The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-02

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/ Thru without another word he turned
and shamhlcd FROM tho rnum.
There WAS Il momrntnry silence. hroH-
! en- ut last by tn" scratch ri l. match as
some one IL cigarette.
II ,onk out. Silvrrralc." said Enwcn,
n young New York banker. LUCKY for
! YOU we touch Southampton tun"rrnw.
The old man Is I canning for You SURE.
His face meant lnu:dcr
.'TuankS. III look after my own
CORPSE" drawIcd the Journalist.
The short remainder uf Ih. voyage. in
Spitr ct nr. Er$ZE.'s threat and The
prophecy of Bowen. PASSED without III
ridcul. 1t was not TIL nc WAS back in
London that the episode WAS rcra Ilc,i
To SiIverral"'S mind. I'll" !r"ni train had
reached Waterloo in lIr early afternoon
and at ; u'ri"rk. SIly"rvat". 10" all that
his TWO months Vacation iiui yet three
stir anu stress Of Feet street
The har:!;~,rl news editor OF inc
MurnmS W!rr WAS WORKING III speed
through = brshri Lang enough /" shake
hands and Exchange i r:nIhrk or TWO.
ami Then exchange e remark %" iwo and
then rr&umr1 his lah"rS with rcdoUhlcd
nrtIur for hr was eager tn hand over the
rcins t. his nigh! assistant.
lie &na;ch"d !rrit"hlE II 4 piece or
Tan. thai vas handed to him by boy.
and then adjusting his plncc-nc"'
glanced a, Si'r"rvai.
"Jirrc's u funny Thing. silver. pidn' |
Lyon come back ON the Columbia: hcad
ihai. ; 49,,
slowly read it, through.
Five forty: Mrs. f.lcan"r lIriicszka,
the wife Of AN American hii!lluhalFc' wa"
this afternoon found %h"t n.::'d IN n"E
sitting room al til" f'aiaiiai ti"i"i. Sht
had L,r.n at til" motel only an hour ar
,w,,. hnving arrived by IA" columbia
from New York this morning..
iIurdrl!cd juurmni'Si though n" was
with Il close acquaintance win lhniis
Of Ihr bizarre asIr'ct: OF traced, SilNtf-
ynlr could not rrpr"SS II little Shhd""r'
Yves. It's queer. i'nnvcrs, he Sal;'
uuxtradiiy. 'dcur"d queer" Then with
Il realization lhal th' n'WS cui,or was
regarding INN with earnestly: III sor
~ n,d imam; YOU muStrI't ask me 10
L,nGL. tir. story. You'd better 1nt
/ Ei:,rkwnuG on il. X should ic n G"ui
/ yarn. lat I'm rather m1%"d up IN II. !
MAY hc called Il: witness. ~
! u" made haste I" c"cal" pc'u'T III
! could ~. QurSli"i!
IIut on Fleet street lIc lNl4Hu I'm,
and vas driven &lrai&hl 10 ihc laI't,ia
! Hotel \ couple Of mcn w'r" III ~" piS
hall ~rcilnSiy parry ing Inc i,.. -,
| ualr - ruzcn journalists. 0nr 81 mem
| shook his head as SlivcrraIc pushed his
! way Iu'ihr lr"Li. .o,
| $n%rr>.I: managed I" get the dctec,
tive a~idr. You must Elvr IN" ~. l.r.
min,,;r%, +, rrr::lrr." h" whispered iaStI'
iHt...rb, N Jn:,rc YOU do" said the detcc.
| tive. Come. lets get out OF TINS Ha!'
Il moment. Kokcr. ,..,c c.o,,,
lis nsSi$lrnt diseneaecd himself from
,,i. ',I,rr nrwsEuprr men. and ForresteI
lea lhr way To the liI!, At tne tn tbt
door '.f the lift closed h"hind !henl: anC
hall uncGnsci"uslT SiiNcrvaiG cor nG5Inc
ti;hml.h in any event the soft carpe'
! would have dcadcncd all sound. ~ MAJ
standing stifily against whlte 1oS'
! flung il OMEN as tn"y hnrroacheu. VIII.
/ in Il. couple ui m"n were ncnu1!b 49,.
! snmrrhinE on couch. anG TWO more
: were busy near the window orrrio"kinE
| IN. -iyrr 30 one looked up. fnrrcSte,,
uassrd straight through TO anntncf nnu
/ small: room and fitted his puriE ioIn'
To- :: basket armchair. lilo waved silver
| val. t. another. ,5
! And now lire away. sonny ne salu'
! C'nnrisrly. in quick. succinct scnten-
eos Sjlvcrvalc told his story. AS lic
: concluded. Forester drew Il worn 1, un .iIL
nine from his pocket anc packcd IL Will
. Il mcdi,ative iorctingcr.
"Arc YOU writing anything about
'"That's true" The inspector pufed
contcmpla.ivcly for 4 moment. men
! there's this don't mind tel,lnR So oG
revolver. found clutchcd In that wo-
mans hand. Eut De lsrs2Hc is missing:
He never came with her to Inc motel
, Then YOU think il is suicide!
Tho detective leaned forward anu lev
cl,r! a heavy fnretlnGcr at his question:
! ~ .'Snu'vr earned right TO know
something of this business, Mr.. SILVER
, vale. It's no suicide. 40, Mr. SILVER
VALE this is 4 carefully ralculaIed ihuI
/ der, if ever thcTe was one. ana th',,h
! The man. Ruker"--hc addressed hls
rnn,rauion-"ym might gcL.h"ld OF the
maid again. Got n full description oil
~. Rcs1lic. and there's hound 1" no a
! hotograpn somewhere. TAX" en- along
Ia tho Yard and have '"m Clrrulhird'
! We merely want TO question him. mind
| Now, MIR Silv"rvalc. we'll See what
| the doctors say.
The two doctors, the police divisional
surgeon and tho medical man who had
h"cn nret called on the discovery Of the
murder, had finished tncIr examination
az FORESTER PASSED into the next room
He spike few words in an undcrtohc
| TO the surgeon. who nodded assentingiE.
as soon rs the doctor had gone, INC nc
/ inspector extracted a small hottie OF
black powder from hi spocket ana
srrinklcd il drlicatcly over the open
! pages of 4 book resting on table Il
| couple of yards from tho couch; re
scntIy he blow the stuff away. The nm
| ger prints had developer III FellCi VII '''1
white margin.
There's O blottInG pad over there on
Tho writing table, MI Silvervalc." he
, said: would you mind helping me 1or Il
moment" M,
vet II was very gently that he lifted the
! dead white hands and impressed the I'm.
! ger tins on Il sheet Of paper on top on
{; The pad. Silently he compared tho im-
; prcssions with those on the BOOK.
I'm only an amateur at this finger
rrInt game" he said at last. Grant
ought 10 have been here: See II you
| make these prints agree, Mr. Silvervale.
SiIvervale carried the book to the vim
dow and bent his brows over It lie
! found it slow work. but at last he rails
cd his head. These are her thumb
! prints on tie outer margin, he said.
! "The one at the bottom Of the book Is
not hers"
get fair theory of how the thins was
J done: Mrs De Reszke was on the couch
reading. The murdered entered softly
! from the corridor, closing the door be-
! hind him. She locked up and placed the
! book beside her. He must have fired
rointbank Then to work * Gt ms !, 'G 6sr
hand. and picking up the book put It on
| tho table. Here's where we start from
"a piece of indisputable proof when we
catch the murderer"
! A little contempt at the apparent de-
/ liberation Of the dctectlve-at the finese
! waster on what seemed an obvious ca sc
had come to Silvervale's mind. He
hazardcd suggestion:. Forester
! grinncd.
''I'Il bet dollar I know what you're
| thinking. I'rl wasting my time meddlinS
> with "details while tho murderer's eS-
I Gaping. Do ynu know I've had five men
| here questioning every one who Nigh
! know anything about the case? Mrs. DE
| Reszke has received no one: no one re-
| semblinE her husband has heen seen in
, rho hotel Do lou know that there is
! not ono railway station In London. not
| one hotel that is not even. now being
searched. for trace or De Reszkc? We
are not to slow as our critics thlnk. II