The Washington times., 1909-04-05

am going to prove this mans guilt so
III. IluslVeiy that any jury will con-
He. He turned on his heel and left the
premises, followed by a defiant laugh
from Arthur harrington.
clayton returned to New York ana
hhuIIed up Detective Peabody at police
want permission to make another
Inspection of the room where Frank
harrington I1o lls was murdered he said to
the detective.
another inspection" exclaimed the
ldtter' Great Scott You inspected il
so thoroughly last time you was there
mat L can't see what you want to go
PACK Tor What do you expect - find
Ihere TINS time, my SOM"
don't know exactly what ~ ,ect
20 md there replied Claytc7-.- but
Fe got a feeling that 1t l,:sEbt be
worth my while TO look the ground
g 81 lam; I've made an important
discovery since L saw you last
he proceeded to apprise the detec+fvs
VI Wnat Old man Hamilton had told him
aoout the empty shell in the revolver
ND you think that proves that
neither the girl nor your client leslie
.ld6 anything TO do with the murder
en- observed Peabody. 'sYbu think
mat II proves the pearI-handIed revolt
TT Ter Wasnt the weapon with which the
deed was done, do your
Clayton nodded
Wen, your logic is very poor. Steve
mighty poor. 1t doesn't prove no
such such thing. Even granting that Ham
lltOn IS telling the truth about that
discharged cartridge. the fact that
there was only one empty shell found
In the gun after the murder doesn't
necessarily mean that il was the shell
OF the bullet which Hamilton fired
Leslie or the girl may have taken out
the smell which Hamilton used and put
loaded cartridge in its place. So
li Tor your latest discovery, Mr..
sherlock Holmes, jr
That's so.'' exci;limed Clayton. II
didn't think Of thar What you say is
quite possible, 1 admit. But then,
should the girl have done that Why
would she throw out the sheH her
father used and replace It with an IN
used cartridge?'
retorted Peabody glfmly. IT'S more
than likely that II was Leslie who did
IL II what you have told me is the
truth. 1t makes ne more than ever
convinced that am right in accusing
your client OF the murder of Barring
ton. A young girl, uEaccustomed to the
use Of firearms, never would have
thought Of such little detail,
Leslie would have seen the advantage
Of leaving the gun apparently as Il
was before harrington was murdered"
What advantage do you refer tor
why. the advantage OF creating ex-
actly the impression that you have
fallen for-the advantage OF focling US
into the belief that the bullet which
killed Frank harrington was .s9t fired
from the pearl-handled revolver
But in that case why would the
murderer have left any exploded she'll
AT all in the gum" argued Clayton.
why wouldn't he have emptied out
both the Used cartridges and put loaded |
ones I'm their placer
well. there are two ways OF ac-
counting for that. Either ne NAV not
have noticed that there was already one |
unused cartridges in the gun before he
fired The shot and may have supposed |
that by taking out the cartridge ne |
had fired he was leaving the gun 9ullv
loaded, or else he may have been
clever enough TO remember that there 1
was one used cartridge and left il j
there so that the gun would appear 70 |
be exactly as II was before the murder.
Quite a smart trick, either way; but |
for your friend. it won't /
work. I'm wise to his game
Clayton shrugged his shoulders.
Il think your process Of reasoning is |
very far-fetched, Peabody ne said. |
L don't believe that any murderer |
would take the trouble to attend TO /
such little detail as that, especially /
when he could have got rid of the 1
pistol ltogeJher-surely a much more /
effective means of averting suspicion. I i
am convinced now that Frank Bar 1
rln2IOn was not SnOI Win bullet from
hat pearl handled revolver. am con-
Vinced that neither nay friend Wilbur
Leslie nor the girl had anything 10
10 with the murder. And, what is more
am pretty sure that l know who " as
he guilty person"
who was 1.-THE man IN the moonP''
sneered the detective, regarding Clay /
ton with an amused smile.
mo. Arthur Darlington
Bah! You're talking through your /
hat. my boy" exclaimed Peabody i'm
1--WE know for sure that /
Arthur BaTTirz+on wasn't connected |
With that murder. He wasn't even on
The premises when his brother was
shot"
''Are you certain Of that2" inquired
Clayton incredulously.
"a bsolutely positive We've inveSti-
gated him thoroughly. The big boss,
lou see, was ct first inclined to sus-
admit about his brothers. murder, so
Re started a quiet little investigation,
inbeknOwn TO harrington. Men from
,ur office have traced every move ne
made that day and they report that
les got a perfect alibI. He was in q
,afe drinking at the time his brother
vas killed. No: you can't fasten this
rime or any parE of 1t on him"
I'm going to try to-despite what
'ou say" retorted Clayton grimiy. II
eel sure that he is guilty and I'm going
o do my best TO break that alibi viii
.ou allow me IL pay another visit to
he office of harrington & Sons2'
''W hat on earth is your idea in want
ng to go there again, Steve2" :
well, l think It's more than likely :