The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-15
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Experience Of a Detective.
Bv ESTHER %vANDEvEPR

"Mr. HAWKINS said the chief Of the
- detective bureau. q robbery and
murder have been committed during
the night. and I have been called upon
to send a man to make an examination
Of the premises with a view to picking
10 u c.lew. The murdered man is Mr..
Charles FOrsythe. a wealthy gentle
man. whose address you will find on
this card. Am assured that nothing
In the roo,n where the murder was
committed has been touched. 20 at
once and see what you can make out
1T 1t"
Hawkins went to the address given.
where he found a dwelling indicating
that the inmates were people Of con.
siderable means. He vas received at
the door by the butler and shown int"
q room where lay the corpse Ot Mr.
Forsythe on the floor. There had xvi
IDENTIFY been a struggle. during which ne
had been stabbed to the ltart y nn-
e q drawer stood open Wn:rh mad "vi
IDENTIFY been ri1ed. Severa' >naIi pieces
Of jewelry we're scattered on III" li'sn
Hawkins was informed that l!l,. we
tim had been fond Of jrWtirA. though
he wore very little of it on hts w
person. He had kept what he owned
consisting of studs. sleeve buttons.
stickpins. rings. ETC.. in the drawer.
The robber had taken all there was eS
cept the few articles dropped on the
floor, either during the scutfle or in his
haste of departure. Hawkins gathered
up what he found and put it in his vest
pocket. He was a silent man. as de-
tectives should be. taking in what he
heard and saw and giving out nothing
Indeed. after his examination Of the
room the only information be gave any
n was a list Of the articles of jewelry
that he had picked up on the floor
This he handed In to q Mr.. Withers. a
relative of the family who had been
given the care Of the house. This list
a given because the articles were
retained by the detective. BE kept
some other articles. but since they were
Of no especial value he did not include
them in the list.
Having finished his examination of
the room 10 which the murder had
been committed. Hawkins requested
that every one in the house. including
the servants. be assembled In the draw
ing room. Mrs. Forsythe and her chill
dren were excused until after. the 9th.
ers had been inspected. and then the
detective excused them altogether.
Those assembled consisted of the fol-
lowing persons: Miss Ashworth. a gov
ernesS: a cook. a housemaid and the
butler. OF the four Miss Ashworth
showed the most agitation. They seem
ed to realize that they were brought be-
fore the stranger for a preliminary ex
animation as to their possible com
plicity In the murder. The rock and
housemaid were very Ill at ease. The
only person who seemed to be suf1i-
ciently conscious OF innocence to be
perfectly safe was the butler. an Eng.
liShman. whose name was MOsely
That he was of the lower class was
evident not only from his position as q
servant hut that be had the name
Of speech of 4 low bred Englishman
getting his his in the wrong place.
Nevertheless. he was a good looking
man.
Hawkins sOon set them all at ease
by asking questions which p~ertained
to possibilities Of entrance and exit to
and from the house. whether q door
or a window had been left ~unfastened.
what time Mr.. Forsythe had gone to
bed. whether any one of them had
heard a sound In the night. While
making these inquiries the detective
indicated by his features and tone Of
voice that they were Of vital impor-
lance to the case. They did not ap-
pear. however. to deceive Miss Ash
worth. who continued to look at him
as II he had his eye on her and was
simply asking the questions to throw
her of her guard while his steel gray
eye was searching her for guilt.
While this examination was being
made the door opened and Mr.. Withers
2 IN sol " LII uCC<N ItvS.
"Mr. Hawkins. It has just been dis
covered that some of Mrs. FOrsythe's
jewels have disappeared"
Hawkins turned those merciless eyes
VI his upon Miss AshwOrth. She bore
the glance for a few moments. then
Swaypd and fell from the chair in
which she sat. The buusemaid picked
her NJ. and with the assistance Of the
others she was laid ON the sofa.
PLEASE at leave the room" said
Hawkins III that we'll m"dulated voice
If his ,i'f
Every one Departed. and all those
Ntln had nt+.ii under examination seem
III wei, pipaSeh at l'ping dismissed
Nj Hawkins rinSest the door after
them ana the. ~, returned to the
servants quarters. where they discuss
d what had occurred. all talking at
once Hawkins remained in the room
With Miss .AshwOrth only n few min
uteS. when he came Olt. saying that
the lady mad recovered. and ne direct.
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