The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-06

can be little doubt that the individual
must be brought into frequent contact
with burning tallow-waIks upstairs at
night probably with his hat in one
hand and guttering candle in the
other Anyhow, he never got tallow-
stains from gas-jet- Are you salts
fed?''
| We'll, IT is very ingenious" said l,
laughing; but since, as You said just
now, there has been no crime COM
mitted. and no harm done, save the
loss of a goose, all this seems to be
rather a waste of energy"
Sherlock Holmes had opened his
mouth to reply, when the door few
open, and Peterson, the commission
aire, rushed into the apartment with
flushed cheeks and the face of a man
who is dazed with astonishment-
The goose, Mr.. Holmes! The goose,
sir" he gasped
'Eh? What of it, then? Has it re-
turned to life and tapped off through
the kitchen window" Holmes twisted
himself round upon the sofa to get q
| fairer view of the mans excited face
See here, sir! See what my wife
found in its CROP" He held out his
hand and displayed upon the centre OF
the palm brilliantly scintillating blue
stone, rather smaller than a bean in
size, but of such purity and radiance
that it twinkled like an electric point
in the dark hollow of his hand.
Sherlock Holmes sat up with a
whistle. by Jove, Petersoni" said he
this Is treasure trove indeed / sup
pose you know what you have got
"A diamond, sir? A precious stone
It cuts into glass as though it were
putty
It's more than a precious stone II
is the precious stone"
Not the Countess of Morcar's blue
carbuncle," calculated
Precisely SO. / ought to know its
size and shape, seeing that have read
} the advertisement about it in The
Times every day lately. 1t Is absolute
} ly unique, and its value can only be
! conjectured, but the reward offered Of
$1,000 is certainly not within a TWEEN
ueth part of the market price,
4 A thousand pounds! Great Lord Of
mercy The commissionaire pumped
: down into chair, and stared from one
, to the other Of us
! That is the reward, and have rea
son to know that there are sentimental
. considerations in the background
/ which would induce the countess IL
part with half her fortune if she could
but recover the gen.
, 1T was lost, if / remember Alright. Al
the Hotel Cosmopolitan remarked
J Precisely so, on December 22d, ius
: five days ago. John Horner, a plum
, Der, was accused of having abstracteC
i 1t from the lady's jewel-case. The eyi
/ dence against him was so strong tina
the case has been referred to thu
: AsslZes. l have some account of til,
matter here, believe" He rummaget
: amid his newspapers, glancing over tn,
! dates, until at last he smoothed on,
: out, doubled 1t over, and read the fol
/ lowing paragraph:
. Hotel Cosmopolitan Jewel Rob
| berry. John Horner, 90, plumber. wa!
/ Drought up upon the charge of hayin,
, upon the 22d inst. distracted from tn,
? JeWel-case of the Countess of Morca
the valuable gem known as the bin,
: carbuncle. James Ryder. upper-attend
ant at the hotel, gave his evidence +,
the effect that he had shown Horne
t up to the dressing-room of the Coun
: tess of Morcar upon the day of tn,
! robbery, in order that he might solde
r the second bar of the CRATE, which wa
loose. He had remained with Horne
t some little time, but had finally bee,
' called away. On returning. he foun,
: that Homer had disappeared, that tn
5 bureau had been forced open, and tina
. the small morocco casket in which, a
Y 1t afterwards transpired. the COUNTIES
t was accustomed to keep her Jewel, wa
: lying empty upon the Gressing-table
e Ryder instantly gave the alarm. an
r. Homer was arrested the same ever
g ing; but the stone could not be foun
either upon his person or in his rooms
i Catherine Cusack, maid to the cour
tess, deposed to having heard RYDER
r cry OF dismay on discovering tn
: robbery, and to having rushed into tn
t room, where she found matters as de
r scribed by the last witness. Inspecto
a Bradstreet, B division, gave evidenc
e as to the arrest of Horner, who sirius
r gled frantically, and protested hi
innocence in the strongest term:
Evidence of a previous conviction 70
e robbery having been given against tn
:. prisoner, the magistrate refused t
S deal summarily with the offence, bu
referred it to the Assizes. Horne
!. who had shown signs of intense emo
t ton during the proceedings, fainte
laway at the conclusion, and wa
0, carried out of court