Omaha daily bee., 1921-07-17

and Bentwell and l came over in
party from Britain" Pelly stated to
Murray. "One day Birchall and
Bentwell went somewhere to inspect
birchall's farm. But Bentwell did
not return. Birchall told me that
he had decided to go to London,
Ont. | never heard OF Bentwell
again until l saw his photograph in
a newspaper. / then went to Birchall
and told him that the murdered man
was surely Bentwell. ! told him to
60 and tell the authorities as I had
intended to do myself. | thought
that somebody ought to identify
Bentwell. Birchall promised me that
he would go and view the body and
tell his story to you"
Met in London.
How did it come about that you
were all travelling together?" asked
the Canadian detective.
II met Birchall in London in re-
sponse to an advertisement of his
and | came with him as partner.
Birchall has large farm in the vi
cinity of Niagara falls"
Pelly handed Murray the adver-
tisement he had seen in a London
paper saying, This is the advertise
ment l saw in London newspaper;
as it happens l kept it."
1t read:
University man having farm
wishes to meet gentleman's son to
live with him and learn the business,
with view to partnership. Must in
vest $4,000 to extend stock; board,
lodging and S per cent interest till
partnership is arranged. Address ].
r. Birshall, Primrose Club, 4 Park
Place, St. James, London"
Pelly further explained that on
reading the advertisement he had
written, and later gone to see Birch
all in Primrose club, and that Birch
all had told him all about the farm,
explaining that the business carried
on was buying horses in the rough
and grooming them to sell at a
profit.
You have not seen the farm YETI"
asked Murray.
"Not yet"
"Of course not. | do not think
you ever will" observed Murray
grimly. Il am sure | am beginning
to see it all now,' he further re-
marked.
1t was plain in Murray's mind by
this time that both Bentwell and |
Pelly had been deceived in investing
their money in Birchall mythical
farm somewhere near Niagara Falls.
He also came to the conclusion that
had not Bentwell's body been discov-
cred accidentally by the woodsmen
brothers Pelly, too, would have soon
joined his fellow investor. But be-
ing morally certain of Birchalls cum
ming and murderous scheme for max
ing money and proving him to be the
murderer were two different things.
Il knew that before / could prove
Birchall to be the murderer I had a
considerable amount of hard work
and investigation before me-" Muir
ray said in telling the story before
the Canadian court.
Gables Scotland Yard.
Next, Murray cabled to Scotland
Yard to look up Birchall's early life :,
and also areference he had given
Pelly as guarantee OF his good
faith.
Within "a hours Scotland Yards
cable confirmed Murray's own theo-
ries. Birchall, in his early school
days, and later at Oxford university,
had been wild and was commonly
known as liar. AS to the refer
ence Birchall had given, that person
knew nothing whatever about Birch
all, nor about his mythical farm
near Niagara Falls.
Murray made inquiries about the
farm and found exactly what he had
Birchall had not even
foot of land anywhere in the vicin-
ty. He could now prove that
Birchall was liar and swindler.
How was he to prove him a MUIR
ierer? 1
He then interviewed the conduc-
tors of the trains which ran in the
direction of Blenheim, and asked
them if they could recall any passen-
gers who were strangers who rode
On their train and got out anywhere
near Blenheim on February II. That
was the date Pelly told Murray
Birchall and Bentwell had gone
somewhere together.
A conductor by the name of Poole
Two passengers got out at East
Wood, which is about four miles
from Blenheim, Dead Mans
swamp" We reached East Wood just
after II in the morning"
please search your mind carefully
and try to remember some regular
in the train that morn
ng," said Murray.
Conductor Poole remembered
there was Woodstock bailiff by the
name of Matthew Virtue. He also
recalled Miss Lockhart Of Blanford. u