The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-05-25


against him II he kept silent himself
-Don't answer he went on. Fl
may as well own the truth and be
done with It was in the clubhouse:
I did rob the wine vault did carry
or the bottles to have a quiet spree.
and It was to some place on Cuthbert
road went. But when I've admitted
so much Eve admitted All saw
nothing of my sisters murder saw
nothing of what went on IN the rooms
upstairs. I crept In by thesopen wins
dow at the top OF the kitchen stairs,
and I came out by the same. Only
wanted the liquor. and when I got Il
slid out as quickly as 7 could and
made my way over the golf links to
the road.
The district attorneys voice sounded
thin. almost piercing. as he made this
remnrk:
you entered by. an open window
Why didn't you go In by the door,
81 hadn't the key. had only alb
stracted the one which onens the wine
vauIt. The rest I left on the ring. It
was the sight Of this key lying on our
han table which lhrst gave me the
idea. I feel like cad when I think.
of II. but that's of no account now"
his seat. Nc. complaint now Of being
IN a hurry or Of his anxiety to regain
his sick sisters bedside. he seemed
to have forgotten those fears In the
perturba lions Of the moment bis
TuInd and interest were there; every
thing else had grown dim with dis
rance.
''DId you try the. front door?"
''What was the use2; knew Il to
what was the use of trying the
window? Wasn't 1t also. presumably,
IockedY'
The red mounted hot and fever.sh to
his cheek.
s 'sYou'II think me no better than
street urcEiin or something worse" be
exclaimed. ''I knew that window.
had been through It before. You can
move that lock with your knife blade,
1 had calculated on entering that
way"
afr. Ranelagh's story receives con
Armation," commented the district at
torney. wheeling suddenly toward the
coroner. "ae says that he found this
window unlocked when he approached
It with the idea OF escaping that way"
Arthur Cumberland remained IN.
moved.
The district attorney wheeled back,
'gThere were a number of bottles
taken from the vine vault Some bali
dozen were left on the Kitchen table.
why did you trouble yourself to carry
up so manyF'
Because my greed outran my con-
venience. I thought I could lug away
an armfuI. but there are limits to ones
ability. l realized this when re
how far had to go ana 50
left the greater part of them behind"
''Why. when you had team ready
al had no tenn" But the denial
cost him something. his cheek lest
Its ruddiness and took on a sickly
white which did not leave it again as
long as the interview lasted
esYou had no team2 How then Old
you manage to reach home In time 20
make your way back to Cuthbeft road
by half past 11?''
~ didn't go homo. went straight
across the golf links. II fresh snoWiI
hadn't fallen you would have seen
my tracks all the way to CuthDert
ssIf fresh snow had not fallen we
ihould have known the whole story OF
-bat nirht before an hour had passed.
low did you carry those bottles"
..In my overcoat pockets-these
pockets" he blurted out. ciapping his
hands on either side OF him.
'.Had ft begun to snow when you
EFT the cIubhouseg
'.Nn.R AZ
'rWaa Il daFlI
81 guess not; the Links were bright az
iay, or / SHOULDN'T have got over them