Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1916-05-04

ing and growing, seeming to spread,
and run toward each other until their
lines met other lines and formed
definite mething-letters- at
last words.
And-in that space where the name
of Gustav had stood the name of
George had once been written the
name of Gustav now appeared!
Dual leaned from the desk and
raised his face to us.
There, gentlemen" said he, "is
your motive. 1t lies in the ghost of
of name."
Neither one of us spoke, and pres
emily he went on:
"And, like the ghost of dead past,
it rises to confront and copfound.
That at which you are looking is in
reality the spirit of the dead Conrad's
will"
"That ought to settle it," began
I Johnson.
"Wait!" said Semi Dual. He swung
completely around in his chair so as
to face Mallet.
George Mallet," he spoke slowly,
81 now formally accuse you with the
murder of your uncle, Anthony Con-
rad and the attempted murder of your
cousin, Gustav Conrad. Driven to
speration by your financial troubles,
your inability to make loans, your
knowledge that your uncle would cut
you off, and your hatred of your cous
in as your uncle's favorite and the
fiance of a woman you loved, you
planned this crime.
"Last night you left your apart
ment and went to your uncle's house,
entering by window which you knew
to be habitually open. You met your
cousin and engaged him in conversa-
ton. When he was off his guard you
shot him in the head with a weapon
which you had previously equipped
with silencer. You then placed him
on his bed and laid his own revolver
beside him, after substituting the dis
charged shell from your gun for one
of those in his weapon. You believed
him fatally wounded, and left him for
dead. You then went to your uncle's
bedroom and there strangled him in
his bed. This was at -thirty-sev-
en-, as shown by clock which was
knocked to the floor by your struggles.
"After you had done this you went
into the study and broke open the
drawer in which the will was kept.
You erased the name of yourself and
that of your cousin, and in order to
cover the traces of the work you re-
surfaced the paper with a mixture of
flour and water. In so doing you
dropped a spot of this on the desk,
and either overlooked it or forgot to
wipe it off. You waited until the pa
per was again dry, and wrote in the
erased names in reversed order, there
by changing the will to your favor.
You used an India ink, not knowing
that it would be possible for any one
to detect the difference or failing to
remember the fact. You then left the
will in the drawer and went home.
SIN preparation for all of this, and
to establish an alibi against possible
suspicion, you gave party at your
rooms last evening. That lasted un-
til one this morning. After the
guests had gone you feigned drunken
} ness and had your man put you to bed
When he had gone you slipped from
your room and left your apartment by
rear door opening upon trades
mans stairway. After you had com.
mitted the crime and arranged, as you
believed, to have it appear as suicide
on the part of your cousin, you slip.
ped back to your bed in the same
manner and remained there until youl
man called you to answer the phone
call of Inspector Bryce. But
"The clock found on the floor be,
side your uncle's bed shows the time
of his death, and not even your serv'
ant can testify to positive knowl
edge that you were in your room after
: possibly one-thirty this morning; SC
that your alibi has no value in view
of the other evidence which we have
furthermore, in holding the paper
of the will to Grace its names, yor
left fnger-print on it's margin
That finger-print corresponds to the
, marks found by Detective Johnson OF
the window-sill of the room where yol
entered-and also to print upon th'
5 back of note which you to-day wrote
in your office and addressed TO YOU
Cousins fiancee"
Mallet sat relaxed in his chair
seemingly but half conscious of Dual
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