The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-28

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 ] are," muttered the old man. "For half an hour we were in that room. Gibe- lin and I, and we never found those holes.'
 "They were covered by the sofa hangings."
 Il know; we shook those hangings, we pressed against them, we did every thing but look behind them. See here. Did you look tc',,rl themp
 No, but l s9w somu;Aing on the fioor-son1e yellowish dust. There." He unfolded paper and showed q few grains of coarse brownish pow der. You see. there are only board partitions between these rooms. so a sharp auger would make the holes quickly. But there would be dust and chips. The woman probably threw the chips out of the window"
 'The woman"
 Coquenil nodded. "She helped Mar l tinez while he bored the holes''
 You think Martinez bored those holes ?"
 Undoubtedly The spirals from the auger blade inside the holes show plainly that the boring was done from 1 No. toward No. 7."
 Tignol studied the hole.s Then he turned. You're a fine detective, M | Paul, but l was a carpenter for six years before l went on the force, and l know more about auger holes than you do. say you cant be sure which | side of the wall this hole was bored from. You talk about spirals, but same either way. We'll see on the other side"
 1 They went around into No. 6. The old man drew back the sofa hangings and exposed two notes.-the same holes. You see," he went on. 'the edges are clean. without a sign of chipping. There is no more reason to say that these holes were bored this side than from that"
 NJ. Paul, going to the sofa, knelt down by it and, using his magnifying glass, proceeded to go over it's surface with infinite care.
 Turn up all the lights" he said "Ah" he cried presently. You think there is no reason to say the holes were bored from this side. I'll give you reason Take this piece of white paper and make me prints of his boot heels" He pointed to the body. "Take the whole heel carefully. then the other one; get the nail marks. everything. That's right. Now cut out the prints. Good! Now, look here. Kneel down. Take the glass. There on the yellow satin by the tail of that silver bird. Do you see? Now com pare the heel prints"
 Papa Tignol knelt down as directed and examined the sofa seat. "Saprsti, You're q magician" he cried in great excitement.
 No" replied Coquenil tits perfect ly simple These holes in the wall are five feet above the floor. And I'm enough of a carpenter, Papa Fig nol." he smiled ito know that man cannot work an auger at that height without standing on something. And here was the very thing for him to stand on, sofa just in place. So, if Martinez bored these holes, he stood on this sofa to do it. and in that case the marks of his heels must have remained on the delicate satin. And here they are"
 "Yes. here they are, nails and all," admitted Tignol admiringly. I'm an old fool, but-but"-
 "Well?"
 Tell me why Martinez did it." Coquenirs face darkened. 'Ah, that's the question. We'll know that when we talk to the woman. Some body helped him or the chips would still be there; somebody held back those hangings while he worked the auger, and somebody carried the auger away"
 Tignol pondered. "Hah. 1 see! The man in No. z, the murderer, lifted that picture from its nail before shooting and then put it back on the nail after shootingT
 "Yes. yes" agreed NJ. Paul.
 "Then this murderer must have known that the billiard player was going to bore these holes," went on Papa Tignol half to himself. He must have been waiting in No. [; he must have stood there with his pistol ready while the holes were coming