The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-02-20
CHAPTER xI. tcontinued.l

QuHcu vi NJ. otduSeTSOu uuueT WHAT
conditions his daughter had gone to
Paris on the Goth of October. we learn
ed that NJ. Robert Darzac had accom-
panied her, and Darzac had not been
again seen at the chateau from that
time until the day after the crime had
been committed. The fact that NJ. Oar
zac was with her in the department
store when the reticule disappeared
could not pass unnoticed and, 1t must
be said. strongly awakened our in
terest.
This conversation between magis-
trates, accused, victim. witnesses and
journalist was coming to a close when
quite a theatrical sensation-an Incl
dent of kind displeasing to NJ. de
Marquet-was produced. The officer of
the gendarmes came to announce that
Frederic Larsan requested to be ad-
mitted-a request that was at once
complied with. He held in his hand
heavy pair Of muddy boots, which he
threw on the pavement of the labora-
tory.
Here" he said. "are the boots worn
by the murderer. Do you recognize
them, Daddy JacquesT
Daddy Jacques bent over them and,
stupefied, recognized pair Of old boots
which he had some time back thrown
into q corner of his attic. He was so
taken aback that he could not hide his
agitation.
Then, pointing to the handkerchief in
the old mans hand. Frederic Larsan
said:
That's handkerchief astonishingly
ike the one that was found In the vel
fow room.
81 know" said Daddy Jacques. trem-
bling. "they are almost alike"
"And them" continued Frederic Lar
san. "the old Basque cap also found in
the yellow room might at one time
have been worn by Daddy Jacques
himself. All this. gentlemen. proves. I
think, that the murderer wished to dis
guise his real personality. He did 1t In
a very clumsy way, or, at least. so it
appears to us. Don't be alarmed,
Daddy Jacques. We are quite sure
that you were not the murderer. You
never left the side Of NJ. Stangerson.
Put II NJ. Stangerson had not been
working that night and had gone back
to the chateau after parting with his
daughter, and Daddy Jacques had gone
to sleep in his attic, no one would have
doubted that he was the murderer He
pwes his safety. therefore, to the
xagedy having been enacted too soon
1.-The murderer, no doubt, from the ST.
fence In the laboratory. imagined that
It was empty and that the moment for
action had come. The man who had
been able to introduce himself here so
dences against Daddy Jacques was
there can be no doubt, familiar with
the house. At what hour exactly he
entered, whether In the afternoon or in
the evening, ! cannot say. One IA
miliar with the proceedings and per-
sons of this pavilion could choose his
own time for entering the yellow
room"
HE could not have entered 1t If any.
body had been In the laboratory" said
M. de Marquet.
"tiOw do we know that2" replied
Larsan. There was the dinner IN the
laboratory. the coming and going Of
the servants in attendance. There was
a chemical experiment being carried
on between 10 and II O'Clock with NJ
Stangersop, his daughter, and Daddy
Jacques engaged at the furnace In q
corner Of the high chimney. Who car
say that the muFderer-an Intimate. ,
friend-did not take advantage of thai
moment to slip into the yellow room
after having taken off his boots In tht
iayatoryT
"It is very improbable" said NJ
Stangerson.
Doubtless, but 1t is not impossible
! assert nothing. AS to the escape
from the pavilion. that's another thin
the most natural thing in the world.
For a moment Frederic Larsan paus
ed-a moment that appeared to u
very long time. The eagerness will
which we awaited what he was goini
to tell us may be imagined.
II have not been in the yellow room,
he continued. but take 1t for grant
ed that you have satisfied yourselve
that be could have left the room onl
by way Of the door. It Is by the dooI
then, that the murderer made bis wa
out. At what timer At the momen
when 1t was most easy for him to d
SCAT the moment when 1t becam
most explainabie-so completely eA
plainable that there can be no othe
explanation. Let us go over the me
ments which followed after the Grim
had been committed. There was th
frst moment. when NJ. Stangerso
and Daddy Jacques were close to th
door ready to bar the way. There wa
the second moment, during whic
Daddy Jacques was absent and
Stangerson was left alone before th
door. There was a third momen
when NJ. Stangerson was Joined by Ii
concierge. There was fourth mi
ment, during which N. Stangersol
the concierge and his wife and Dadd
Jacques were before the door, Thei
was q fifth moment, during which II
door was burst open and the yello
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