Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23

him in his visit to this lonely club
house, a man whom he had himself
seen leaving the grounds in a cutter
Just as be entered by the opposite
driveway"
"Ah" came In quick ejaculation from
the ~coroner's lips. 81 like to hear you
say that. The police did find traces
of a second horse and cutter having
passed through the clubhouse grounds.
Hexford and Clarke saw them In time
to satisfy themselves that they ex-
tended from the northern clump of
trees to the upper gateway, where
| they took the direction of the hill"
THAT is not all. A grlpsack, packed
for travelling, was IN Mr.. Ranelagh's
cutter, showing that his story of an
| intended journey was not without some
/ foundation"
YES. We have retained that grip
sack. 1t Is not the only proof we have
of his intention to leave the city for
awhile. No one doubts that he plan
ned an elopement with the beautiful
Carmel The question is. Was his
disappointment followed by the muir
| der of the woman who stood In his
way?"
District Attorney Fox quietly remark
ed:
81 suppose that no conclusion can
be drawn from the condition Of the
body when IA men reached 1t. L
Judge that It was still warm"
Yes, but so it would have been df
she had met her fate several minutes
earlier than was supposed. Clarke and
Hexford differ about the length of
time which interviewed between the
moment when the former looked into
the room from the outside and that of
their final entrance. Let US take up
something more tangible"
Every good. Here 1t is. OF the six
bottles of spirits which were surrepti-
tiously taken from the clubhouse's
wine vault four We're found standing
unopened on the kitchen table. Where
are the other twoT'
That's It! That's the question I
have put myself ever since ! inter
rogated the steward and found him
ready to swear to the correctness of
his report and the disappearance of
these two bottles. Ranelagh did not
empty them n the bottles themselves
would have been found somewhere
! about the place. Now, who did,"
No one within the clubhouse pre-
cincts. They were opened and enptied
! elsewhere. There's our Chew, and if the
man you've got up from New York Is
worth his salt he has his task ready at
hand"
would you like to see hfmF'
"In a moment. l want to clear my
mind In reference to these bottles. Only
some one addicted to drink would
drag those six bottles out of that cold,
Hnlighted cellar"
Eyes, and a connoisseur at that. The
two missing bottles held the choicest
| brand in the whole stock. They were
kept far back, too-hldden, as it were,
behind the other bottles"
What was IN the four bottles found
on the kitchen table?"
sherry, whisky and run-two bot
ties Of rum and one each of sherry
and whisky"
1.-The thief meant to carry them all
off, but had not time"
1.-THE gentleman thief. No common
man such as we are looking for would
make choice Of just those bottles. SO
there we are again. Contradictions in
every direction"
Those bottles, full or empty, must
be found. You know the labels"
Yes, and the shape and color of he
bottles, both of which are peculiar"
The door opened, and Mr.. Clifton
was ushered in. Well and favorably
known to both men, he had no diff
Guilty in stating his business and pre-
ferring his request.
Il ana here In the interests Of Ell
wood Ranelagh," said he. HE is
willing to concede, and so am l, that
under the circumstances his arrest
was justiiable, but not hfs prolonged
detention. He has little excuse to
offer for the mistakes he has made or
the various offenses Of which he has
been guilty. He vows that he had no
hand in the murder, and in this re-
gard l feel not only bound but forced
to believe him. / have come to en-
treat your aid In clearing up one or
two points which may affect your own
opinion of his guilt.
LAS his counsel I have been able to
extract from him q fact which he has
hitherto withheld from the police. IT
is this:
"The ring which Miss Cumberland
wore as the sign and seal Of her en-
gagement to him was not on her hand
when he came pom her, as he declares
he did. dead. 1t WAS there at dinner
tine-a curious ring which I have Of
ten noted myself and could accurately
describe II required. If she took 1t
off before starting for the Whispering
Pines it should be easily found. But,
IL she did not, what a Chew it offers to
her unknown assailaRti Up till now
Mfr. Ranelagh has been anticipating
receiving this ring back In a letter
written before she left her home. But
be has heard Of no such letter and
doubts now II you have. May I ask
If he is correct in this surmiseT'
I'VE knew of no such letter. None
has come to his roems,' replied tbs
orene
II thought not. The whereabouts Cd