River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
Copyright, 1915, by Lippincott's Magaz inc.
COPYRIGHT. 1915, by Mcbride, Mast Co.

Excl NJ. r..
"Glad to know you, gentlemen" said
Dunbar.
LerouX rose from the armchair in
which he had been sitting and stared
drearily at the LeWcomer. Excl
screwed the monocle into his right eye
and likewise surveyed the detective
Cumberly, taking a tumbler from the
bureau, said:
"a Scotch and soda, Inspector?"
1T is a suggestion" said Dunbar,
that, coming from a medical man,
appeals
While the doctor poured out the
whisky and sQuirted the soda into the
glass Inspector Dunbar, standing
sQuarely in the middle of the room,
fixed his eyes upon the still form lying
in the shadow of the writing table.
"You will have been called in, doc
tor" he said, taking the proffered tum.
bier, "at the time Of the crime"
| Exactly" replied Cumberly. "Mr.
Leroux ran up to my fat and summon
ed me to see the woman"
"What time would that be?"
big Ben had just struck the final
stroke Of twelve when l came out on
to the landing"
"Mr. Leroux would be waiting there
for your
"He stood in my entrance lobby while
slipped on my dressing gown, and we
came down together"
II was entering from the street." in
So
| ing from above"-
"YOu can enter from the street, sir, in
moment" said Dunbar, holding up
his hand. Zone witness at time, If
I you please
Excl shrugged his shoulders and
turned slightly, leaning his elbow upon
! the mantelpiece and Ticking off the ash
| from his cigar.
81 take it you were in bed" ques-
toned Dunbar, turning again to the
DOCTOR
II had been in bed about a quarter
Of an hour when / was aroused by the
ringing of the doorbell. This ringing
struck me as SO urgent that ran out
in my pajamas and found there Mr.
LerouX, in very disturbed state
"What did he say? Give his own
words as nearly as you can remember
| them"
Leroux, who had been standing, sank
| slowly back into the armchair, with his
eyes upon Dr. Cumberly as the latter
replied:
"He said: 'Cumberly, Cumberly, for
Gods sake come down at once. There
is strange woman in my fat appar-
emily in dying condition.
"What did you do?'
II ran into my bedroom and slipped
on my dressing gown, leaving Mr.. Le-
roux in the entrance hall. Then, with
| the clock Ginning the last stroke of
midnight, we came out together, and
closed my door behind me. There was
no light on the stair. But our converse
tion-Mr Leroux was speaking in a
| very high pitched voice"
what was he saying?
"He was explaining to me how some
woman unknown to him had interrupt
ed his work few minutes before by
ringing his doorbell."
Inspector Dunbar held up his hand.
'I won't ask you to repeat what he
said, doctor Mr.. Leroux presently can
give me his own Words
1--WE had descended to this floor,
them" resumed Cumberly, when Mr..
Excl, entering below, called up to us
asking if anything was the matter.
Leroux replied: Matter, Excl! There's
devil of a business. For mercy's
sake come up"
"Well?'
Mr.. Excl thereupon joined US at the
loor of this fiat"
"Was it open"
Eyes. Mr.. Leroux had rushed up to
me, leaving the door open behind him.
The light was out both in the lobby
and in the study, fact upon which /
commented at the time. 1t was all the
more curious as Mr.. Leroux had left
both lights on
did he say SOP"
He did The circumstances sur
prised him to a marked degree. We
came in, and | turned up the light in
the lobby. Then Leroux, entering the
study, turned up the light there too.
entered next, followed by Mr.. Excl
and we saw the body lying where you
see it now
"Who saw it first?'
"Mr. LerouX. He drew my atten-
ton to it, saying that he had left her
lying on the chesterfield and not upon
the floor"
''You examined herr"
ST did. She was dead, but still
warm. She exhibited signs of recent
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