The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-06-23

IT\BiAs ftAfAAiNf fHAtItu tue room
of the tragedy and turned up
the lights. all OF them, so that
- he might see whatever was to
be seen. He walked back aud forth
examining the carpet. examining the
walls. examining the furniture. but
paying little heed TO the body. He
went TO the open window and looked
out; he went to the yellow sofa and
sat down; finally he shut of the lights
and withdrew softly. closing the door
behind him. II was Just as the com
missary had said with the exception
OF one thing.
Papa Tlgnol entered to say that he
had finished the footprint molds NJ.
Paul motloned his associate to chair.
BY the way" he asked. what do
you think OF thatT" He pointed to a
Japanese print IN a black frame that
hung near the massive sldeboard.
"Why," stammered Tignol 81 don't
think anything OF IT,"
Coquenll laughed ''All the same. It
has bearing ON your Investigations.
"Dlable!''
NJ Paul reached for his glasses. rub
bed them deliberately and put them
on. Papa Tignol." he said seriously.
II have come to a conclusion about this
crime, but | haven't verified It. lam
now going to give myself an intellec-
tual treat"
"Wha-at?"
Il am going TO prove practically
whether my mind has grown rusty In
the last two years. You understand
that we are In private room No. 7,
don't you? On the other side OF that
wall Is private room No. @, where a
man has just been shot. We know
that, don't we? But the man who shot
him was In this room. the little hair |
brushing old maid saw the pistol |
thrown from this window; the dog |
found footprints coming from this |
room; the murderer went out through /
that door into the alleyway and then
into the street. He couldn't have gone
into the corridor because the door was
locked on the outside"
"He might have gone into the corrI-
dor and locked the door after him."
objected 'Tiguol.
Coquenil shook his head. "He could
have locked the door after him on the
outside, not on the inside. but when
we came In here IL was locked on the
inside"
Then how, In heavens name
Exactly. How could a man In this
room kin a man In the next room?
Aud believe have solved IL. Listen.
Between these rooms is solid wood.
en- partition with no door In it,-no
passageway OF any kind Yet the man
in there is dead: we're sure OF that.
The pistol was here; the bullet went
there somehow. How did II 20 there?
Think"
The detective paused and looked tx.
eddy at the wall near the heavy side
board. Tignol. half fascinated stared
AZ the same spot. and then. as new
idea took form In his brain. he blurt-
ID out. you mean il went through
he waltz
us there any other way?"
but there is no hole-through the !
vail" he muttered. at might be back
Il that sldeboard."
But NJ. Paul disagreed. "No man !.
as clever as this fellow would nave
moved a heavy piece covered with
plates and glasses. Besides. II the ,
sideboard had been moved there '
would be marks ON the door. and there !,
IRE none. Now you understand why :
I'm interested In that Japanese print" :
Iignol sprung 10 his feet.
You're mocking me; you've looked =
behind the picture"
Coquenil shook his head solemnly. y
'On my honor, | have not been near >
he picture. know nothing about the y
picture, but unless there is some flaw
n my reasoning a.
The old man stepped forward quick
Y and took down the picture u
"Tonnere de Dieuw he cried. 'Its
rue. There are two holes"
Sure enough. against the white wall a.
itood out not one but two black holes
bout an inch In diameter and some ~
hing less than three inches apart. .
around the left hole. which was close "
o the sideboard, were black dots ~