Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-03-11


tage to answer questions and have as
much light thrown upon the matter
as possible"
On the morning after the murder a
dreary task was mine. | had to be
the one to break the news Of what
had happened to Mrs Ransome and her
daughter before they should have time
to hear of it in some even more star
Ting way.
Mrs. Ransome at once broke out in
to a Mortified condemnation of Sewer,
who, as well as Trefusis, was cousin
of her own. "Wretched boy? she
cried, 81 knew his feeling-we all
knew his jealousy of Arthur, but who
could have dreamed 1t would lead him
to this l'
Don't, mother, / beg" implored the
girl whom Sewer had called Moyra.
HE can't be guilty. And whatever
may be the truth, it is cruel Of you
to prejudice the Captain against him."
Mrs. Ransome flashed reproach at
her. ct is you who are cruel to de-
fend Arthur's murderer" she ex-
claimed. Listen, Captain Bruce" she
impetuously went on, Anthony Sc
vier inherits Arthur's money, should
Arthur die unmarried. The fortune
was left in that way by their uncle
Anthony himself got a bare pittance
Besides Eyes, I will tell, MoyTa-it is
my duty to speak,, Arthur Trefusis
+or- RI hnnn
married a month from now in England
at the house of that uncle's' sister,
who promised to leave more money to
him if the wedding should take place
at her home.
"As for Anthony, he has always
possible should ever have allowed
her to become the wife of such a
ne'er-dO-well.
Late in the afternoon 1 went to the
stateroOm where the murdered man
lay, and shut myself in. Locking the
door, turned on the electric light
which Illuminated every corner of the
room.
As l questioned myself, lifted the
bath-robes with the other clothing on
the wall and put myself behind them.
At once a faint but agreeable perfume
was perceptible to my nOstrils.
Slowly I took down the garments
which seemed more strongly saturated
with the perfume than the others, and |
then-suddenly gave vent to a slight |
exclamation. A hairpain was sticking |
in the loosely woven meshes of the |
Turkish toweling of which the robe
was made, as though it had, in close
contact, been dragged from a woman's
hair.
Miss Ransome's hair was brown.
We carried two stewardesses on the /
Canada, and lost no time, on leaving
the room of the dead, in going first to
one and then to the other.
After dinner the stewardesses came
to me in my cabin. There was long
array of hairpins arranged according
to my order.
I could hardly control my excite
nent as my eye lighted on the mate to
The hairpin 1 had concealed in my
pocket. 1 drew it from the paper. 1t,
90, was scented.
mo 81" 1 read aloud from the card
: 'SYou can go, and let me impress it
ipon you again that not a whisper is
@ go around about this, on pain of in
slant dismissal" l said
In a moment ! was alone. In an
,ther 1 had found the name of the
woman who occupied No. 81. 1t was
he next stateroom but one to that in
which the murder had been COM
nitted, and the name of its inmate
vas Mrs. Rochester, of Quebec. The
Trefusis and Sewer had all
ONE from Montreal. A daring plan
ntered my head.
1 went out on. deck. 1 had the good
lex to find Mrs. Rochester alone.
She started and looked around as I
pproached and took up a position be-
tde her.
"Will you allow me to offer you a
emmy for your thoughts?" l inquired.
They are worth more than that,
ne answered in a low voice.
You are right, Mrs. Rochester" g
lid, but I believe that / can guess
lat you are thinking of last night
wing over again the time when you :,
ole into stateroom 40, picked up a =
nife which lay there. hid behind the :
othing hanging on the wall, waited :
n Mr.. Arthur Trefusis to come in, !,
Id then, when you saw him at your y
Grey, struck"
For Heavens sake!" she uttered L
ickly. For Heavens sake !" =
Her voice broke, she reeled, and =
ould have fallen in a dead faint had
not caught her across my arm. ?
Later / had all the truth from her :"
Id from Anthony Sewer, who would a
It have spoken out his suspicious =
ad she not been detected) for fear -
screening himself by wronging the
nocent. IN
Trefusis had known her in Quebec, cs