Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-08-27


next nearest thins'tO seeing the Grim,
.perpetrated in q vision"
"Crime!" cried Cazalet. VIVA
crime!" ,,sjl'<
Murder. sir" said Hilton Toys
Willful. brutal, bloody murder! Here'l
che paper; better read 1t for yourself
I'm glad he wasn't . friend Of yours
pr mine either, but It's q bad end ever
ior your worat enemy"
Ell The paper Huttered In Cazelet'i
clutch as II had done In Toye's; bu,
that was Is natural as his puzzled
Crown over the cryptic allusious VI 4
Journal that had dealt fully with the
\ lseertainable facts In previous issues
Some few emerged between the lines
* Henry Craven had received his fatal
injuries on the Wednesday OF the pre-
yious week. The thing had happened
IN his library. at or about half past
seven In the evening but how g crime,
which was apparently = profound mys-
terry, had been timed to within = min.
ate Of Its commission did not appear
among the latest particulars No ar
TEST had been made. No clue was men.
tioned, beyond the statement that the
police were still searching for q den.
mite instrument with which It was sH.
GENTLY assumed that the deed had been
committed. There was In fact q close
description Of an unusual weapon, \
special constable's very special trun.
cheon. 1t had hung as Q cherished tro-
ply on the library wall. from which It
WAS missing. while the very imprint of
. silver shield mounted ON tho thick
end of the weapon, was stated to have
been discovered on the scalp of the
fractured skull. But that was q little
bit Of special reporting. typical Of the
enterprising sheet that Toye had pro,
cured The inquest, merely opened on
the Monday. had been adjourned to the
day OF issue.
We must get hold Of an evening pa
per. said CRzalet. Fancy his own
famous truncheon! He had 1t mount
ed and inscribed himself 30 that 1t
shouldn't be forgotten how he'd fought
for law and order at Trafalgar Square!
That was the man all oyer!"
His voice and manner achieved the
excessive indifference which the Eng.
lish type holds due from itself after
any excess OF feeling Toye also was
himself again, his alert mind working
keenly yet dsrkly in his acute eyes.
Il wonder II II was . MURDER" he
specialized. Il bet 1t wasn't = DELHI.
crate murder"
What else could It have been?"
kind of granddaughter. Deliberate
Imurderers don't trust to chance
weapons hanging on their victims
walls"
You forget" said CazRlst, that he
was robbed as we'll"
DO they claim that" said Hilton
Toye, q guesR skipped some. Where
does II say anything about his being
|robbed?"
'Here!" CaEalet had scanned the pa.
per eagerly; his finger drummed upon
.the place. 1.-THE police" he read out.
IN some sort of triumph, have now
been furnished with full description
of the missing watch and trinkets and
&he other articles believed to have
peen taken from the pockets OF the de-
leased: What's that but robbery"
You're dead right" said Toye. Il
Missed that somehow. Yet who In
{hunder tracks q man down to rob
nd murder him in his own home? But
hen you've Drained q man. because
pu couldn't keep your hands OF him,
@pu might deliberately do all the rest
MAKE 1t seem like the work Of
Ihieyes."
Hilton Toys looked Judge Of do
beratlon IS he measured his irrefut |