Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-05-06

Robert called for an adjournment Of
the trial and was supported in his mo
lion by the public prosecutor himself.
The case was adjourned. The next
day NJ. Robert DarZac was released on
bail. while Daddy Jacques received
the immediate benefit Of "a No cause
for action" Search was everywhere
made for Frederic I.arSan. but in vain.
NJ. DarZac finally escaped the awful
calamity which ar one time had threat
ened him. After visit 10 Mile. Stan
gersOn he was led 70 hope that she
might by careful nursing one day re-
cover her reason.
Rouletabille and left Versailles to-
gether. after having dined at The
Dog That Smokes. In the train l put
n number OF questions 10 him.
My friend" l said. Il am still in
the dark as to your reason for going
TO America When you left the Clan
der you had found out, II rightly IN
derstand. ell about Frederic LaFsan.
You had discovered the exact way he
had attempted the MURDER"
bO- Anu w. Tx El1AA- ll4 Il
ing the conversation. did you suspect
nOthing?"
Il don't see how I could have sus-
pected anything. You took great pains
TO conceal yOur thoughts from me.
Had you already suspected Larsan
when you sent for me 10 bring the re-
voivers?"
Yes. ! had come TO that conclusion
through the incident OF the fnexplica-
BILE gallery Larsan's return TO Mile.
StnngersOn's room. however. had not
then been cleared up by the eyeglasses.
My suspicious were the outcome OF my
reasoning My. and the idea Of I.arsan
being the murderer seemed so extraor-
dinary that | resolved TO wait for
actual evidence before venturing TO
act Nevertheless the suspicion wOr-
ried me, and | sometimes spoke TO the
detective in a way that ought 10 have
opened your eyes. I spoke disparag-
;ngly OF his methods. But until
found the eyeglasses ! could but look
upon my suspicion Of him in the light
OF an absurd hypothesis only. YOU
can imagine my elation after | had ex
plsined Larsan's movements re-
member well rushing into my room
Ike a madman and crying to you: 'E'n
get the better Of the great Fred, I'll
get the better Of him in a way that
viii make a sensation"
"But one important point escaped US
both 1t was one which ought to have
opened our eyes TO Larsan. Do you re-
member the bamboo cane: l was sur
prised TO find Larsan had made no use
OF that evidence against Robert Oar
zac. Had it not been purchased by
man whose description tailed exactly
with that Of Darzac? Well, Just be-
fore ] saw him of at the train after
the recess during the trial ! asked him
why he hadn't used the cane evidence
He told me he had never had any in
tention Of doing SO; that our discov-
cry Of II In the little inn at Episay
had much embarrassed him. II you
will remember, be told US then that
the cane had been given him In Lon
don Why did we not Immediately
say TO ourselves: Fred is lying: he
could not have had this cane in Lon
don: he was not In London; he bought
II in Parisr Then you found out on
inquiry at Cassette's that the cane had
been bought by person dressed very
Ike Robert Darzac. though, as we
learned later from DarZac himself. ii
was not he who had made the pur-
chase Couple this with the fact we
already knew from the letter at the
poste restante that there was actually
man In Paris who was passing as
Robert Darzac. Why did we not i'm
mediately fix on Fred himself?
"Of course his position was against
us, but when we saw the evident
eagerness on his part TO find convict
ing evidence against Darzac-nay, even
the passion he displayed in his pur-
suit Of the mantle lie about the cane
should have had a new meaning for
US. II you ask why Larsan bought the
cane II he had no intention Of manu-
featuring evidence against Darzac by
means OF II, the answer is quite sim
pie. He had been wounded in the
hand by Mile. Stangerson, so that the
cane was useful TO enable him 20 close
his hand in carrying IL You remem-
Der noticed that he always car
ried II.
-All these details came back TO my
mind when had once fixed on Larsan
as the criminal. But they were too
late then to he Of any use TO me On
the evening when he pretended to be
drugged looked at his hand and saw
a thin silk bandage covering the signs
Of slight healing wound Had we
taken a quicker initiative at the time
Larsan told us that lie about the cane.
I am certain he would have gone of
to avoid suspicion. All the same, we
worried Larsan. or Ballmeyer, without
our knowing it."