Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-04-01
CHAPTER XI.


4 ~ gal documents, memoirs and
la extracts .t.ss fro from ..,,5 newspapers .
ing to the mystery OF the yellow room
there is one very interesting piece Tt
j. detail OF the famous examination
which took place that afternoon in the
laboratory OF Professor stangerson be-
fore the chief Of police. This nara
tive is from the pen Of NJ. Ma1eine, the
registrar, who, like the examining
magistrate, had spent some Of his
leisure time in the pursuit OF litera-
ture.
THE REGISTRARS NARRATIVE.
The examining magistrate and Z
says NJ Maleine, found ourselves in
the yellow room in the company Of the
builder who had constructed the payil.
ion after Professor stangerson's de.
signs. He had a workman with him
M. de Marquet had had the walls laid
entirely bare-that Is to say, he had
had them stripped Of the paper which
had decorated them. Blows with a
pick here and there satisfied us of the
nonexistence Of any sort Of opening
The floor and the ceiling were thor
oughly sounded We found nothing
There was nothing to be found. M. dc
Marquet appeared to be delighted and
never ceased repeating:
"What a case! What a case! We
shall never know, you'll see, how the
murderer was able to get out Of this
roomw
Then suddenly, with radiant face
he called to the officer in charge OF the
gendarmes.
SEQ to the chateau" he said, ssand
request NJ Stangerson and M. Robert
Darzac to come to me In the 1abora
tory, also Daddy jacques, and let your
men bring here the two concferges."
Five minutes later all were assem-
b1ed in the laboratory The chief OF
police, who had arrived at the Clan.
dfer, Joined us at that moment. | was
seated at NJ. stangerson's desk ready
for work when M. de Marquet made us
the following little speech, as original
as 1t was unexpected:
with your permission, gentlemen
as examinations lead to nothing, we
will for once abandon the old system
OF Interrogation. / viii not have you
brought before me one by one, but we
will all remain here as we are-M
stangerson, Nj. Robert Darzac, Daddy
Jacques and the two concierges, the
chief Of police, the registrar and my
ing. Tie concierges may for the mo-
ment forget that they have been ar
rested We are going to confer togeth-
err We are on the spot where the crime
was committed. We have nothing else
to discuss but the crime. So let us dis
euss 1t freely, intelligently or other
wise, so long as we speak just what Is
In our minds There need be no formal
fty or method, since this won't help us
III any way"
Then, passing before me, he said In
q low voice:
what do you think Of that, eh?
What a scene! Could you have thought
OF that? I'll make a little piece out
OF 1t for the vaudeville" And he rub
bed his hands with glee.
! turned my eyes on NJ. stangerson.
The hope he had received from the
Doctors latest reports, who had stated
that Mile. stangerson might recover
from her wounds, had not been able
TO efface from his noble features the
marks Of the great sorrow that was
upon him. He had believed his daugh-
ter to be dead, and he was still bro
ken by that belief. His clear, soft blue
eyes expressed infinite sorrow.
Nov, NJ. stangerson," said III. de
Marquet, with somewhat OF an inpor-
tant air, place yourself exactly where
you were when Nile. stangerson left
you to 60 to her chamber
NJ Stangerson rose and, standing at
q certain distance from the door Of the
yellow room. said IN an even voice and
without the least trace OF emphasis. q
voice which can only describe as a
dead voice:
Il was here. About IL o'clock, after
had made q brief chemical expert
ment at the furnaces Of the labora-
tory, needing al the space behind me,
had my desk moved here By Daddy
Jacques, who spent the evening in
cleaning some OF my apparatus. nv
daughter had been working at the
same desk with me- When It was her
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