThis. NJ. President" he said. lis
hair-a blond hair stained with blood.
It is a hair from the head Of Mile.
stangerson found It sticking to one
Of the corners Of the overturned table.
The. corner Of the table was itself
stained with blood-a tiny stain-hard-
" visible, but it told me that on ris-
ing from her bed Mile. stangerson had
fallen heavily and had struck her head
on the corner Of it's marble top.
"I had still to learn, in addition to
the name Of the assassin, which did
later, the time of the original attack.
[ learned this from the examination Of
Mile. Stangerson and her father, though
the answers given by the former We're
well calculated to deceive the examin-
ing magistrate. Mile. Stangerson had
stated very minutely how she had
spent the whole of her time that day.
We established the fact that the muir
/ derer had introduced himself into the
pavilion between and 6 o'clock. At
a quarter past 6 the professor and his
daughter had resumed their work. At
/ 5 the professor had been with his
daughter, and since the attack took
place in the professors absence from
his daughter | had to find out just
when he left her. The professor had
stated that at the time when he and
his daughter were about to re-enter
the laboratory he was met by the
keeper and held in conversation about
the cutting Of some wood and the
poachers Mile. stangerson was not
with him then, since the professor said,
7 left the keeper and rejoined my
daughter, who was at work in the
laboratory
ct was during that short interval OF
time that the tragedy took place. That
is certain. In my minds eye saw
Mile. Stangerson re-enter the pavilion,
go to her room to take off her hat and
find herself faced by the murderer, He
had been IN the pavilion for some time
waiting for her. He had arranged to
pass the whole night there. He had
taken off Daddy Jacques boots, he
had removed the papers from the cabi-
net and had then slipped under the
bed. Finding the time long, he had
i risen, gone again into the laboratory,
then into the yestibule, looked into the
garden and had seen, coming toward
the pavilion, Mile. stangerson-alone.
He would never have dared to attack
her at that hour II he had not found
her alone His mind was made up.
He would be more at ease alone with
Mile. Stangerson In the pavilion than
ne would have been In the middle OF
the night, with Daddy Jacques sleep
ing in the attic. So he shut the vesti-
bule window. That explains why
neither NJ. stangerson nor the keeper,
who were at some distance from the
pavilion, had heard the revolver shot.
s4Then he went back to the yellow
room. Mile. stangerson came In. What
passed must have taken place very
quickly. Madennoiselle tried to call for
help, but the man had seized her BY
the throat Her hand had sought and
grasDed the revolver which she had
! been keeping in the drawer OF her
night table, since she had come to fear