Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-01-28


were black. and the sky above us was
now, as If in mourning. charged with
great, heavy clouds.
And it was in this somber and desc
late retreat that we saw the white
walls of the pavilion as we approach
ed. 1t was queer looking building
/ without a window visible on the side
by which we neared 1t. A little door
alone marked the entrance to it. II
might have passed for a tomb, a vast
mausoleum in the midst of thick for.
est. AS we came nearer we were able
to make out its disposition. The build.
ing obtained all the light it needed
from the south-that is to say. from
the open country. The little door
closed on the park. NJ. and Mile. Stan.
gerson must have found it an ideal Sc.
clusion for their work and their
dreams.
The pavilion had ground foo,
which was reached by a few steps,
and above 1t was an attic, with which
we need not concern ourselves. The
rooms of the pavilion were as follows
The yellow room, with its one win.
dow and its one door opening into the
laboratory.
The laboratory. with its two large
barred windows and its doors, one
serving for the vestibule, the other
for the yellow room.
The vestibule, with its unbarred win.
dow and door opening into the park.
The lavatory, between the vestibule
and the yellow room.
Besides these chambers there was a
fight Of stairs leading to the attic.
The only chimney was the large one in
tie laboratory.
Before mounting the three steps lead.
ing up to the door Of the pavilion
Rouletabille stopped and asked NJ.
Darzac point blank:
what was the motive for the
crimeY'
speaking for myself. monsieur. there
can be no doubt on the matter" said
Mile. Stangerson's fiance, greatly dis.
tressed. "The marks of the fingers,
the deep scratches on the chest and
throat of Mile. Stangerson, show that
the wretch who attacked her attempt.
ed to commit frightful crime The
medical experts who examined these
traces yesterday affirm that they were
made by the same hand as that which
left its red imprint on the wall-an
enormous hand. monsieur, much too
large to 60 into my gloves" he added,
with an indeflnable smile
"Could not that blood stained hand"
/ interrupted, "have been the hand of
Mile. Stangerson, who, in the moment
of falling, had pressed 1t against the
wall and, in slipping, enlarged the i'm.
pression?"
There was not drop Of blood on
either Of her hands when she was
lifted up" replied NJ. Darzac.
"We are now sure" said |, "that II
was Mile, Stangerson who was armed
with Daddy jacques revolver, since
she wounded the hand of the murder.
er. She was in fear. then, of some.
body or something"
Probably"
~ yOo cuoPCNl DOuy
mo" replied NJ. Darzac, looking at
Rouletabille.
Rouletabille then said to me:
You must know. my friend. that the
inquiry is Il little more advanced than
NJ. de Marquet has chosen to tell us.
He not only knows that Mile Stanger.
son defended herself with the re.
volver. but he knows what the weapon
was that was used to attack her NJ.
Darzac tells me 1t was a mutton bone.
Why Is NJ. de Marquet surrounding
this mutton bone with so much mys-
terry? No doubt for the purpose of
facilitating the inquiries Of the agents
of the police. He imagines perhaps
that the owner Of this instrument of
crime, the most terrible invented, is
going to be found among those who
are well known In the slums of Paris
who use it,
HAS mutton bone been found in
the yellow room?" / asked him.
"Yes, monsieur" said Robert Darzac,
''at the foot Of the bed, but ! beg Of
you not to say anything about it." Q
made gesture of assent) ut was an
enormous mutton bone. the top of which,
or. rather, the joint, was still red
with the blood of the frightful wound.
1t was an old bone, which may, ac-
cording to appearances, have served in
other crimes. That's what NJ. de Mar
quet thinks. who has had it sent to the
municipal laboratory at Paris to be
analyzed. In fact, he thinks he has
detected on 1t not only the blood of
the last victim, but other stains of
dried blood, evidences of previous
crimes"
"A mutton bone In the hand of a
skilled assassin is frightful weapon"
said Rouletabille, "a more certain
weapon than heavy hammer"
''The scoundrel has proved 1t to be
So" said M. Robert Darzac sadly.
''The joint of the bone found exactly
fits the wound inflicted. My belief
is that the wound would have been
mortal II the murderer's blow had not
been arrested in the act by Mile. Stan
gerson's revolver. Wounded In the
hand. he dropped the mutton bone and