The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-18

no powder-muriine either upon his dressing Y
on ms Bands. According to the country surm
lady mad stains upon her face, but none upon R
The absence OF the latter means nothing
US presence may mean cverything,' saidI
Unless the powder from badly fitting oA
happens to squirt backwards one may fire mau
without leaving sign. would suggest thatL
pitt body may be removed, I supposo.<
you nave not recovered the bullet which wou1t
lAdys' .orion. ,n...,, .k
can pc done. But there are still four cartridRa
revolver Two have been fred and two won
"isssa' ssn = 80 that snaf each bullet can be accounted
can account also for the bullet which has SO 81
struck the edge OF the window?'p IN
Ho had turned suddenly, and his long, thif
was pointing to hole which had been drille.
the bottom az 'A
81 By Georgei' cried the inspector. "How q
Because looked for it, A,
Wondorful. . said the country doctor ss5e
certainly right, sir Then a third shot has hef
and therefore q third person must have been Il
got away9'
That is the problem which we are now =
solve,' said Sherlock Holmes. lyon remcs63
sspector Martin, when the servants said that On
their room they were at once conscious of q A,
powder, remarked that the point was an I'll
important one7'
'::Yes, sir; but confess J did not quite follcs
- 1t suggested that at the time of the frt
window as well as the door of the room had 81
Otherwise the fumes of powder could not hnf
blown so rapidly through the house. A draueh
room was necessary for that. Both door and I
were only open for very short time, howevo
s s' How do you prove that7'
' Because the candle was not guttered ~
.Gapital cried the inspector. 'Capitallf
'tecng sure that the window had been
the time Of the tragedy, conceived that ther
have been a third person in the affair, who st
side this opening and fred through it. ANY
rected at this person might hit the sash II
he hull Iny ,-f~r
ened1'' =
''The woman FIRST instinct would be TO a
fasten the window, But halloa! what is thie1
1t was lady s handbag which stood upon u
tabe-a trim little handbag Of crocodile skin
yer. Holmes opened it and turned the cont
England, held together by an india-rubber'
nothing else.
This must be preserved, for it will igur<
trial, said Holmes, as he handed the bag
contents to the inspector. 4" II is now necean
We shonld try, to throw some light upon th
bullet, which has clearly, from the splinterinr
wood, been fred from inside the room. she
to see Mrs. King, the cook again You ss
When you said that did you mean that it sa
you to be louder than the second one?'
Well sir, it wakencd me from my sleep,
1T is hard TO Judge, But it did seem very lou
You don 7 think that it might have been q
fred almost at the same instant?''
81 am sure ! couldn t say, SIR.
DeiltFt 'ndI ~ was nnuOUnlcnN So.
think, Inspector Martin, that we have now e.
all that this can teach us If you VII
step round with me. we shall see what fresh
the garden has to offer. -
flower bed extended up 10 the study wind
we all broke into an exclamation as we approI
The flowers were trampled down and the soft
imprinted all over with footmarks, Large ID
feet they were with peculiarly long shaY
Holmes hunted about among the grass and lea
a retriever after wounded bird. Then uif
of satisfaction, he bent forward and picked u
brazeu cylinder.
''I thought So said he, "the revolver
eiector, and here is the third cartridge, resn
Inspector Martin, that our case is almost COZ
The country inspector s face Ind shown BID
amazement at the rapid and masterful pro-
Holmes s investigation. AT first he had shov
disposition to assert his own position but NOV
overcome with admiration, and ready to fold
out Tn question st wherever H Holmes NJ : led;
IN go into that later. There are sewers
in this problem which 7 have not been able "a
to You yet. Now that I have got far. 1 ]
proceed on my own lines. and then clear u
matter up once aud for ALL
'tJust as you wish, Mr.. Holmes, so long as
our man.
~ have no desire to make mysteries. but
possible at the moment of action TO enter II
and complex explanations. I have the threade
affair all in my hand. Even if this lady shoul
recover consciousness, still reconstrI
events of last night, and insure that justice
First of all, I wish to know whether there
The servants were crossquestloned. but
them had heard of such place The stable nc
light upon the matter by remembering that 4
of that name lived some miles off, in the dire
East Ruston.
.'Is it lonely farm7"
every lonely, sir. -
"Perhaps they have not heard yet of all q
peued here during the night"
"Maybe not, sir.
Holmes thought for little, and then curio'
played over his face.
Saddle horse, my lad said be 81 shl
you to take note to Elrige IS farm
dancing men. With these in front of him. he.
for some time at the study table. Finally he,
note TO the boy. with directions to put it
hands of the person TO whom il was address
especially to answer questions OF any soN
might be put to him, I the outside or u
addressed in struggling, irregular characters,
like Holmes usual precise hand, 1t was CON-
Mr.. Abe Slaney. Elrige's Farm, East Ruston,.
f'I think, inspector, - Holmes remarked, ~
culations prove to be correct, You may have
ularly dangerous prisoner to convey to tne
gaol. The boy who takes this note could y!
forward your telegram. If there is an after1o<
to town. Watson, 7 think we should do well 90
I have chemical analysis of some intere3
ish, and this investigation draws rapidly TO
When the youth had been dispatched with u
Sherlock Holmes gave his instructions to the
If any visitor were to call asking for Mrs ~
tiou, but he was TO be shown at once into the
He impressed these points upon them
utmost earnestness. Finally he led the way.
drawing room, with the remark that The busi4
now out of our hands. and that must VII
the time as best might until we could