The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-25
(Cortiuued From Monday


The detective leaned forward and
lcvclcd u heavy foretnScr at THIS ques-
TONER. "YOuvc earned Il right TO know
something Of this business, MI. Silver
vale. It's no suicide. No. Mr.. silver
vu!c. this is carefully calculated
murder if ever there was one. And
think your Information Will help us 10
uX the man. lt"krr he addressed his
rOmpuninil--"ynu might get hold OF the
maid again. Get Il full description OF DE
graph somewhere. Take en- along 10
lie Yard and have en- circulated. We
merely want 10 question him, mind
! Now. Mr.. Sllvcrral". we'll see what The
doctors say.
The two doctors. the police divisional
surgeon and the medical man who HAD
been first called on the discovery Of the
murder. had finished their examination
MS FORESTER passed into the next room
He spoke Il few words in an undertonc To
the surgeon. who nodded aSsentingly.
As soon as the doctor had gone. the
inspector extracted small bottle of
black powder from his pocket and
I Sprinklcd ii dclicately over the open
. pages Of book resting OF Il table n
couple OF yards from tho couch. Ire
scnlly Inc blew the stuff away. The
finger prints had developed in relief on
the white margin.
There's II blottIng pad over there on
the writing table. Mr.. Silvcrvalc. he
said; would you mind helping me for
mOmcnt?
FORESTER was cool and husincssllko
i vet it was very gently that he lifted thc
dead white hands and impressed the
! finger tips on L. sheet Of paper ON top
of the pad. Silently he compared the
| impressions with those on the book.
81 IN only an amateur at this finger
! print game" he said at last. Grant
| ought to have been here; See II y"u
make these prints agree, Mr.. Sllvrrvale.
Silycrvale carried III" book To the win
4: dow and bent his hrows over it, Flo
; found il; slow work, but nt last he
raised his head. THESE are her thumb
prints on the outer margin. he said
| The one III the bottom Of the book Is
not hers.
"rhut's how ! make it. Now VIC can
get a fair theory nr how the Thing WAS
done: Mrs. De RcsZkc was on the couch
rrading. The murderer entered softly
from the corridor. closing the door be-
hind him. She look"p up ana placed
, tho book beside her. He must have
fired poiniblank. Then /" work out his
idea of suicide he placed the pistol i'll
her hand, and picking up the book put
it on the table. Here's where we start
from--a pi"c" uf lndlSrntHnle PROOF
when W" catch the murderer.
\ little contempt al IN" apparent de-
libcrat ton Of the tlclcctive--at the finesse
wasted on what seemed an Obvious cas-"
had com" Ia Silvrrralr's mind. tie
hnYurGI SUGGESTION. l. pTI''St'I
"I'u hrt q dollar | know what you're
thinking I'm wasting my time mcHdlnE
| with details while tn" murdcr"r& rS-
! rauinE DO YOU know I've had fly" mon
here. questioning every one VINO MlEht
! know auvth hing about the case Mrs. DE
. j.cszkr has received no one: no one re-
| srmblfng her husband has been seen in
! ,ha hntcl DO YOU know that there is
not one railway station IN London. NOT
ono hotel that is not even now being
D. l..h ".
,rn nnt 50 slow rs our critics think. II
! II. Rcs2l;r did this murder Il" won RET
away, YOU can take K from me. There
I nIcnty of people trying t" eaten him
/ I've seen To that,
I ua moved heavily 10 the door. 7 m
! going on 10 the iar"' ~ '''"' "
/ to Gomez"
As thcy turned under rho big wrought
| iron nrch that SPANS the entrance 10 NcW
! scotland Yard. Silvrrval" noted thar thcH
/ avoided the it'll" BACK u""r tnat Irll,
| 10 tho criminal Investigation department
mud wont w ny the broad main entrance
fn lhosr rooms on one of the tonmoSt
| doors devoted to tn" finger print depart
ment. .., -
;,L,ri,.mi,st9rh~d giant with lined fore
| head and shrcwd. D"nrtrattr" eyes. was
s.atnd nj n low table pushing Il maCni-
! rving glass across 4 sheet or paper. For
: ri.st"r had cIanpCd him heavily on the
, shoulder and he wheeled around frown-
| ngly. -,
! F0rr.Strr produced the hook hr had
! fnund nj the hotel and the scrap Of pa
| r,nr on which he had taken tho murder
! cd wnn,an'e nnrrr prints. "1's tn" Pal
ntiaI TTntnl business. The prints on the
| ,arrr mr." these If Mrs. u" EoSzk"
J Trcv a;-rcc with those on tn" sides ri
! tn, hook The on" mt IN" bottom nT tho
boot; is chat of the murderer.
! "iT'm" Grant glanced nj In" print 5
and gave Il corrnburniivn nod. 'Ynul
! want photographs of lhrSn. &unp"sc"'
! "YcS--aS soon as T can get th"m.
| Srrrns" you'll have Ia hay" = S"arrl
| H. make -ilr.' that tn" other print ism
nn the records, It's unlikely, though.