Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-26

OF iHe YONIA IouINtiiNi, NtNhNct 4 ANiN
I certain his motive had been to protect
both Mile. stangerson and rid Darzac
Of an enemy at the same time.
The crowd had barely recovered
from the effect Of the astonishing rev.
citation when the hearing was resumed
The question IN everybody's mind
was. Admitting that Larsan was the
murderer, how did he get out Of the
yellow roomg
RouletabiIe was Immediately called
to the bar aud his examination con-
tinued.
"You have told us" said the presi-
dent chat IT was impossible to es-
cape from the end Of the court Since
Larsan was leaning out Of his window,
he had left the court. How did be DO
thatT
HE escaped by a most unusual way.
He climed the wall sprang on to the
terrace and while we were engaged
with the Keepers body reached the
gallery by the window. He then had
little else to do than to open the win
dow. get in and call out TO us, as Il he
had just come from his own room.
To a man Of Ballmeyer's strength all
that was mere child's play. And here,
monsieur. is the proof Of what ] say"
Rouletabnle drew from his pocket
small packet, from which he produced
a strong iron peg.
'eThis. monsieur" be said, SIS
spike which perfectly fits a hole still
to be seen IN the cornice supporting
the terrace. Larsan, who thought and
prepared for everything ia case Of any
emergency. had fixed this spike into
the cornice. All he had to Go to make
his escape good was to plant one foot
on a stone which is placed at the cor
ner Of the chateau, another on this
support, one hand on the cornice Of
the keepers door and the other on the
terrace. and Larsan was clear Of the
ground. The rest was easy. His act
ing after dinner as If he had been
drugged was make believe. He was
not drugged. But he did drug me,
Of course he had to make 1t appear as
II he also bad been drugged so that no
suspicion should fall on him for my
condition. Had I not been thus over
powered Larsan would never have en-
tered Mile. Stangerson's chamber that
night and the attack on her would not
have taken place"
A groan came from Darzac, who ap-
peared to he unable to control his suf-
ferlng
you can understand" added Roule-
Table. chat Larsan would feel him
self hampered from the fact that my
room was so close to his and from
suspicion that I would be on the
watch that night. Naturally he could
not for a moment believe that sus-
pected him. But ! might see him leav-
ing his room when he was about to 90
to Mile. Stangerson. He waited tn ]
was asleep and my friend sainclair
was busy trying 10 rouse me. Ten
minutes after that mademoiselle was
calling out 'MurderP"
How did you come to suspect Lar
san asked the president"
/ 'My pure reason pointed to him.
4 That was why I watched him. But
did not foresee the drugging. He is
very cunning Yes, my pure reason
pointed to him, but ] required tangible
7 proof so that my eyes could see him
as my pure reason saw him. The day
following the incident of the mex
pllcable gallery I felt myself losing
control Of IT, 7 had allowed myself to
be diverted by faIacious evidence, but
I recovered and again took hold Of the
right end 7 satisfied myself that the
murderer could not have left the gal
lery either naturally or supernatural
~ ! narrowed the field Of considera-
tiOu to that small circle, so to speak.
The murderer could not be outside
that circle Now. who were in It.?
There was first the murderer Then
there were Daddy Jacques, VI. Stan
gersOn, Frederic Larsan and myself
five persons i'm all, counting in the
murderer And yet in the gallery
there were but four Now, since it
had been demonstrated to me that the
fifth could not have escaped. it was
evident that one Of the four present
In the gallery must be q dOuble-he
must be himself and the murderer also.
why had ] not seen this beforel Sim
ply because the phenomenon Of the
double personality had not occurred
before 10 this inquiry
NOW, who Of the four persons I'm the
gallery was both that person ana the
assassin? ] went over I'm my mind
what ! had seen. ] had seen at one
and the same time NJ Stangerson and
the murderer Daddy Jacques and the
murderer myself md the murderer, SO
that the murderer, then, could not he
either M. stangerson, Daddy Jacques
or myself. Had l seen Frederic Lar
san and the murderer at the same
timer No Two seconds had passed
during which ! lost sight of the muir
derer for ms ] have noted in my pa
pers he arrived two seconds before
M Stangerson Daddy Jacques and
myself at the meeting point Of the two
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