The Washington herald., 1913-02-23

where did you get it?" asked Gn-
man. with the mild awe a curio excites
in men.
The bartender pointed TO a ragged
hole in the wainscoting.
| Dug II out o. there with the foe-
| pick. I'm a Sherlock. see? Sure" he
sneered. at might a bounced of the
The man wiped Ills towel over the
bar in disgust.
Then seriously:
"On the dead, Mr.. Gilman, II Tom
had his rights, he'd be sent back to
the ward to die"
Gilman was troubled. He returned in
the morning and examined the prem
ises carefully. At 2:20 that afternoon
he was on the Limited. flying back to
| the capital.
That evening he was sitting with the
Governor in the library of the execu-
tive mansion. The windows were open
and the odor of lilacs was born in from
the summer night. A negro who had
served half a dozen Governors. shut
filed into the room. bearing a tray.
That's excellent whisky" observed
the private secretary.
That was excellent whisky. Gilman"
| observed the Governor, before you
were born"
The private secretary was rolling a
/, cigarette. He rolled II with unusual
deliberation, licking the rice paper
many times before trusting himself to
paste 1t down.
The Governor bit the end from a
black cigar. A blazing match passed
between them.
Then Gilman told of hrs interview
with whalen. He did not display much
spirit in the telling. When he had
done. he lecked the ash from his Gig
arctic in a thoughtful way. Resting
his forearms on his knees. he regarded
the floor between his feet.
Has 1t ever struck you as peculiar"
he said. that the bullet was not intro
duced In evidencer
NO" said the Governor mot very"
The private secretary paused. WheA
he had done he laughed. The Governr
was seriously silent for many minutes.
and then he said:
Leonard. I want you to tell me your
theory of this whole business"
Gilman sat up. We'll" he said. had
II never occurred TO you that II would
have been significant to determine
where that bullet lodged as showing
fits direction? 1t bored a hole clear
through Brokoski. but at which end
had II entered"
.T presume the medical testimony
settlen IntI, Teplleu tHe GONtIHVT- ne
seemed to find n species Of relief in this
thought.
Yes" Gilman said, "but the medical
testimony was bad. It consisted Of
the conclusions OF a young doctor
who examined Brokoski's body after II
had grown cold. He accepted Wha
lens guilt as an established fact. He
assumed that the bullet entered at the
breast. There was then nothing to do
but to trace it's course through the It's
sues OF the body. II his views were
correct. the ball would have lodged
somewhere behind Brokoski."
But It few out into the alley" ar
gued the Governor. "and shattered the
window in doing so.''
True" assented Gilman, land vet
you assume all the while that whalen
fired the shot. or course tho circum-
stances attending the tragedy. the oc-
cas!on. the quarrel, Whalen's fight, and
the finding OF his gun. lent strong color
to that presumption"
But the shattered window" the
Governor interpolated
Yes. and the shattered window.
Now" he continued. "a surgeon. ex
perienced in gunshot wounds. might
have been able to distinguish in such
a wound as Brokoski's the point OF the
missiles entrance from the point of
exit. OF course II is not certain. The
youth the police called did not think
such an inquiry important. whereas II
was vital. A pistol fired point blank
at a man would blacken his breast with
powder. The velocity Of the hall, fired
at such range might have been sufi-
cient to knock the man over back
ward. instead OF allowing him to fall
upon his face as he did. Then. there's
the window. II was shattered. the po-
lice said. hv the ball Even the glass
In the upper sash was broken. The
frame on the outside was blackened by