The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-12

young man droEI1 like q clerk. and
tall elderly man wearing blouse, had
been to the cottage The elderly man
was very much sunhurncd and had n VII
famous look The gossip " the village
promo as all gossips are to pat the worst
construction upon things laughed and
su""red and put their heads together ~
tho visits Of these two last mentioned
men That Was MI thAt the police could
gather from the Information of the vii
layers
While the commlssiancr wns writing
this down there arrived ln response to
the letter NE had sent 'o the Ialuis de
Justice, the luyostig9tiuL magistrate.
VI. h1huou. GcNrol. chief of the dctcc-
tive tor,o mud his subordinate. NJ Ic-
COG VI Dahuron was man of about
lu with 900 afr OF settled irolHucholy
Nonr lrt'cr than he could. armed with
. lmppolnlc logic. solv, one OF those
Problems 10 which y r'prcscnts IA"
criminal But he WAS distrust'jf " his
own abilities, and II w1s 20 Irpugnnut
, a. MS f. llrgs to deceive even an uc-
, ,us"d person hy laying traps for him
mat n was snid Of him IN the courts
/ u.d hc gought "a discover not rrimi-
mails, bet lnnoccuts
You have proceeded very vel. said
'hc inN"stlgotiug magistrate to the local
commissioner when he hnl rcnd his re-
pert
= was coming to that" rarlIod tho
. 'l.|'.'F'I'.I|'I NN Witnesses shy iIItt
saw her ON the evening OF March T. at
twenty minutes past flvc le sh, Whs re-
4 tuning from Hougival with basket
i'uW market They hal JUS allEhtod
lrIm the Marty stag" pud walked with
her AS far Us the gate of her garden q"
What mad She In her basket"
They only saw that she Ind two
/ bottles Of wine aud u bottle OF brandy ."
II is clear enough said Gcyrol,
/ mat We must look for the tail, sun
. burned man wearing ,hr'hlouse. She
. "h' expecting HIM and the wine and
, brandy vcT",for hls entertainment, "
That may be- so replied NJ pa
huron 'hut what impressed me most
ls her statement that II shc wanted
moro money she could have II. she
once so stated 10 one Of the reighhors
II nppoais from the report Of the com
GcvroI dii not take the trouble {,
listen on the evening of March 4
lh" weather changed n had been frccZ
'ng iur fortnight before That evening
D. mined. Now what time did the rali
set iu' Tho corporal OF g"nd1rmes re-.
m'wh'rcd that IL had set IN at hal
"'l L.nc Very well n the man cam'
after half past nlne hi' shoes must have
'',n muddy This must have beer
noticed, Tor The floor H. a polished one
mover thought n. that" replied tn
'omml'slon'r, Crcsiiallen. and TO,
many people have been In this room
hut only mysclf and tho corporal hav,
entered tha' Inner room our footprint,
there viii rr easily distinguished " W.
l'ii any Not the slightest sign of
iuulmtrk did they find IN the innc
room. In the living room there was
ran OF ham and eggs on the hearth
%" widow had evidently been cookini
them When she had been stabbed On
lh' table, covered with cloth ne white
o.. now, stood magnificent wine glaS
.ui fu" crystal, HU open bottle ~ win
hardly touched and another Of hrnndl
rom which five or six small ghssful
I bad been taken
There Wps lin" knife on the table
d hH' mo- silver. The motive was rob
r. hrfy,' snid Gcvrol See hnv
"a ln"N'd-mony nriiulcg OF silver whicl
. "n" would expect 10 find along wit
: such Il table OUTFIT are missing
I Vet t"b' said Lecod. who AOd hccl
, t''r'h,ug an his own account. here /,
lhs drawer U'' 220 francs nut tina
, N17 nj, the money they found and IN
u itd also vanished And the Jewel
o. which the urighhIrs had seen tho wido,
= wear they too had disappeared Clear
= lN u was robbery with murder
4 But snlL' Euid lecoq Il think
u would s'ul Tor VI Tnbarct"
- An ! hnyy hcnrd n good deal Rhou
him. said " bphuron, "a sort OF Dc
. u. i've who PLAYS the game for the low
n ~ H. o. hc uot' \rty clever | am TOLD
y kN ull means ,pud for this t,lcutc
/ amateur 10 Win DO M harm Justic
l. bhhurnn was entirely unconscious of m
D.. NOV" hc vNH making on the checker
n hoard uf hl. own lltc's tragedy whc
X hc fN'd. send Cor VI Tobarct"