Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
Sherlock Holmes in Real Life
TO-DAY IS INSTALLNIENT.

1ODA1 - lNS ALLAN EN-.
A box containing papers had been
forced open, and these papers were found
IL search OF the jewels. he was badly in
FORMED, for these were kept smonG the
dresses in the old ladys wardrobe. Later
$ single crescent diamond brooch. an arti-
Gle worth perhaps forty or fifty pounds,
was found to be missing Nothing else
was taken from the fat
II is remarkable that though the fur
niture round about the body was spat-
tered with blood. and no one would have
doubted that the murdercr's hands must
have been stained no mark was seen upon
sthe consumed match with which he
ha6 lit the gas. nor upon the match box,
the box containing papers, nor any other
thing which he may have touched in the
bedroom.
We come now TO the au-important ques-
ton Of the description Of the man seen AT
such close quarters by Adams and Lam
bic. Adams was short sighted and had
not his spectacles with him, His evil
dence at the trial ran thus:
He was man a little taller and little
broader than ] am, not a well built man
but we'll featured and clean shaven and
1 can not exactly swear 20 his moustache,
but II he had any 1t was very little. lie
was rather a comercial traveller type or
perhaps a clerk, and | did not know but
what he might be one Of her friends lie
had on dark trousers and a light over
coat l could not say il it were fswn or
I do NOT rappIIaCf what sort 81 la
he had. lie seemed gentlemanly and
well dressed. lie had nothing in his hand
so far as I could tell | did not notice
anything about his way OF walking"
Helen Lsmbie, the other spectator could
give no information about the face (Which
rather bears out Adams view as TO her
position) and could only say that he wore
a round cloth hat, a ree-quarter length
overcoat of grey color and that he had
some popularity in his walk As the dis
lance trsversed by the murderer within
sight Of Lambie could be crossed in four
steps, and as these steps were taken I'M
der circumstances of peculiar agitation, il
is difficult to think that any importance
could be attached to this last item in the
description.
II is impossible to avoid some comment
upon the actions of Helen Lambie during
the incidents just narrated which can
only be explained by supposing that from
the time she saw Adams waiting outside
her door her whole reasoning faculty had
deserted her.
Different Tales.
First. she explained the great noise
heard below: THE ceiling was like TO
crack" said Adams. by the fall Of a
clothesline and its pulleys Of attach
nj uh ron
would imagine, have produced any such
effect. She then declares that she re-
manned upon the mat, while Adams is
convinced that she went right down the
hall. on the appearance Of the stranger
she did not gasp out. who are you?'
or any other sign of amazement but al
lowed Adams TO suppose by her silence
that the man might be some one who hat
q right TO be there.
Finally. instead of rushing at once e
see If her mistress was safe, she went tC
the kitchen, stil apparently under The
obsession OF the pulleys. She informed
Adams that they were all right, as if II
mattered TO any human being; thence she
went into the spare bedroom, where she
must have seen that robbery had beer
committed, since an open box lay in Tho
middle Of the floor She gave no alarm
however. and it was only when Adam'
called out: Where is your Mistress
that she finally went into the room Of the
murder. 1t must be admitted that this
seems strange conduct and only explica
BILE, il it can be said to be eXplicable, b!
great want OF intelligence and grasp o.
the situation.
On Tuesday, December %, the morn
ing after the murder. the Glasgow police
circulated a description OF the murderer
founded upon the joint impressions o
Adams and of Lambie. 1t ran thus:
"A man between 20 and 80 years of age
Ave foot eight or nine inches in height
slim build, dark hair. clean shaven
dressed in light gray overcoat and darl
cloth cap"
The Man Wanted.
Four days later, however. upon Christ
mas day, the police found themselves II
q position to give more detailed de
scrption:
The man wanted is about Is or s.
years of age, tall and thin. with his fac,
shaved clear of all hair while a distinct
i've feature is that his nose is slight,
turned to one side lie wore one OF tn,
popular tweed hats known as Donega
hats, and a fawn colored overcoat whicl
might have been waterproof also darl
trousers and brown boots"
The material from which these furthe
points were gathered came from younl
girl OF fifteen, in humble life, named Mar,
Barrowman. According to this new evi
dence the witness was passing the seen
OF the murder shortly after o'clock upol
the fatal night, She saw a man run hun
riedly down the steps, and he passed he