The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-15
The efIo,ISe of the
Whispering ii
 Pines

the right track and should soon see my way more clearly than at any time since this baffling case opened.
 But before I allowed my fancy to run away with me put in an evening of inquiry. If this man had an abso- lute alibi what was the use of vast ing effort upon him? But I could not find that he had. NIT. Fox. He went with the rest of the servants to the ball, which, you know, was held in Tibbitt's hall, on Ford street. and he was seen there later, dancing and making merry in way not usual to him. But there was space of time dangerously tallying with that of the tragic scene at the clubhouse when he was not seen by any one there.
 "That piece of broken bottle-where was the rest of it? Sought for almost immediately after the tragedy. it had not been found at the Cumberland place or on the golf links. It had been looked for carefully when the first thaw came; but, though glass wss pick task had become hopeless and ere long was abandoned.
 "But with this idea of Zadok being the means of its transfer from the Whispering Pines to the house on the hill felt the desire to look once more and while court was in session this morning started a fresh search-this time not on the golf links. Tibbitt's hall communicates more quickly with the Whispering Pines by the clubhouse road than by the market one, So di- rected my attention to the ground in front and on the farther side of the driveways. And I found the neck of that bottle!
 "Now, who would do this but Zadok, who saw in it, he has said, recep- tacle for some varnish which he had and Zadok-how had he carried it if not fn some pocket of his greatcoat? But glass edges make quick work with pockets, and if this piece of bottle had some from the Whispering Pines to hill there should be some token of it's work in Zadok's overcoat pocket
 soThis led me to look for those to- kens. and as had by this time insinu- ated my way into his confidence by free and cheerful manner which gave him a rest from his gloomy thoughts I soon had chance to see for myself the condition of those pockets. The result was quite satisfactory. In one of them I found frayed lining, easily explainable on the theory I had ad vanced. That pocket can be seen by you.
 "But. MT. Fox, I wanted some real proof. wasn't willing to embarrass another man or to risk, my own repu- tation on a hazard so blind as this without something really definite. A confession was what I wa \ ed or such q breakdown of the man as would war rant police action. How could get this?
 ''This man, guilty though he might be, loved this family and was broken hearted over the trouble in which he saw it plunged. Excused today from attendance at court, he was in con- stant telephonic communication with some friend of his who kept him post ed as to the conduct of the trial and the probabilities of a favorable yer dict.
 eff the case had gone against Arthur we should have heard from his coach man-that verify believe-but when we all saw that he was likely to be acquitted I realized that some other course must be taken to shake Zadok from his new won complacency, and chose the most obvious one.
 "Just when everything looked most favorable to their restored peace and happiness I shocked Miss Carmel and through her this Zadok into the be- lief that the whole agony was to be gone over again in the rearTest and consequent trial of the man she still loves in spite of all that has happened to separate them.
 He was not proof against this new responsibility. As she faintea he leap ed from the box. and could I have heard the words he muttered in her ear am sure that I should have that to give you which would settle this matter for all tme. AS it is I can only say that my own convictions are absolute The rest remains with you''
 "We will go see the man," said Dis trict Attorney Fox.