The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-23
CHAPTER VII.
Beckonings.

CHAPTER VIII.
 6eckonings. sersAC CTS that contradict each other
 are not facts. pronounced
 Chester Kent.
 Fumes Of tobacco were ris- ing from three pipes hovered about the porch of the Nook where Kent, Sedgwick and Lawyer Bain were hold ing late council. A discouraged obser- vation from the artist had elicited Rents epigranA
 Not all of thern, anyhow said I Bain sgEhe cE5ore in this case is to find facts enough to work on.
 .sOn the contrary declared Kent, s.facts in this case are as plentiful as blackberries.. The trouble is that we have no pail to put them in
 Maybe we could borrow Len schlager's," suggested the lawyer dryly.
 eve don't seem to be getting much of anywhere" complained sedgwfck. '-Comphcated cases don't clear them selves up in a day" remarked Kent. .sIn this ease we've got opponents who know more than we do.'' aachlager?'' asked the lawyer.
 And pr. Breed Also, I think, l Gansett Jim. What do you think, EIr. Bain is the handspring of the sheriff g action?''
 .sMoney,' said the lawyer with coh- victfon. .He's as crooked as snake with the collie 2,
 .sWould it require much money to in- duence him?'' .sAs much as he eouId get, If the case wss in the line Of blackmaiI, he'd hold put strong. He's shrewd-"
 '.Dr Breed must be getting some of it.
 ooh, Tim Breed is Lens little dog. 1 He takes orders Of course he'll take money, too, if it comes his way. Like master, like man.
 Those two." said Kent slowly. ''know the identity of the body. For good and sufE cient reasons, they are keeping that information to them selves Those reasons we aren't likely to find out from them.
 "Murderer has bribed 'em,'' opined Bain
 ..Possibly. But that presupposes ] that the sheriff Hound something on the body which fed him to the mur- derer, which isn't likely. How improb- able it is that q murderer allowing for argument, that there has been murder who would go as far as to cover his trail and the nature of the crime by binding the body on a grating. would overlook anything ike a letter inerin1- mating himselfE'
 'What did the sheriff find, then, in the dead woman's pocket"
 Perhaps handkerchief with a dis tdnctive mark =
 .'And that would lead him to the identity Of the body 2'
 Presumably. Also to some one, we may assume, who was willing to pay roundly to have that identity con cealed.g
 .'That would naturally be the mur- derer, wouldn't itT' asked Sedgwick. ..No don't think so.'
 .'It looks to me so,'' said the lawyer. sHe's the one naturally interested in concea1mentY
 I'm almost ready to dismiss the no tion of a murderer at all"
 '.Why so?'' demanded both the oth- l Because there was no murder prob ably
 'sHow do you make that outs'' que ried Bain.
 From the nature of the wounds that caused death.''
 They look to me to be just such wounds as would be made by a blow with a heavy club"
 Several blows with a heavy club might have caused such wounds But 1 the blows would have had to be deliv- cred peculiarly. A circle on the skull six inches in diameter, tmpinging on the right ear; is crushed in. If you can imagine a man s wiingihg a Base- ball bat at the height of his shoulder repeatedly and with great force at the victims head you can infer such a crushing in of the bone. My imagina- tion haBdIy carries me so far.''
 Beating down from above would be the natural way,'' said Bain. Certainly. No such blow ever made 1 that wound.r
 'erhen how was it nader" asked Sedgwick.
 Probably by fall from the cliff to the rocks below And the fall broke the manacle 1 from the right wrist?''
 '''The broken manacle was never on the right wrist.''
 That's merely cen5eeture,'' said the lawyer.
 ''Ne; it's certainty 4 blow heavy must have left a mark on the flesh. There was no mark
 Why should any one put one hand cuff on a woman and leave the other dangling?"
 Suppose the other was not left dan gling?"
 CTo be C.ontinued.)
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