The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-02-05

| that they were IN bed when they
| heard the sound OF the revolver shot
1T was not one, but two shots, thSt
were fired. You see you are lying.
If you had heard one you would have
heard the other"
Mon Dieu. Monsieur, it was the
second shot we heard. We were
sound asleep when the first ehot was
| fired"
1.-TWO shots were fred" said Daddy
| Jacques. II am certain that all the
| cartridges were in my revolver. We
found afterward that two had been
exploded, and we heard two shots be-
| hind the door, Was not that so, NJ.
StanGerson?'
YES" replied the professor, there
| were two shots-one dull and the other
sharp ANA ringing"
why 90 YOU persist in yingf" cried
NJ. de MarQuet, turning TO The con-
clerges. DO you think The police are
the fools you arc? Everything points
to the fact that you were out of doors
and near the pavilion ut the time Of
the tragedy. What were you doing
there? SO far as / am concerned" he
said, turning to NJ. Stangerson, 81 can
only explain the escape of the nun
derer on the assumption of help from
these two accomplices. AS soon as the
door was forced open and while you,
/ VI. Stangerson, were occupied with
your unfortunate child the concierge
ana. his wife facilitated the fight Of
the murderer, who, screening himself
behind tlSep, reached the window IL
the vestibuleN and sprang out Of it
into the park. ghe,ct0ncierge closed
the window after him and. fastened
the blinds, which, certainly could pot
have closed and fastened of thelM>
selves. That is, the conclusion l have
arrived at If any one here has any
other idea let him state it,"
NJ. Stangerson interviewed:
what yoh say was impossible.
do not believe either in the guilt or
. in the cORnivance of my concierges,
though | cannot understand what they
were doing in the park at that late
hour Of the ni~ht. l say 1t was i'm
possible. hcc9vgc Nine. Bernicr held
the lamp and DID not move from the
tleeshoid &C. lie room, because l rs
soon rs Tie door was forced open
throw ny2ti' c. my knees beside my
daughter. and no one could have left
or entered tha room by the door with
out passing over her body and fore
ing his wa. y me! Daddy Jacques
and the ccUciorgo had but to cast Q
glance around the chamber and under
the bed as had done on entering, to
see that there was nobody in it but
my daughter lying on the floor"
what &c lou think, NJ. DarZac?'
asked the .strate.
NJ. Darzd replied that he had no
opinion to express.
NJ. OAK. the chief of police, who SO
far had been listening and examining
the room, at length deigned to open
his lips
while search is being made for the
criminal we had better try to find cut
the motive for the crime. That will
advance us little" he said. Turning
toward NJ. Stangerson, he continued
in the even, intelligent tone indicative
of 4 strong character, II understand
that mademOiselle was shortly to have
been married"
The professor looked sadly at NJ
Robert DarZac.
with my friend here, whom
should have been happy to call my son
with VI. Robert Darzac."
Mile Stangerson is much better
and is rapidly recovering from her
wounds. The marriage is simply de-
layed. is it not. MONSIEUR insisted
the chief of police.
Il hope So
what! Is there any doubt about
that?"
NJ. Stangersdn did not answer NJ
Robert DarZac seemed agitated. / saw
that his hand trembled as it fingered
his watch chain. M. OAK coughed, as
did Nj. dc Marquet. Both were evil
IDENTITY embarrassed.
"You understand, NJ. Stangerson," he
said, that in an affair so perplexing rs
this we cannot neglect anything. We
must know all, even the smallest and
seemingly most futile thing concern
ing the victim, information apparently
the most Insignificant. Why do you
doubt that this marriage will take
place? You expressed a hope, but the
hope implies doubt. Why do you
doubt
NJ. Stangerson made visible effort
to recover himself.
Eyes. monsieur" he said at length.
"You are right 1t will be best that
you should know something which If I
concealed it might appear TO be CT i'm
portance. Nj. Darzac agrees with lme
IN this"
Nj. Darzac, whose pallor at that mo-
mcnt seemed to me to be altogether |
abnormal, made sign of assent ] |
gathered he was unable to speak.
Il want you to know, them" contin- |
ued NJ. Stangerson, that my daughter |
has sworn never to leave me and adj |
heres firmly to her oath in spite of al |
my prayers and all that l have argued |
to induce her to marry. We have |
known NJ Robert Darzac many years. |
He loves my child, and / believed that |
she loved him, because she only re-