The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-24

Appleton G. Co.
 bald and pale young man. and by the two policemen. Last came the doctor. closing the door carefully behind him. 1 Stretched at full length on the floor near a pale yellow sofa lay man in evening dress. his head resting, face downward, in little red pool. He was evidently dead.
 i Has anything been disturbed here? Has any one touched th'S body?' de- handed Pougeot sharply.
 "No." said the doctor; "Gibelin came in with me, but neither of us touched anything. We waited for you"
 "l see. Ready. Leroy" and he pro ceedcd to dictate what there was to say. dwelling on two facts-that there was no sign of weapon in the room and that the long double window open ing on the Rue Marboeuf was stand 1 ing open.
 l Dr. Joubert's examination establish ed at once the direct cause of death ! The man. well built young fellow of perhaps twenty-eight, had been shot in the right eye, a ball having pene trated the brain. killing him instantly. 1 The face showed marks of flame and powder. proving that the weapon-un-. doubtcdly a pistol-had been discharg ed from a very short distance. Doctor" asked the commissary. l glancing at the open window, If this man shot himself, could he, in your opinion. with his last strength have thrown the pistol out thereY'
 Certainly not" answered Joubert. "A man who received a wound like this would be dead before he could wink. Besides, a search has been made underneath that window. and no pistol has been found"
 Tt must be murder" muttered Pou- geot "See what he has on his per son."
 These instructions were carefully carried out, and it straightway became clear that robbery, at any rate, had no part in the crime. In the dead mans pockets was found a considerable sum of money, bundle of five pound notes of the Bank of England. besides handful of French gold. On his fin gers were several valuable rings, in his scarf was a large ruby set with dia- monds. and attached to his waistcoat was massive gold medal that at once established his identity. He was En- rico Martinez. Spaniard widely known as a professional billiard player I h<~ nf tho fovyihlQ nho r. ity bazaar fire. where at the risk of his | life he has saved several women from the flames. For this bravery the city of Paris had awarded him a gold medal and people had praised him until his head was half turned.
 "Ahaw muttered the commissary. 'There may be husband mixed up in this. Call that waiter again, and-er- we will continue the examination out side"
 With this they removed to the ad- | joining private room, No. 3, leaving a policeman at the door of No. 6 until proper disposal of the body should be made.
 | In the further questioning of Joseph the commissary brought out several important facts. The waiter testified that after serving soup to Martinez and the lady he had not left the corri- | dor outside the door of No. until the moment when he entered the room and l discovered the crime. During this 1n- terval of perhaps quarter Of an hour he had moved down the corridor short distance, but not farther than the door of No. l. He was sure of this, because one of the doors to the ban- uuet room was just opposite the door of No. 4, and he had stood there listen ing to a Fourth of July speaker who was discussing the relations between France and America.
 "How did you stand as you listened to the speaker? Show me-" NJ. Pou- geot led Joseph to the banquet room door.
 Like this" answered the waiter, and he placed himself so that his back was turned to No. G.
 "So you would not have seen any one who might have come out of No. at that time or gone into Mo- 6T'
 "I suppose not"
 And if the door of No. 6 had opened while your back was turned would you have heard it?"
 Joseph shook his head. No, sir; there was a lot of applauding-like