Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-20
CHAPTER XII (Continued,)

~ ParQOe sat very sui, iio"i'ns7
he said: There may be something III
this. The facts fiji in all right. III loon
for her in Soho
] "And mind you let me know IL you
find her." said |.
II will, my Lord" said Pardoe.
He asked me good many questiohs
about the woman in the feathereo Hat ,
her height, her breadth, the color OF
her hair, the color and shape OF nel
dress, the shape Of the feathers III hel
hat. and the color of her boots. an,
swered his questions as well as couiu
remember the details. Then ne nnlsh-
ed his whisky and soda. wished me
good afternoon and went away
During the next three days wondel-
ed how he was getting on. Then on the
/. fourth morning he came again. | went
iup to him in the library, and when we
\ were settled down he said:
4 well, m'Lord, I've found the woman
lin the feathered hat - or, to be exact
live got on her track. This man bechut
Twas mixed up in half dozen shaoy
games = white slave traffic and black
mailing and this woman, Cesarine
!Thibaudier, helped him. She seems TO
have been infatuated with him and just
las Jealous as could be. She was always
iuuarreling with him about other Wo-
men, and half dozen times different
lpeopfe heard her threaten to murder
him if ever she caught him carrying on
with any one. He must have got jolly
well tired of it all, for found out long
ago that he had arranged to slip quit
Ily away to France as soon as he gov
the money for the letters. He was just
running away from her. She found
out this plan of his and rowed him
about it; for she'd made up her mind
that he was going off with another wo.
imam. After that she must have Watcheo
him and followed him."
"It seems to look very promising,
said.
eyes, it does fit in said Pardoe
I"And then, without word to anybody
she went off at six o'clock on the morn
/ ing after the murder and has not been
seen since. Probably she's In Paris.
I well, you ought to be able to cater
her without much difficulty" | said
twill you go over to Paris yourselt?'
| "Wait a bit - wait bit, my Lord,
said Pardoe, smiling where's ou'
evidence? I've not been able to fine
any one who saw Cesarine Thibaudle1
nearer -Garthoyle Gardens than Soho
| It's true found two Of her friends VINO
| declare that the wrist bag we found Is
! the very image Of one that belonged tt
| her; but it's very common pattern
! In fact, counted nine women In Soho
! carrying the identical wrist bag IN tht
course of one morning. Also, Cesar1ne
Thibaudier used the scent OF vlolets
Of which the bag smelt. But the twf
women who told me so smelt OF Il
themselves. l have not been able tt
trace the revolver to her; and
shouldn't wonder If it belonged to Be
chut himself and she stole it. Again
neither the lady who was blackmailet
nor the man who bolted, say anything
of the person who fired the shot; or
I takes it. they would have told 20,
about it. Unless this woman chooses
to confess - and she doesn't seem the
kind who confess - we haven't enough
evidence to hang cat on
got I'D and walked up and dow1
the room. 1t sounded extremely annoy
ing. certainly had no particular feel
/ ings for the Matchmaker himself, bu
one has a feeling that when a murde
has been committed, somebody ough
to be hanged.
Cali the same, am quite convince
that this woman followed Bechut t,
!Garthoyle Gardens, carrying that revol
yer in the wristbag and shot him from
the shrubbery," I said.'
'T'm inclined to think it was so my
self" said Pardoe.
"Well, I'm quite sure of it, I said
81 think she ought to be tried"
| Pardoe took long pull at his whis
Ky and soda: then he said "Ah. m!
Lord, If we were to arrest all tn
people we're sure have committed muir
| der we could keep the Central Grim
inal court going with murder trials 70
! the next six months. But don't sur
| pose we'd get one in ten of them hang
| Cd. Murders one thing and evidence
a. another
] TITS very cheering hearing" said
He finished his whisky and sodS<a
went away. He has not been TO SCI
ne since nor have heard that the DC
Nee have arrested Cesarine Thibaudier