The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1909-01-15

we nave prvvr mat rne murderer MADE
window! Traces of blood on the inside
wall and on the blinds as well as on
the floor, and footmarks, of which
have taken the measurements, attest
the fact that the murderer made his
escape that way. But, then, how did
he do 1t, seeing that the blinds remain
ed fastened on the inside? He passed
through them like shadow. But
what is more bewildering than all, Is
that II is impossible to form any idea
as to how the murderer got out of the
yellow room or how he got across the
laboratory to reach the vestibulev'
"Could that window have been
closed and refastened after the fight
OF the assassin" asked Rouletabille.
THAT is what occurred to me for a
moment, but it would imply an accom-
plice or accOmplices, and / don't see"-
After short silence he added:
"Ah, II Mile. Stangerson were only
well enough today to allow of her
being questiOnedw
ROuletabille, following up his
thought. asked:
"And the attic? There must be some
opening to thatT
YES: there is window or, rather,
skylight in 1t. which, as It looks out
toward the country, NJ. Stangerson
has had barred, like the rest Of the
windows. These bars, as in the other
windows, have remained intact, and
the blinds, which naturally open in
ward, have not been unfastened. For
the rest, we have not discovered any
thing to lead us to suspect that the
murderer had passed through the at
TIC"
1T seems clear to you, then, mon
sieur, that the murderer escaped-nO-
body knows how-by the window In
the vestibuleT'
Everything goes TO prove It."
81 think so, too" confessed Rouleta.
bile gravely.
After brief silence he continued:
IF you have not found any traces
Of the murderer in the attic, such as
thC W.T. ElllllluI W lDOrt
on the floor Of the yellow room, you
must como to the conclusion that I.
was not he who stole Daddy Jacques
revolver"
There are no fOotmarks in the attic
other than those of Daddy Jacques
himself" said the magistrate with q
significant turn of his head. Then.
after an apparent decision. he added.
Daddy Jacques was with NJ. Stanger-
son In the laboratory, and it was lucky
for him he was
"Then what part did his revolver
play in the tragedy? 1t seems very
clear that this weapon did less harm
to Mile. Stangerson than it did to the
murderer"
The magistrate made no reply to
this question, which doubtless embar-
raised him. m. Stangerson," he said.
"tells us that the two bullets have
been found in the yellow room, one
embedded in the wall stained with the
impression Of a red banda mans
large hand-and the other In the cell
ing"
"Oh. oh, in the ceilingr' muttered
Rouletabille. I'm the ceiling! That's
very curious! In the ceilingv'
He pulled awhile in silence at his
pipe, enveloping himself in the smoke.
When we reached Epinay-sur-Orge
had to tap him on the shoulder to
arouse him from his dream and come
out on to the platform Of the station.
There the magistrate and his regis
trar bowed to us and, by rapidly get
ting into q cab that was awaiting
them, made us understand that they
had seen enough of us.
"How long will it take to walk to
the Chateau du Glandier?" Rouleta-
bile asked one of the railway porters
Gan hour and q half or an hour
and ee-quarters-easy walking" the
man replied.
Rouletabille looked up at the sky
and, no doubt finding its appearance
took my arm and said:
"Come oni / need a walk 1t was