Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-18
EVENING EDITION
.And what. else do we known ask

.And what, else do We know asl-
- rThis," said Hanaud. He paused
Increasingly. Bring up your. 2
- thagtable, NJ. Wether1ntIl,, q con-
sider whether I am right Or wrong.
and he waited until Harry Wether-
NH. had obeyed. Then he laughed
In q friendly way at himself.
.I cannot help it" he said. III have
an ave FOR dramatic effects. must
n for theirs when i know they
are coming. And one,I3l tell POW ~
coming now" s$sa
Hanaud's Theory.
He shook his finger at his COM
panions. Ricardo shifted and shut
f1ed in his chair. Harry Wethermtll
kept his eyes fl ed at Hanaud'ss ace
but he was quiet, as he q Deenf
throughout the long inquiry. ,s
Hanaud lit a cigarette and
his time.
who drove the car into Geneva drove
it. back, because-he meant TO !eaYot
1t again in the garage OF n VllleS
Rose"
Good heavens!" cried Ricardo.
~finging himself back. The theory so
calmly enunciated took his breat
away. MOI,
Harry Wethernill.
Hanaud leaned across and tapped
| his fingers on the table to empha-
size his answer
Gail through this crime there aro
two things visible-brains and dar-
ing: clever brains and extraordinary
daring. Would he have dared? He
dared to be at the corner close to
Villa Rose al. daylight. Why else
should he have returned except to
put back the car? Consider! The
petrol is taken from tins which Ser
vettaz might never have touched for
a fortnight, and by that time he
might, as he said, have forgotten
whether he had not used them
himself, I had this possibility IN my
mind when I put the questions to
Servettaz about the petrol which the
Commissaire thought 50 stupid.
I ""The utmost care is taken that
there shall be no would left on the
floor OF the carriage. The scrap OF
chiffon was torn of, no doubt, when
the women finally left the a and
therefore not noticed, or that, too.
would have been removed. That the
exterior Of the car was dirty; betray-!
ed nothing, for Servettaz had left It
uncleaned."
Following the Crime.
Hanaud leaned back and, step by
step, related the journey Of the car.
"The mar leaves the gate open; he.
drives into Geneva the two women,
who are careful that their shoes
shall leave nj marks upon the floor,
At Geneva they get out. The man.
returns. If we a only leave the
q in the garage he covers all traces
Of the course he and his friends have
taken.
"No one would suspect thatSthe a
had ever left the garage. At the corr
ner Of the road, just as he is turning
down to the villa, he sees a sergent-
de-ville at the gate. He knows that
the murder is discovered. Ht puts on
full speed and goes straight out of
the town: What is he to do? He is
driving a car for which the police In
an hour or two, II not now already,
Will be surely watching. He is driv-
ing it in broad daylight, He, must get
rid of it, and at once. before people
are about to see 1t, and to see him
in 1t.
Imagine his feelings! It Is almost
enough to make n pity him. Here
he Is in a car which convicts him as
La murderer, and he has nowhere to
leave 1t. He drives through AK
Then on the outskirts Of the town he.
finds an empty villa He drives iii at
the gate, forces the door Of the COACH
house, and leaves his car there. Now.
observe! It is no longer any use for
him to pretend that he and His
friends did not disappear in that car.
The murder is already discovered, and
with the murder the disappearance
Of the car. So he no longer troubles
his head about it.
He does not remove the traces Of
mould from the place where his feet
rested, which otherwise, no doubt, he
would have done. It no longer mat.
ters. He has to run to earth now be-
fore he is seen. That is all his busi-
ness. And so the state of the car is
explained. It was a bold step to
bring that car back-yes,, a bold and,
desperate step. But a clever one.
For, II 1t had succeeded, we should
have known nothing Of their move
ments-oh, but nothing-nothing.
All! I tell you this is no ordinary
laundering affair. They are clever
people and devised this crime-clev-
er. and of an audacity which is sur
prising.'
Then Hanaud lit another cigarette.
Mr.. Ricardo, on the other hand.
could hardly continue to smoke for
excitement.
cannot understand your calm.
ness" he exclaimed. 4
Continued in tomorrow
tE4Le. so TEE r1--L ~, 81 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1900