The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-07-07
My niece is here" l said.

MY nephew I had to moisten
ny lips.
"Oh, a nephew. I should like to
zee him, if he is here"
He is not here just now" I said as
quietly as l could. Il expect him
1t any time"
"He was here yesterday evening, l
believer"
Moves"
Didn't he have a guest with him?
Another MANI" ,
HE brought a friend with him to
stay over Sunday. a Mr.. Bailey"
"Mr. John Bailey, the cashier Of the
Traders bank, l believe" And l knew
that some one at the Greenwood club
had told. When did they leave?" 8
Very early-I don't know at just
what time"
Mr.. Jameson turned suddenly and
looked at me.
please try to be more explicit" he
said. You say your nephew and Mr..
Bailey were in the house last night,
and yet you and your niece, with some
women servants, found the body.
Where vas your nephew"
was entirely desperate by that
time.
Il do not know" I cried. but be
sure Of this: Halsey knows nothing
cumstantial evidence can make an in
nocent man guilty"
"Sit down." he said, pushing for
ward a chair. There are some things
I have to tell you, and, in return,
please tell me all you know. Believe
me, things always come out. In the
first place, Mr.. Armstrong was shot
from above. The bullet was fired at
close range, entered below the shout
der and came out, after passing
through the heart, we'll down the
back. In other words, I believe the
murderer stood on the stairs and fired
down. In the second place, / found
on the edge of the billiard table a
charred cigar which had burned itself
partly out, and a cigarette which had
consumed itself to the cork tip. Meth
er one had been more than lighted,
then put down and forgotten. Have
you any idea what. 1t was that made
your nephew and Mr.. Bailey leave
their cigars and their game, take out
the automobile without calling the
chauffeur, and all that at-let me see
certainly before three o'clock in the
morning.
81 don't know" I said, but depend
on it. Mr.. Jameson, Halsey will be
back himself to explain everything"
Il sincerely hope so" he said. Miss
Innes. has it occurred to you that Mr..
Bailey might know something of
this?"
Gertrude had come downstairs and
just as he spoke she came in. I saw
her stop suddenly, as If she had been
struck.
"He does not" she said in a zone
that was not her own. "Mr. Bailey and
my brother know nothing Of this.
The murder was committed at three.
They left the house at a quarter be-
fore three"
How do you know that" Mr.. jam
ieson asked oddly. do you know at
what time they left?"
Il do" Gertrude answered firmly.
AT a quarter before three my brother
and Mr.. Bailey left the house, by the
main entrance. I-was-there."
Gertrude" j said excitedly, you
are dreaming! Why, at a quarter to
three"
Listen" she said. AT half-past
two the downstairs telephone rang.
had not gone to sleep, and l heard it.
Then l heard Halsey answer 1t, and
in a few minutes he came upstairs and
knocked at my door. We've talked
for a minute, then I put on my dress
ing gown and slippers, and wen down
stairs with him. Mr.. Bailey was in
together for perhaps ten minutes.
Then it was decided that-that they
should both go away"
Cant you be more explicit?" Mr..
Jameson asked. why did they go
away?"
Il am only telling you what hap
pened, not why it happened" she said
evenly. "Halsey went for the car.
and instead Of bringing 1t to the house
and rousing people, he went by the
lower road from the stable. Mr..
Bailey was to meet him at the foot Of
the lawn. Mr.. Bailey left"
Which way?" Mr.. Jameson asked
sharply.
by the main entrance. He left
it was a quarter to three. I know
exactly"
The clock in the hall is stopped,
Miss %Innes," said Jameson. Nothing
seemed to escape him.
HE looked at his watch" she re-
piled. and could see Mr.. Jamieson's
eyes snap, as if he had made a dis
covery. AS for myself, during the
whole recital l had been plunged into
the deepest amazement.
will you pardon me for a personal
question:" The detective was a
youngish man, and l thought he was