Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-05-07
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the sleeping form OF Dodds, the con
stable, engaged in the work Of awak-
ehing him by the park polioeman's
method-kicking him on the soles Of
his shoes
The process was successful. The
constable snorted, drew up his legs,
rubbed his eyes and sprang to his feet-
1T will be daylight in half an hour,
l heard Davis tell him. Il want you
to 90 and get the blackboard and drive
around to where Rousers body lies.
Bring me any papers you find in his
pockets. Leave his money and his
watch and keys, so as not to arouse
any suspicion OF robbery. As soon as
you have done that want you to
drive back and pick up the body be-
fore anyone else finds It. Drive with
1t to Millervale and leave It there.
Don't talk too much. Tell everybody
that you found the body at the foot
OF the precipice and impress on them
that It must have been an accident in
the dark. AS soon as you can convent
emily get away, come back here. Make
sure, though, that nobody follows you"
AS soon as the constable had gone,
Davis lit a cigarette, turned up his
coat collar and took a seat on a
rough bench Just outside the door.
Come on out here, Harding, and
watch the sun rise" he called to me.
rose hastily from where l had
been sitting gazing stupidity about me
and joined him on the bench.
There was something you wanted
to ask me, wasn't there?" he said
pleasantly.
There were so many things ! want
ed to ask him hardly knew where to
begin, but the first thing blurted out
was:
as Hugh Crandall gullty?"
HE is guilty only of being in love
with Katharine Parrish against her IA
theirs wishes" he replied.
But surely" said doggedly, "he
has some connection with the crime
of the yellow letters. He knew
Young. He knew where to find him.
There are many things about his &C
tons that to my mind call for expla-
nation"
did you notice his eyes?" asked
Davis. 1t was still too dark for me to
see the inspectors face, but felt
sure that he was laughing at me. He
made me feel that way all too often.
81 didn't" l answered rather cross
ly, but what's that got to do with
it,"
I'm afraid, Kent, as have said be
fore, you will never make a 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 haC
blue eyes?"
YES" grudgingly admitted. 81 re
call it,"
"As soon as discovered that Gran
dali had blue eyes that eliminated hin
as the probable criminal"
Il don't see your logic"
1--WE told you before" said Davis
after a pause long enough to permi
him to light another cigarette, "tha
there are classes of crime and type
Of criminals, each strongly marked
after its own sort. l saw right at tn,
start that this crime was of the hid
den sort, of the kind that includes con
spiracy. blackmail, secret plotting
the kind that requires a skilful sneak
You never in your life found a blue
eyed sneak There are lots of blue
eyed desperadoes and burglars. Mos
Of the notorious bad men of the ives
were blue-eyed, but you don't find
man with blue eyes shooting or stall
bling a man in the back or kidnappin
child or writing blackmailing lei
ters."
While l was not at all convince
by his argument, felt that 1t woul
be useless for me to dispute 1t, for
would be invading comparatively III
/ known territory, whereas he undoub
/ eddy had dozens Of cases at his fnge
tips ready to illustrate his theory.
3 decided to change the subject.
/ 81 recall, too" l said, that 20
: asked If Crandall was left-handed. S
I far as saw, he is not What of that
Is that another proof Of Crandalrs II
z nocence?"
. mo-" said Davis, that didn't prov
Crandall's Innocence. It proved Rol
; sers guilt In fact 1t was the lef
I handed clue that put me on the rigl
: track and eventually led me to tn
e very cottage"
/ For Heavens sake" said l imp
o tiently, don't talk in riddles. Go c
a and explain IT,"
You're not to blame" he continue
e calmly, for not having seen the LEI
y handed clue. You lack the educatlo
d Only a person who had seen hundred
o and hundreds of envelopes and he
d studied them closely would have o
r. served II. You remember that p
8 liceman brought me part OF yello
Z. envelope that had been found in o
It Andrew Elser's room. On 1t was
L stamp and part Of the postmark. TT
first thing that noticed was that Il
d stamp was put on crooked. IN
h might mean much or nothing. A LEI
handed person stamping a letter
W variably gets the stamp on crooke
1t ordinarily Is put in the upper rigl
hand corner Of the envelope. A rigl
handed person stamping a letter b
the two edges Of the envelope as
guide, Try putting on a stamp wi
your left hand and you will see tn
le your hand comes in such a positi
Iy that the edges of the envelope a
IN hidden and in ninety-nine cases @
90, | - n HUNDRED tha cfamn IL ouf