The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-08


- INQUIRIES now being made at the Offices, but
Of these South American concerns is in South America
aud that weeks must eapse before we can trace
Holmes had been examining the cover Of the note
book @ h tbe1 agnng e sSm sRs said he
.'Yes, sir, it is blood stain I told you that
picked the book off the floor" 49,
''Was the bloodstan above below?'
On the side next the boards,
dropped after the crime was committed
EsaSt MI Holmes sPpTssSsteSS d that ,be pSp
dcrcr in bis hurried flight. It lay pear the door.
suppose that none of these securities have been
found among the property of the dead manf'
reason to suspect 5ssa
1hsH hs s sn , its shss sss. sS It lay at tn.
feet Of the dead man Mrs Carey has identified it
Holmes was lost in Thought for some time.
70 we H., nS sad be- d. last last o. ~ suppose shall Aav'
HSps'1s M e'Ts Tsus S 0 be weight
Holmes shook his finger at the Inspector.
1T would ID have been an easier task Teos sgo,
be vsTy glad Of Your company. T You viii cali four
row, in quarter of hour
Alightng at the small wayside station we drove for
miles through the remains of widespread woods
which were once part of that great forest which for
sixty yeap the Of
Vast soctous of it have been cleared for this is the
trees have been fecd to smst the orc the richer
fields of the north have absorbed the trade and nothing
show the work Of tBe past. Here, in clearing upon
the green slope of hill stood long, low stone house,
approached by curving drive running through the
fields Nearer the road and surrounded three sides
by bushes, small outhousc. one window and the
door facing in direction 1t was the scene of the
murder.
Stanley Hopkins led first to the house. where he
introduced us to haggard grey-haired woman, the
widow of the murdered man, whose gaunt and deep
lined face with the urive look of terror in the depths
aud ill-usage which she had endured: With her was
her daughter pale fair haired girl whose eyes bla7ed
defautIy at she told us that she glad that
her father dead, and that she blessed the hand
Which bad struck him down It vas terrible houie
and it with of relief that found our
selves in the sunlight again and making our 1y Tay aGpg Gg
feet of the dead man.
cn.wallcd, shingo rooted, window beside the door
and one on the farther side, Stanley Hopkins drew
the kew from his pocket and had stopped to the lock,
when he naused with look of attention and surprise
upon his face,
There could be doubt of the fact. The wood
work was cut aud the scratches showed white through
Holmes had been examining the window.
Someone has tried to force this also Whoever it
was has failed to make his way in He must have
''This is most Extraordinary thing said the ip.
spector. ~ could swear that these marks were not
here Yesterday. evening" J."
'fsome curious person from the village, perhaps"
foo. !. he r1ssg aT s tsS y g?Ss 'tss
II think that fortune is very kind to us
..Hou mcau that the person will come agsln1,
the door open He tried to get With the blade of
very small ps!pknfe ps! lie could not manage it What
.Go%e again next night With more ms %sofuI + tool,
inside of the cabin
The traces Of the tragedy had been removed, but
he with he , had
been the night Of the crime. For two hours With
ect in turn but his face showed that his quest was not
successful one Once only be paused in his patient
'tHave you taken anything of this shelf Hop
kins?''
''No. 7 have moved nothing
this corner of the shelf than elsewhere may have
been book lying its side. 1t may have been
box Well, well I can do nothing moro. Let us walk
in those beautiful woods, Watson, and give few hours
later Hopkins. and if to closer quar-
ters with the gentleman who has paid this visit in the
night
It past II O'Clock when VIC formed little
ambuscade. Hopkins waS for leaving the door of the
would rouse the sgspieons of the stranger The lock
that should wait, not inside tho hut but outside
TT the RsR as e wss ssoa c bs to the ss
if he struck light and see what his object WIS
in this stealtby nocturnal visit.
It was long aud melancholy vigil and vet brought
with it something OF the thrill which the hunter feels
when be lies beside the waterproof, and waits for the
coming Of the thirsty beast Of prey. What savage
creature was it which might steal upon ont of the
darkness? Was it fierce tiger of crime. which could
only be taken fighting hard with flashing fang and claw
would it prove to be some skuking jacka, danger
Gus only to the weak and uuguarded?
In absolute silence crouched among the bushes.
waiting for whatever might At 6rst the steps
of few belated villagers the sound of voices from
the village, lightened vigil, but by these
Interruptions died and absolute stiffness fell
upon us save for the chimes Of the distant church
which told Of the progress of the night and for the
rustic and whisper of fine rain falling amid the foil
age which rooted us in
Haf-past two had chimed and it was the darkest
hour which prccedes the dawn. when all started as
low but sharp click from the direction Of the