The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-07-25

Then, perhaps my suspicious were
not so far wrong after ALL" Harcourt
observed quietly.
"Kandwahr was in the room when
Hartford and talked with the inspec-
tor. MacBee had taken him up for
the same reason he took you, imag-
inc, and | watched the fellows face
carefully"
"Yes?"
"He is a clever one, Jack, but am
sure that the knife is Kandwahr's."
For a moment Harcourt sat silently.
Then, just as he was about TO speak
Fergus knocked to announce the ar
rival OF Inspector MacBee.
mot word now" Darlington eau
toned Let him do the talking and
be careful how you answer ques-
tions."
Don't fear" said Harcourt. These
last developments have given me new
courage"
In another moment MacBee entered.
and at Harcourt's invitation took a
chair. Thank you, / never drink
while working on a case" he said,
declining the decanter IF you don't
mind, though, I'll have a smoke" and,
drawing a pipe from his pocket he
filled IL deliberately.
"Mr. Darlington tells me you have
discovered several things" Harcourt
said.
Most startling" MacBee assented.
putting at his pipe. He was a quiet.
stolid little man, quite faultlessly
dressed and in appearance anything
but a detective. And TO be frank
with you. gentlemen this is the most
puzzling affair / have ever been con
nected with"
What do you make at these last
developments" Darlington asked.
"Oh. they are quite simple" Mac
Bee answered when the club was
closed at the usual hour. Dodson,
knowing that Captain Towneshend
and Lord Harcourt had not left the
building. went up TO the smoke room
TO look for them My believe is that
he probably passed you, my lord, upon
the stairs, but continued up to find
Captain Towneshend. You are known
to have left the club about that hour
and you could not have done so be-
fore he left his post. else your name
would have been taken from the card
rack in accord with his usual Gus
tom"
You believe, then" said Caring
ton, that the murder was committed
between the time Lord Harcourt start
ed down stairs and the arrival of bod
son in the smokeroom :"
Possibly Or IL may have occurred
while Dodson was in the room. His
clothing shows quite plainly marks of
a violent struggle and there is great
deal Of blood upon them"
but you do not think Dodson
struck the blow-do your"
mo there is no reason for such a
belief. II is my opinion that the man
who killed Towneshend strangled
Dodson afterwards. II is possible that
Dodson was witness of the actual
killing or else entered the room in
time 10 see the murderer leaving by
the Gre escape. Towneshend must
have been killed as he sat in his
chair, and / am more inclined to be-
lieve that Dodson entered just before
the blow was struck. There was prob
ably struggle as Dodson attempted
TO prevent the man from leaving by
the FIRE escape, but the other was too
CT m
pursued him down the fire escape and
attempted to take the sheath OF the
knife II was clutched so tightly in
his fingers that IL was all could do
TO remove IT,"
1T is strange that Dodson did not
make some cutlery, or that his cries
were not heard by anyone in the
club" said Darlington.
Perhaps he did call for aid" Mac.
Bee said There were but few SER
wants in the club at the time and all
of them were in another part of the
building AT the foot Of the iron stair
way, however, the final struggle came
1t was probably because Dodson was
calling for aid that the murderer
strangled him having left his knife
in poor Towneshend's body"
Your theory then is"
MIR. Darlington, | have no theory
| never form conclusions until am
ready TO act"
Then you are no nearer a solution
of the problem than you were be-
foreg" Harcourt asked
mo. In fact ! am farther from IL
than | was this afternoon, and | may
say TO you. sir, that in one way | am
relieved that such is the case
How 500" asked Harcourt
Had IL not been for the develop
ments we have just been discussing,
and the possibilities they have sug.
gested TO me, | should have been
obliged to place you under arrest, my
lord"
Arrest me? how annoyingl"
as IL is. sir. ] think | shall be able
TO straighten out this matter within a