Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-09-19
First InStallment OF A Great Story

tlemen?"
1t was Arthur Farades. He was
standing at his window only partly
dressed. The commissaire called out
There's a corpse down here in
your well and we're hauling it up"
"A corpse in my well ?"
In less than a minute Arthur Fa-
rades had joined the group of men.
"How did they discover it? That
was his first question.
You'll know that presently" re-
piled the commissaire. A voice came
from the depth of the we'll.
ITS big man, chief. Throw
down the ropes"
The policeman and young Teroigne
raised the body VIII difficulty, and
then tied the cords under the arms.
While they were at their gruesome
/ task, a man appeared on the other
side of the hedge and asked what the
: commotion was about. 1t was NJ
Louis Farades.
1--WE are here in the name of the
law" replied the commissaire grave
| ly. A crime has been committed in
your gardens an | must ask you two
! gentlemen not to leave the premises
! WlllOuI my pSIillSSlON.
The brothers looked from one to the
| other, but neither of them spoke.
| Then every man gave a hand to help
haul up the heavy burden. Young
| Teroigne and the officer held the body
to prevent it knocking against the
sides of the well. NJ. Louis, who ap-
! peared perfectly calm, had sent his
servant to fetch a mattress upon
which to lay the body.
STAND backw cried the commits
saire as the men began to crowd
round. He whispered to an officer to
keep sharp eye on the two brothers
and then they proceeded to the diff
cult task of lifting out the body In a
few minutes it was laid on the mat
tress and the police were able to ex-
anime it.
The victim was tall, stout man Of
rather odd appearance. He wore red
walstcoat, a tan suit, and his hair was
| parted down the middle.
The brothers tried to push forward
to see the victim, but the commissaire
pushed them back.
"Not yet, gentlemen" he said
! There were no wounds IN the body
and yet the men found it strange that
a man Of his build could have been
thrown into the well without a
| struggle.
''He must have been dead when he
was thrown in" said the commissaire
after careful examination of the
| corpse.
Are you or are you not going to
let me see what has happened on my
premises" cried Arthur Farades an
grily. Unlike his brother Louis, who
was very calm, Arthur was of an eX-
citable nature, and easily lost control
of himself, but even Louis now raised
his voice in protest
The police by this time had raised
the body, and had propped it up
against the curb of tie well and had
opened the eyes. Then quite suddenly
the commissaire gave the order for
his men to stand bacl' and the two
brothers stood face to face with the
man who had been found dead on
their premises.
Both men gave a startled cry and
instinctlvely recoiled They seemed
to forget the presence of the police
and the neighbors who now filled the
garden. They looked with Mortified
accusing eyes at one another and al
most the same words fell from their
lips:
"Wretchw
"Scoundreiw
The commissaire was eying them
narrowly.
What was that you said, gentle
men ?" he inquired.
Nothing! Nothingr they answer
ed, pale and trembling.
At this moment Al thur Facades's
daughter, and the wife and daughter,
Jeanne, of Louis Farades came
hurrying down the garden patch.
What does it all mean?" they
cried with frightened faces.
Neither of the men addressed an
swered word. hen the girls saw
the body propped up against the wall
and Jeanne tried to prevent her moth
er from seeing the dreadful sight.
81 think you ladies had better re-
tire" said the commissaire; Il wish
to question these gentlemen"
"No, wish to stay with my hus-
band" said Madame Louis family.
Very we'll Now NJ. Farades." con-
tinued the commissaire, "you both live
in these two houses ?"
Eyes; the one on the right is mine;
the one on the left is my brothers"
replied Arthur Farades.
"Is there any communication be-
tween the two houses 2"
None whatever. But, as you see,
our gardens are separated by this
hedge and this well, which we share
in common"
"You admit that the we'll belongs
to you both? Then in that case you
are both held to be responsible for
the crime"
you suspect us" the both cried
Indignantly.
Gentlemen, you have always held
an honorable position and have been
highly respected in the community.