Evening star., 1918-08-11
THE MYSTERY OF THE HA

high-sred brother II circumstances
lend their aid to make discovery ap-
pear impossible.
Mr.. Roberts is the friend Of many
q good man who would swear to his
integrity with a clear conscience. I
would have sworn to 1t myself, q
month ago. had l heard 1t questioned
live to swear to iepagain, notwith-
standing the doubts which have been
raised In my mind by certain strange
discoveries which link him to this un-
to call circumstantial evidence. For.
as I am obliged to acknowledge, the
one great thing we rely upon, in ac-
cusations of this kind, is so far Lack
ing in his case; l mean, the motive.
II know of none-can, in fact. con-
ceive OF none-which would cause a
gentleman Of even life and ambitious
projects to turn a deadly weapon
upon an innocent child with whom he
is not, so far as we can discover. even
acquainted. Dementia only can ac-
count for such a freak, and to de-
mentia we must ascribe this crime,
II 1t Is necessary for us to find cause
before proceeding to lay our evidence
propose to do at present is to show
you my reasons for thinking that the
arrow which slew Angeline Willetts-
or. as we have been assured by unm-
PSaSHapio <huSChHo A/uSloo
masauerading under the name of An
geline Willetts-was set to bow and
loosed across the court by the gentle
man we have just mentioned"
announcement from the severely si-
lent man he was endeavorfng to I'M
press. But he did not get It. With
full sense of his years weighing
but continued with little change Of
tone:
I'm. the first day or two of keen
surprise following an event of SO
many complicated mysteries I drew
which 1 felt should be properly an
swered before I would consider 1t my
duty to submit to you a report to the
disadvantage Of any one suspect. This
was question one:
"'Whose was the hand to bring up
into the museum gallery the bow
recognized by Corey as the one which
had boen lying by for an Indefinite
length Of time In the cellar"
really definite answer to this. Cor
rey would not talk; nor would the
curator and 1 dared not press either
of them beyond certain point, for
undesirable to allow any one to sus-
pect the nature of my theory or whom
1t especially involved.
1.-THE curator had nothing to hide
on this or any other point connected
with the tragedy. But it was differ
strong ideas about that visit to the
cellar-only he would not acknowl-
edge them. So yesterday. after the
satisfactory settlement of another
puzzling question. I made up my mind
mapner. He has, as most men have,
in fact, great love for the curator.
In discussing with him the myster-
ious fetching up of the bow and it's
subsequent concealment in the Gu
I did not mean to have him take as
real. that only the curator himself
would do such a thing and then for
get it: that it must havo been his
in a way half jocose, half earnest, to
say so and have done with it.
'It worked. sir. He flushed like
man who had been struck: then he
grew white with indignation and
blurted forth that it was no more his
shadow than it was 'Mr. Roberts
Mr.. Roberts than the curators. At
which I simply remarked: 'Ycu think
so. Correy?' To which he replied: Il
that Curator Jewett never brought up
that bow from the cellar, or he would
nave said SO tho minnrs he saw i:
tbsn bc no Nor tnan II H. h1 Eberts %"rs
either I put in. and left him COM
forted II not quite reassured.
80 much for question one
mo two is OF a similar nature.
Was the transference of the arrow
from one gallery to the other due to
the same per son who brought up the
bow?' Now, In answer to that, !
have a curious thing to show YOU"
And lifting into view bundle of
goo1ly size, wrapped in heavy brown
parer. he opened 1t up a.nG dis. Used
gentleman's c. at. Spreading: thus
out between them lining. side out.
and pointing out two marks an inch
or SO apart showing the remains OF
stitches for which there seemed to
have been no practical use. he took
from his own vest pocket what looked
like a bit of narrow black tape. This
he laid down on the upturncd lining
in the space bo unded by the two lines
of marks have mentioned, and draw
served in quiet explanation:
1.-THE one fits the other-stitch for
stitch. Look closely at them both, I
beg. and tell me If in your Judgment
1t is not evident that this strap or
loop, or whatever we may call 1T, has
been cut away from this coat to which
it had been previously sewed-and by
no woman either"
ANY one could see that this had been
SO. There could be but one reply:
"This coat / bought from an old
man to whom 1t had been given by
Mr.. Roberts housekeeper on their ar
rival at his new home on Long Island.
The strip was picked up at the mu-
scum in the room where Mrs. Taylor
spent an hour or so Immediately upon
leaving the scene of crime. With