The sun., 1909-02-21

any possible connectio~ 18th the murder
now before this inqW
He said that he haC = lately learned
that Mrs. Ladelle was inmate Of this
house. Anxious 70 max, ,ome recompens.
secretly for wrongs do"e her in the past
he had sought the acquaintance Of Cos.
grove. who, he was told, was engaged to
Genevieve Ladelle, and had helped him
financially again and again,
He said that he found him treacherous,
base and avaricious to a marked degree
Cosgrove complained to him OF what Nlrs
Ladelle had said of my pretensions to
Genevieve. and to throw him on his guard
and at the same time communicate pri.
vately with me he told Cosgrove that II
he would send me TO his room he would
see that ceased interfering.
MY father advised me to elope with
Genevieye. lie said he had that for Mrs.
Ladelle which would tend to reconcile
her TO the inevitable. He gave me buck
skin bag, which he said contained money
and valuables and told me to send it TO
Mrs. Ladelle.'.
"A pack Of lies from beginning TO end
howled Cosgrove. and the attention Of
|
agitation, which | alone had thus far
apparently noticed.
| After the Coroner had sternly com.
PEELED order he directed hokroyd TO p.o.
ceed with his story.
IL sought out Genevieve.' the yolng
man continued with deep feeling. 'but
her mother had taken her away. II was
several days before / found her. and We
made our plans.
aWhen returned my father was dead
aud buried. He was a strange man Of
many sorrows. God give him peacei
acted on his advice, sending the bucf-
skin bag to Ms. Ladelle last evening
Just before We left
sMr. Sniffen," called the Coroner. and
l took the witness chair.
sDid you ever see this before?" he be-
gan abruptly, producing from his desk
the buckstin bag.
And Cosgroye. writhing In his seat.
gave an inarticulate cry. OF amazement
and rage.
this morning hid behind the lambrequin
In the room lately occupied by the So
called Mr.. Blauvelt-hid, 1 may. say, in
such a way as not likely to be detected
I don't suppose those old fixtures have
been, disturbed for years
How did you happen TO find it1'
Il was led 20 IL, answered solemnly.
-by footsteps along the floor; footsteps
that sounded like those OF lame man.
like those Of man lame as Mr. Blauvelt
was
st Ia a liei Il is a liel" screamed Coz
grove. 81 wasn't there then; | didn't do !
then; I swear to God and he role,
on the floor in convulsion.
That of course settled the matter The
poor wretch's abject confession showed
that he had managed TO overhear the
conversation between Ackroyd and his
father. Driven by disappointment cha
grin, revenge and avarice. he plotted to
get possession OF the buckskin bag.
He had master keys not only to the
BIauyelt room but also TO suite A. He
knew how Mrs. Latelle and her daughter
had been disturbed by Blavelt's rest
lessness, and so on their return he lmi-
tated the dead mans walk overhead,
thus driving them to ask TO be trans
ferred to suite A.
He kept keen watch on Ackroyd aud
Genevieve and saw them start OF their
elopement He saw the buckskin bag
sent TO Mrs. Dadelle. Later In tho evening
he let himself into suite A. and Mrs. Ia
delle suddenly rousing and taking him
In the act he stabbed her.
Then he hurried TO the vacant Blauvet
room. hid the bag behind the lambrequin,
shrewdly calculating that the room would
not be disturbed for some time and thu
there would lie the safest place for i
Immediately thereafter he hurried 70 hls
own room and slept the sleep OF ihe
unjust. -.
This confession accounted for the foot
stems that had 50 disturbed the Ladelles
| on their return after Blauvelt,s death.
but how about the footsteps Flewcomh
and heard in their vacated room, that !
heard when leaning against the wall in
suite A, that ! followed across the dooT
| TO the hiding place of the buckskin bag?
| l don't know. We heard them heard
them; and that is all!