The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-16
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but the neck shows no discolora,
tion,''
"She may have been strangled with
a napkin or handkerchief, :" said the
doctor.
Most probably, said the chief de.
tective, ''with this silk scarf, which the
victim was wearing and piece of
which remains. as though she had clung
to IT with her two hands to protect her
SELF
'' But. why does only that piece re-
main7' asked the magistrate What
has become Of the otherv''
The other may have been stained
with blood and carried off by the mur-
derer. You can plainly distinguish the
| hurried slashing OF the scissors
"By Jove!' said Ganimard, between
his teeth, for the third time, "That
brute OF Lupin saw everything with
out seeing thing!'
| And what about the motive of the
murder9" asked the magistrate, "The
locks have been forced, the cupboards
thing TO tell me, NJ Dudouis7''
The chief of the detective service re.
Piled
'' can at least suggest supposition.
| derived from the statements made by
the servant. The victim: who enjoyed
a greater reputation on account Of her
! looks than through her talent as a sin
| ger, went to Russia, two years ago, and
brought back with her magnificent
sapphire, which she appears to have re-
| celyed from some person Of Importance
at the court. Since then, she went by
the name of Jenny Saphir and seems
generally to have been very proud of
that present, although, for prudence
sake, She never wore il. ! daresay that
we shall not be far out if we presume
the theft of the sapphire to have been
the cause of the crime -
But did the maid know where the
stone was?''
"No, nobody did. And the disorder
the murderer did not know either
"We will question the mald,'' said
| the examining magistrate.
Nj. Dudouis took the chief inspector
aside and said:
You re looking very old fashioned,
Ganimard. What S the matter? Do you
J suspect anything7'
Nothing at all, chief
''That S pity. We could do with a
bit of snowy work in the department.
This is one OF number of crimes, all
failed to discover the perpetrator, This
time we want the criminal and
quicklylp
"a difficult job, chief"
Its got TO be done. Listen TO me,
Ganimard. According to what the maid
says, Jenny Saphir led a very regular
life. For a month past she was h the
habit Of frequently receiving visits,
on her return from the music hall, that
is TO say, at about half-past 10, from n
man who would stay until midnight or
leo In n}, D,,h,
used to say, 'aud he wants to marry
me- This society man took every pre-
| caution TO avoid being seen, such as
turning up his coat collar and lower
ing the brim Of his hat when he passed
the porter box. And Jenny Saphlr
always made a point Of sending away
her maid, even before lie came. This is
the man whom we have to find. y
"Has he left no traces''
"None at all, 1t is obvious that
we have TO deal with very clever
scoundrel, who prepared his crime be-
forchand and committed il with every
possible chance of escaping unpunished
His arrest would be great feather in
our cap. / rely on you, Ganimard
All, You rely on me, chief?'' re.
piled the inspector. "Wcll, we shall
see we shall see
I don t say no. Ouly -
He seemed in a very nervous con
dition, and his agitation struck NJ Du'
douis,
"Only," continued Ganimard, ..only
I swear do YOU hear, chief?
| swear :"
What do you swear7'
Nothing, :. We shall see,
chief we shall see ~
Ganimard did not finish his sentence
until he was outside, alone. And he
finished it aloud, stamping his foot, in
tone of the most violent anger:
"Only, ] swear to heaven that the
arrest shall be effected by my own
one of the clews with which that vii
lain has supplied me. An, no. All,
His brain was secthing with
irritation; and he tried to adjust
his ideas little and TO discover,
among the chaotic facts, some triiling
detail unperceived by all, unsuspected
by Lupin himself, that might lead him
to success.
He luncbed hurrledly at a bar. re.
sumed his stroll and suddenly stopped.
petrified, astounded aud confused, He
was walking under the gateway Of the
very house in the Rue de Surene to
which Lupin had entic cd him few
hours earlier. A force stronger than
his own Will was drawing HIM there
once more. The solution of the prob
lem lay there. There and there alone
were all the elements of the truth. Do
and say what he would, Lupin s asscr-
tions were SO precise, his calculations
so accurate, that, worried to the inner
most recesscs of his being by so prodig
ious a display of perspicacity, he gould
not do other than take up the work at
the point where his enemy had left It,
Abandoning all further resistance, he
climbed the three flights Of stairs The
door of The flat was open. No one bad
tonched the exhibits, He put them in
his pocket and walked away.
From that moment. he reasoned and
acted, so TO speak. mechanically, under
the influence of the master whom he
could not choose but obey
Admitting that the unknown person
whom he was seeking lived in the
neighborhood of the Pont- -Ncuf. 1t be
came necessary to discover, somewhere
between that bridge and the Rue de
Berne. the first.class confcctioncr S
shop. open in the evenings. al which
the cakes were bought. This did not
take long TO find. A pastry cook near