The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-11-15

bled to DEATH"
do not alarm yourself" said the
Inspector. dryly. at is the blood Of
Baron steen."
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A week had gone by, and was SIT
ting alone In my Keble Street rooms.
when Peace walked In, with a heavy
travelling coat over his arm.
THANK Heaven. you have come at
last" cried. How is Maurice Ter
ry2"
"Dead-poor fellow" he said, with
an honest sorrow in his voice. "Yet,
after all, Mr.. Phillips. it was the best
that could have happened to him."
sand his story-the cause.-the
method?" I demanded.
1T has taken some hard work, but
the bits Of the puzzle are fitted to-
gether at last. You wish to hear it,
suppose?"
According to your promise" re-
minded him.
1T Is a case Of unusual interest"
he said. Though It bears a certain
similarity to the Gottstein trial at
Kiel In 49,"
He paused to light his big pipe.
and then sat back in his chair, with
his eyes flxed in abstract contempla-
ton.
II was convinced that the murderer
was in the house; and that he had
entered by the side door, towards
which you had seen him pass. When
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OF the Baron's projected flight and
Of the warrant for his arrest. 1t was
a moment for judicious robbery, the
traces Of which would be covered by
the confusion of the news. Put was
Henderson also a murderer? l did
not think so. The death Of his mas
ter was the one thing which would
wreck his scheme. In the early morn
ing I interviewed the farmer on
whose car he had driven into Nor
bridge. He told me that, acting on
orders he had received from Hender-
son. he met that person at the cor
ner Of the stables at eleven o'clock
precisely-flve minutes before the
murder occurred. That finally elimi-
mated the valet from the list.
"On my return from the farm I ex-
amined the gardens again with great
minuteness. At the corner of the lit
tie pavilion, about fifteen feet from
where the body had lain, there was
patch of bloody snow. This puzzled
me a good deal. until the solution Of
fered itself that the murderer had
tried to wash his hands. in the snow,
the water Of the pond being frozen
hard Yet his clothing would also
bear the stain. What had he worn
that showed so white to you in the
starlight? Could It have been that he
wore no clothes at all?
az naked man! The suggestion
was full Of possibilities.
ut was fortunate that l had brought
assistants to help me in Stems cap
ture. Their presence gave me a wild.
err scope, for they were both good
men. I left them to search the pavil-
lon and laurels for the clothing.
which the murderer might have con-
cealed when he realized how fatal
was It's evidence. AS / walked back
to the house l began to understand
the situation more clearly. The main
drive. curving down the slope OF the
park. was in view Of tall man com
ing up by the yew walk. The MUIR
dcrer might have noticed our ap-
proach. What more natural than that
he should have bent double as he ran,
thus obtaining the cover of the left
hand hedge, which was not more than
four to five feet high? Did not this
answer to your description OF the
thing you had seen? It would have
been cold work for him. I made
note to be on the lookout for chills.
For a couple Of hours l devoted
myself to speeding those guests who
caught the eleven-thirty train. I do
not think trunk left for the station
of which | have not a complete in
ventory. Indeed, the baron's cred
itors have to thank me for the return
of several trifes of value, which were
included, accidentally, no doubt. in
the ladies' dressing-bags.
"After the carriages had started
went in search of Terry, and discnv-
ared that hn had not loft bis rom