Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-01-14

walls of solid brick think Daddy
Jacques did wrong TO leave behind him
the weapon with which the crime was
committed and as he occupied the at
tic Immediately above Mile. Stanger.
sons room. the builders job ordered by
the examining magistrate will give us
the key of the enigma. and 1t will not
be long before we learn by what natu-
raj trap or by what secret door the old
fellow was able to slip in and out and
return Immediately to the laboratory
to NJ. Stangerson without his absence
being noticed. That of course, is only
an hypothesis"
Rouletabllle sat down in an armchair,
lit his pipe which he was never with
out, smoked for few minutes In ST.
lence-no doubt to calm the excitement
which vislbly dominated him-and then
replied
mo trap will be found. and the mys-
more and more mysterious. That's
why 1t interests me. The examining
magistrate is right. Nothing stranger
than this crime has ever been known"
"Have you any idea of the way by
which the murderer escaped?" asked
"None." replied Rouletabllle. "none,
for the present. But I have an idea as
to the revolver The murderer did not
use it."
"Good heavens! BY whom, then,
was 1t used?'
"Why. by Mile, Stangerson."
~ don't understand. or. rather, I have
never understood" | said.
Rouletabille shrugged his shoulders
us there nothing In this article I'm
the AIatin by which You were particu-
iarly struckr
Nothing. have found the whole Oh
the story 1t tells equally strange"
"Well, but-the locked door-with
the key on the inside?"
That's the only perfectly natural
thing In the whole article"
Really! And the bolt?"
"rhe boltT"
"Yes. the bolt, also inside the room, a
still further protection against entry
Mile. Stangerson took quite extraor.
dlnary precautions. 1t Is clear to me
that she feared some one. That was
why she took such precautions--even
Daddy jacques revolver-without tell.
ing him Of 1t. No doubt she didn't
wish to alarm anybody and. least of
ALL her father. What she dreaded
took place, and she defended herself
There was struggle. and she used
the revolver skillfully enough to wound
the assassin In the hand, which ex.
plains the impression on the wall and
on the door OF the large. blood stained
hand of the man who was searching
for means of exit from the chamber
| But she didn't fire soon enough to
avoid the terrible blow on the righ!
temple"
'Then the wound on the temple was
not done with the revolver?"
"The paper doesn't say 1t was. and
| | don't think II was. because logically
! 1t appears to me that the revolver was
used by Mile. Stangerson against the
assassin. Now. what weapon did the
| murderer use? The blow on the tenn
pie seems 10 show that the murderer
wished to stun Mile. stangerson after
he had unsuccessfully tried 10 stranglC
her. lie must have known that the
attic was Inhabited by Daddy Jacques
and that was one of the reasons,
think. why he must have used a quiet
weapon-a life preseryer or ham
mer."
''All that doesn't explain how the
murderer got out OF the yellow room.
l ebscrved
Evidently" replied Rouletabille. ris
ing, 'and that Is what has to be ex
planned. am going to the Chateau
du Chandler and have come to SEE
whether you will go with me-"
NJ?
eyes, my boy, want you. The
Epoque has definitely intrusted thii
ease to me. and | must clear 1t up al
quickly as possible"
But In what way can l be Of an,
Use to you?"
m. Robert Darzac is at the Chateau
du Chandler"
That's true. His despair must bt
boundless."
~ must have talk with him"
l knew NJ. Robert Darzac from hav
Ing been Of great service to him in q
(. civil action while ! was acting as sec
retary to Maitre Barbet Delatour, M
Robert Darzac, who was at that time
about forty years Of age, was q pro