Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-12

vas DO murder II was Ike an elemen-
tsry sum
NJ. Snyier's mouth opened. and he
appar-utIy Intended 10 speak. but he
changed his mind and oakes pro
ctsdet.
i then tested the suicide theory.
What motive was there for sulcides
There was no motive. Therefore. there
Wa 10 suicide"
This time Ar. Snyder spoke.
Say. my boy. you haven't been
spending the last few days In the
wrong house by any chance. have you1
Ycu viii be telling me next time there
wasn't any dead man"
OaEes smiled
"N0t AT all. Captain John Gunner
was dead - mutton. and. as the med!-
cal evidence proved. he died of the
bite of 4 kraft
Mr.. Snyder shrugged his shoulders.
Go on" he said. Its your story.
Tn listening"
..well on'rkeep you loug Captain
Gunner died from snake-bite for the
very excellent reason that he was bit.
ten by Il snake
Bitten by a snakeT"
by a kraft. II you want further
details. by n kraft which came from
Java"
Mr.. Snyder stared at him.
How do you kuowT"
= do know
DID you see the snakei
NO"
Then how
Il have enough evidence TO make
q Jury convict Mr. Snake without Ieay.
Ing the box"
How dlI the snake get out of the
rgauE"
by the window"
How DO y0u make that outI You
say yourself that the window was high
up.'
Nevertheless. Il got out by the win
dow. Iys the logical sequence Of
events, That's proof enough that u
was In the room. II killed Captain
Gunner there. And that's proof enough
That II got out of the room. because
Il left traces OF its presence outside.
Therefore. as the window was the only
exit. II must have gone out that way.
II may have climbed or 1t may have
jumped, but It got out OF the window"
What do You mean-proofs OF Its
presence outsider
''It killed dog"
"Helloi This is new. You didn't men
ton that before"
NO"
How do you know II killed the
dogL'
because analysis prove
had died from snake-bite."
where was itf"
hind the house. The window of Cap
! tain Gunner's room looks out into 1t.
II is fun OF boxes ana litter Of NIL
sorts, and there are few stunted
shrubs scattered about. In fact. there
is enough cover to hide any small OBJ
ject like the body of cog, and that's
why II was not discovered at first.
Katie. the maid-of-all-work at the
I Excelsior, came on II the morning
after had sent you my report. while
she was emptying box OF ashes in
the yard. Nobody claimed the do.
II was just an ordinary mutt dog.
don't suppose II belonged to anybody.
1t had no collar"
"It was fortunate you happened to
think of having the analysis made
"Not at all. II was the obvious thing
TO do. II constituted coincidence,
and l was on the lookout for that
RpH ~ To
theory.
.well. as say. the analyst examined
the body, and found that the dog had
died of the bite of kraft"
'But you didn't find the snakeT
mo. We cleaned out that yard till
you could have eaten your breakfast
there. but the snake had gone"
-Good Heavens Is IL wandering al
large along the water-frontT"
swell hope II has been killed. II
Is not pleasant thing to have about
the streets. II must have got or,s
through the door Of the yard, which
was open. But 1t is a couple Of dayt
now since II escaped. and there hat
been NO further tragedy. so ] guess it's
dead The nights are pretty cold now
and II would probably have died d
exposure. Anyway. let's hope So"
-But, for goodness sake, how did
q kraft get to Long Island. anyway
There is a very simple explanation
Of that. Can't you guess lit told yol
Il came from Java"
How do you know thatT'
NCaptain Muller told me. Not di
rectiy. mean. gathered 1t from whai
he said. 1t seems that Captain Muller
had friend an old shipmate. Living
in Java. They corresponded. and oc
casionally this man sends the captalr
- present as a mark Of his esteem
The last present he sent him was ow
friend. the snake"
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