The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-06-24

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KEYS for opening It Daddy Jacques had
one IN his pocket and ". stangerson
the other. As 70 the windows OF the
pavffion, there are four. the one win
dow Of the yellow room and those OF
the laboratory looking out on 70 the
eountry. the window IN the vestibule
looking to the park"
EFT Is by that window that be eseap-
al from the paTilionF' cried RouietA-
bIIla
'How do you know thatT'
-How7 Oh, the thing 10 simple
enough AS soon a. he found he could
not escape by the door Of the pavilion
his only way out was By the window
IN the 'vestibuie, unless he could pass
through a grated window. The WIN
dow of the yellow room Is secured by
froa bars. because II looks out upon
the cpen country: the two windows OF
the laboratory have to be protected In
Ike manner for the same reason As
the murderer got away | conceive tnat
he found a window that was not bar
red-that Of the vestibuie. which opens
ON to the park-that is to say, into the
interior of the estate. There's not
much magic in all that"
YES" said NJ. de Marquet. but what
Won have not guessed Is that this single
window In the vestfbule, though 1t has
NO iron bars. has solid iron blinds.
Now. these iron blinds have remained
fastened by their iron latch, and yet
we have proof that the murderer made
his escape from the pavilion by that
window! Traces Of blood on the inside
wall and on the blinds as well as on
the floor, and footmarks, Of which l
have taken the measurements, attest
the fact that the murderer made his
escape that way. But, then, how did
he do It, seeing that the blinds remain
ed fastened on the inside? He passed
through them like a shadow. But
what is more bewildering than all, Is
that it 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 vestibule"
"Could that window have been
closed and refastened after the flight
Of the assassin asked Rouletabille.
sNThat is what occurred to me for
moment, but it would imply an accom-
plice or accomplices, and l don't see"-
After a short silence he added:
@Ah. II Mile. StangerSon were only
wall enough today to allow Of her
being questioned"
Rouletabille, following up his
thought. asked: t
"And the attic? There must be some
opening to that?"
Eyes; there Is a window or. rather
skyiight In it, which. as It looks out
toward the country, M. StangersoD
has had barred, like the rest OF the
windows. These bars, ais In the other
windows, have remained intact, anc
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"
ut seems clear to you, then, mon
sieur, that the murderer escaped-no-
body knows how-by the window In
the vestibuler
"Everything goes to prove It."
"T think so. too." confessed Rouleta'
billie grayely.
After a brief silence he continued:
EFF you have not found any traces
If the murderer In the attic, such as
the dirty footmarks sir'ilar to those
on the floor Of the yellow room You
must come to the conclusion that 1t
was not he who stole Daddy jacques
revolver"
s'There are no footmarks in the attic
other than those of Daddy Jacques
himself" said the magistrate with
sienificant 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 tlfaJ CllS weapon uiu iC0o A "
to Mile. Stangerson than it did to the
murderer"
The magistrate made no reply TO
this question, which doubtless embar-
rassed him. IN. Stangerson," he said
s4terls us that the two bullets have
been found in the yellow room, one
embedded in the wall stained with the
impression of red banda mans
large hand-and the other In the cell
ing"
"Oh, oh, in the ceilingr' muttered
Rouletabille. "In the ceiiingl That's
very curious! In the ceilingF
He pulled awhile in silence at his
pipe. envelopfng 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 cab that was awaiting
them. made us understand that they
had seen enough Of us.
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