Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-06
The Case Of Oscar Slater .
Bv Sir Arthur Conan DOVE
Sherlock Holmes in Real Life
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

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boy containing papers had been
,..,o5 omen. and these papers We're touhd
.-.-a5 mon the floor If he were really
..,rch of the Jewels, he was badly in
.,r,,ad. for these were kept amo2- the
.,uo.yos in the old lady's wardrobe. iate''
single crescent diamond brooch, an art
Ia north perhaps forty or fifty pounds
u. round 70 be missing. Nothing else
mas taken from the fat
f., &c remarkable that though the fur
rf,,rs round about the body was spat-
..5 with blood. and no one would have
,..,t,tod that the murderer's hands must
i.,,.. b4en stained, no mark was seen upon
49, balf-consumed match with which he
,.,., ,it the gas. nor upon the match box
,,,e box containing papers, nor any other
Ming which ne may have touched III the
bedroom. -.... ..,,.,,
We come now TO the a!l-important ques-
...,, of fine description of the man seen at
such close quarters by Adams and Lam
rfa Adams was short sighted and had
mai his spectacles with him. HIS eVi-
Ierne al the trial ran thus:
.IIe was a man a little taller and a little
broader than l am, not a well-buiit mar
LAM veD-featured and clean shaven. and
can not exactly swear to his moustache
t,t if he had any it was Very little. He
was rather a comercial traveller type OF
,erhaDs clerk. and ! did not know but
what he might be one Of her friends. He
tad ON dark trousers and a light over
,oat could not say if it were fawn OF
GREY. do not recoIlect what sort of hat
na had He seemed gentemaniy anc
,,,I dressed He had nothing in his hanc
S., far as | could tell. I did not notice
ANYTHING about his way Of walking"
Helen ] ambie, the other spectator couIo
give no Information about the face twhlcr
ratner bears out Adams view as to hel
n,sitiunr and could only say that he wore
a round cloth hal, three quarter Length
,.,rroat of grey color, and that he hal
some popularity in his walk. As the dis,
tarce traverscd by the murderer withir
-sht of Lambie could be crossed in fouI
steps and as these steps were taken un-
den. circumstances of peculiar agitation, il
Is difficult to think that any Importance
could be attached to this last item IN the
description
fl is impossible to avoid son e. comment
uaon the actions of Helen Lanhie during
The Incidents just narrated which car
only be explained by surprising that from
The tire she saw Adams waiting outside
her door. her whole reasoning faculty haC
deserted her.
Different Tales,
FIRST she explained the great noise
heard below: The ceiling was like tC
crack" said Adams. by the fall of 6
clothesIue and its pulleys of attach
ment' which could not possibly, one
would imagine. have produced any such
effect She then declares that she re-
NAMED upon the mat, while Adams Is
convinced that she went right down the
hail On the appearance of the stranger
she did not gasp out: Who are YOU"
on any other sign of amazement, but al
lowed Adams to suppose by her silence
that the man might be some one who hat
a right to be there
Finally, instead of rushing at once t.
see If her mistress was safe. she went tC
he kitchen, srill apparently under tho
ob5e iscn of the puleys.. She informed
ADAMS thar hey were all right, as if il
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 the
middle of the floor. She gave no alarm
however, and it was only when Adams
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
bic, if 1t can be said to be explicable, by
great want Of intelligence and grasp o.
The situation
On Tuesday, December %, the morn.
ing after the murder, the Glasgow police
circulated description of the murderer
founded upon the Joint impressions o.
Adams and of Lambie. 1t ran thus:
"A man between % and so years of age
five 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 il
position to give a more detailed de.
scripton:
The man wanted Is about Is or 81
years OF age. tall and thin, with his face
shaved clear of all hair, while a distinct.
I'VE feature Is that his nose is slightly
turned to one side He wore one of tht
popular tweed hats known as Donega
'als' and fawn colored overcoat which
might have been waterproof, also darl
FouSers and brown boots"
ne material from which these further
Po,'ls We're gathered came from a young
sIfi OF hfteen, in humble life, named Mary
''HoWman. According to this new evi
'snce' the witness was passing the scene
VI tle murder shortly after I O'Clock upor
u' Iatal night She saw a man run hur