The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-06-09

T was long night at the An
sonia and hard night for Nj.
GritZ. France is land of in
~ finite red tape. where even
such a simple thing as getting born or
getting married leads to endless formal
tiles. Judge. then. of the complicated
procedure involved in so serious a mat
ter as getting murdered. especially in
a fashionable restaurant! Long before
the commissary had finished his re-
port there arrived no less a person
than NJ. Simon, the chief of police.
round faced and affable. brisk. dap
per man. whose ready smile had led
more than one trusting criminal into
regretted condolences. And little
later came NJ. Hauteville. the Judge in
charge of the case. Il cold. severe fig
ure, handsome in his younger days.
but soured. it was said. by social dis
appointments and i'll health. He was
in evening dress. having been sum-
moned posthaste from the theater.
The officials discussed the case with
a wide variance in opinions and con-
clusions. The chief of police and NJ.
Pougeot were strong in the theory of
murder, while NJ. Hauteville leaned to-
ward suicide. The doctor was unde-
cided.
But the shot was fired at the closest
possible range" insisted the judge.
The pistol was not II foot from the
mans head. How else account for
the facts? Martinez was Il strong.
active man. He would never have al
lowed a murderer to get so close to
him without a struggle. But there is
not the slightest sign of a struggle, no
disorder in the room, no disarrange-
ment of the mans clothing. It's evil
IDENTIFY suicide"
IF it's suicide" objected Pougeot
where is the weapon? The man died
instantly. didn't he. doctor|'
Undoubtedly" agreed the doctor.
Then the pistol must have fallen
beside him or remained in his hand.
Well. where is it,"
ASK the woman who was here.
How do you know she didn't take it,"
NONSENSE" put in the chief. why
should she take it? To throw suspi-
cion on herself? Besides. I'll show
you another reason why it's not sui
eide. The man was shot through the
right eye. The ball went in straight
and clean. tearing its way to the brain.
Well, in the whole history of suicides
there is not one case where a man has
shot himself in the eye. Did you ever
hear of such case, doctor"
Never" answered Joubert.
"a man will shoot himself in the
mouth. in the temple, in the heart,
anywhere. but not in the eye. There
would be an unconquerable shrinking
from that So say its murder"
The Judge shook his head. And the
murderer"
"Ah. that's another question. We
must find the woman. And we must
understand the role of this Ameri-
can"
mo woman ever fired that shot or
planned this crime" declared the COM
missary. unconsciously echoing Coque-
nils opinion.
"There's better reason to argue that
the American never did it," retorted
the judge.
What reason"
"The woman ran away. didn't she?
And the American didn't. If he had /
killed this man do you think anything |
would have brought him back here for /
that cloak and bag?"
"a good point" nodded the chief.
"Ah, yes; she knows" reflected the |
commissary. "And, gentlemen, all our
talk brings us back to this-we must |
find that woman"
At half past l Gibelin appeared to
announce the arrest of Kittredge. He
had tried vainly to get from the Amer
lean some clew to the owner of cloak
and bag.
'IlI see what can squeeze out OF
him in the morning." said Hauteville
grimly.
you've got your work cut out"
snapped the detective. Hes a stub
born devil"
In the midst of these perpleXities and
a note was brought in
for NJ. Pougeot. The commissary
glanced at it quickly and then, with