The Huttig news. (Huttig, Ark.) 1907-1955, 1912-10-26
t. az. Lin I hardly knew where I,
1egin, but the first thing / blurted out
is Hneh Crandell guilty 2"

Hers wishes he replied.
But surely, | sale doggedly, "h
aas some connection with the Grim
y the yellow letters. He kne,
Yong He knew where to find hir.
There ere many things about his ac-
lions that to ny mind call for expla.
nation"
Did you notice his eyes?" asked
Davis 1t was still too dark for ne to
see the inspectors face. but | felt
sure that be was laughing at me. He
made me feel that way all too often.
Il didn't l answered rather cross
~. "but what's that got to do with
II ?"
I'm afraid, Kent, as ] have said be-
fore. YOU will never make good de-
tective. You are entirely too unob-
servant of important details Do you
recall my asking early in our investi-
CATION whether or not Crandall had
blue eyes?"
Yes. l grudgingly admitted, 81 re-
call it,
As soon as l discovered that Gran
dali had blue eyes that eliminated him
as the probable criminal"
Il don't see your logic"
I've told you BEFORE" said Davis,
after pause long enough to permit
him to light another cigarette, that
there are classes of crime and types
of criminals. each strongly marked
after its own sort | saw right at the
start that this crime was of the hid
den sort, of the kind that includes con-
sniracY, blackmail, secret plotting
the kind that requires skilful sneak.
You never in your life found a blue
eyed sneak. There are lots of blue.
eyed desperadoes and burglars. Most
of the notorious bad men of the west
We're blue-eyed. but you don't find a
man with blue eyes shooting or stab
bling man in The back or kidnappine
a child or writing blackmailing let
tors"
While | WAS not at all convinced
by his argument. | felt that it would
be useless for me 10 dispute it. for
would be invading comparatively un
known territory. whereas he undoubt.
edly had dozens of cases at his finger
tips ready to illustrate his theory.
decided to change the subject.
Il recall. too, said. that yon
asked If Grandall was left. handed. Sc
far as ! saw he is not. What OF that
Is that another proof of Crandalrs in
nocance? ?"
No said Davis. that didn't prove
Crandalls Innocence 1t proved Ron
ser guilt. In fact. 1t was the left
handed clue that put mo on tine right
track and eventually led me to this
very cottage
For Heavens sake said impa
tientiy. don talk IN riddles. Go Oh
ahd explain It
y on re nor to blame he continued
calmly. Tor not having seen the left
banded clue You rack The education
oniy person who nad seen hundreds
and hundreds OF envelopes and nae
studied them closely would nave or
served IT. You remember thar Do
he@man brought me part of yeilon
envelope that nad oeen found IN Ole
stamp ana Dart Of the uosrmark FL
nrst thing that noticed was thar IN.
stamp was put on crooked rhl
might mean much or nothing A left
landed person stamping letter IL
Variably gets the stamp on crookec
It ordinarily Is put in the upper rich
nand corner of the envelope right
The two edges of the envelope as Il
guide Try putting on a stamp witt
your left hand and YOU Will see tha
YOUR hand comes in such a position
that the edges of the envelope ar.
hidden and in ninety nine cases our
of hundred the stamp is out OF
plumb. On the other hand as a post
1tiIce inspector, am we'll aware thai
n business house or Office where
there is a large correspondence. Al
office boy mailing hundreds of letters
AT time, is apt to get mosi of -
stamps on crooked If this yellow 81
ter was one that had been mated y
meant not.ing If, on the OF ,Afid
il had been mailed sinely VII Il
CIV others. it was pretty SAL. letting
ihat the man who mailed it MIS- left
handed. II was easy after came to
Ardwav. especially as Rouscr was al
ready missing and every one was talk
ing about him, to learn that he wa
iefthanded."
81 still fail TO see," said stubborn
y, why You did not suspect Gran
iall. There We're many things tina
seemed to point TO him-his telepbon
mg TO Katharine just before she shot
herself, his sudden disappearance, the
'inding of the morphine syringe in his
rooms, the Ardway address in his note
book. coupled with the fact that Gen
sral Parrish had forbidden him thu
mouse. / do not see how you couc
help suspeeting him.
9TH admit that on the surface these
'hings all did look damaging. BIZ
against this was the one mportan
TACT that he was too well.balanced
100 sane, If | might put 1t that WAY
! quickly learned that he was a repu
Il Bile business man. that he vas on
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