The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-08-05

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6ayA but few hours later we learned
teen Mile. stangerson herself that the
nst1cule had either been stoien from
~ or she had lost It. She further
OoEoborated all that bad passed Just
a. her father had stated. She had
mumR 10 the poste restante and. on the
ID Of October. had received a letter
watch, she affirmed, contained nothing
b4 q vulgar pleasantly. which she
Asd Immediately burned.
10 return to our examination, or
rather, TO our conversation. I must
state that the chief of police. having In
QuirUd Of NJ. Stangerson under what
-eondi9Uns his daughter had gone to
Paris ON the Goth Of October, We learn
cd that NJ Robert Darzac had accom-
panied her, and Darzac had not been
again seen at the chateau from that
time until the day after the crime had
been committed. The fact that M. Oar
Sac was with her in the department
store when the reticule disappeared
could not pass unnoticed and. It must
be said. strongly awakened our m
terest.
This conversation between magis-
trates, accused, victim, witnesses and
journalist was coming to close when
quite a theatrical sensation-an Incl
dent Of kind displeasing to NJ. de
Marquet-was produced. The officer Of
the gendarmes came to announce that
Erederic Larsan requested to be ad
mitted-a request that was at once
complied with. He held In his hand
heavy pair OF muddy boots, which ne
threw on the pavement Of the labora-
tory.
Here" he said, fare the boots worn
By the murderer. Do you recognize
them, Daddy JacquesT
Daddy Jacques bent over them and.
stupefed. recognized u pair Of old boots
which he had some time back thrown
into a corner of his attic. He was so
taken aback that he could not hide his
agitation.
Then, pointing to the handkerchief In
the old mans hand. Frederic Larsan
said:
4udL y a 2StOAAodAA64J
like the one that was found in the vel
low room.
II know" said Daddy Jacques, trem- /,
bling, they are almost alike"
"And then" continued Frederic Lar |
san, ''the old Basque cap also found in |
the yellow room might at one time
have been worn by Daddy Jacques
himself. All this. gentlemen. proves,
think, that the murderer wished to dis
glise his real personality. He did 1t In
a very clumsy way, or, at least, so 1t /
appears to us. Don't be alarmed,
Daddy Jacques We are quite sure
that you were not the murderer. You
never left the side of M. Stangerson.
But If NJ Stangerson had not been
working that night and had gone back
to the chateau after parting with his
daughter, and Daddy Jacques had gone
to sleep In his attic, no one would have
doubted that he was the murderer. He
owes his safety. therefore, to the
having been enacted too soon
the murderer, no doubt, from the ST.
eBAA(C Al tnC idOOtdLOLys ALhdSlAC0 Ln0b
4 was empty and that the moment for
action had come. The man who had
been able to introduce himself here so
and to leave so many evil
dences against Daddy Jacques was, ,
there can be no doubt, familiar with
the house. At what hour exactly he !
whether In the afternoon or in i
The evening, I cannot say. One Ia Z
nsliiar with the proceedings and per-
Dsns Of this pavilion could choose his
,wn time for saAse1ng the yellow
l0om."
He could not have entered 1t II any
,ody had been In the laboratory" said !.
4 de Marquet.
How do we know thatT replied
tArsan. There was the dinner in the
aboratory, the coming and going OF I
he servants In attendance. There was n
chemical experiment being carried p
a between 10 and IL o'clock with NJ. "
his daughter, and Daddy Y.
acques engaged ut the furnace in a ~
orner of the high chimney Who can VI
~ that the murderer-an intimate, Sc
I1end-did not take advantage of that ~
,oment to slip into the yellow room &c
fter having taken of his boots in the al
lvatoryT "a
~It Is very improbable" said NJ.
tangerson. ne
Doubtless, but 1t Is not impossible. kr
assert nothing. As to the escape ia
pom the pavilion, that's another thing W.
the most natural thing in the world" an
For a moment Frederic LaEsan paus- on
La moment that appeared to US ma
very long time. The eagerness with &c
hich we awaited what he was going La
tell us may be imagined. on
81 have not been in the yellow ROOM" tn'
, continued. but take 1t for grant WI
that you have satisfied yourselves laA
at he could have left the room only Zen
! way of the door. 1t is by the door, pr
en-. that the murderer made bis way mi
It. At what time? At the moment py
hen Il was most easy for him to do TO