The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-13
Quite certain. SIR"

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kind, and-and understanding. sir
and he walked a little unsteadily
from the room.
II was afraid you wouldn't get
anything out of him. Mr.. Sage" said
Inspector Carton.
NO" remarked Malcolm Sage
quietly. nothing new; but an i'm
portant confederation Of the doctors
evidence"
What was that?"
THAT ii was the murderer and not
Professor MCMurray who ate Wed
rcsdny's breakfast. luncheon and
, dinner"
Coed L.ord!" The inspectors jaw
dropped In his establishment.
Il suspect that for some reason
or other he returned to the labora-
tory: that accounts for the rough
marks upon the door -fasteninGs as IL
someone had first torn them OF and
then sought TO replace them. After
! his second visit the murderer evil
IDENTIFY stayed too long. and WAS
afraid Of being seen leaving the
/ laboratory. He therefore remained
until the following night, eating the
professors meals. Incidentally he
knew all about his habits."
We'll. I'm blowed il he isn't a cool
un!" gaspcd the inspector.
Three weeks passed and there
was no development in the McMur-
ray Mystery.
Sir John Dene had C&.led several
times upon Malcolm Sag. whom he
had come to regard as infallible. only
TO be told that there was no news.
| Suddenly the whole affair hared up
anew. and Fleet Street once more
devoted Itself and Its columns to the
, death Of Professor James McMurray.
! A brief announcement that man
! of the vagrant class had been ar
! rested in London whilst endeavoring
I Ia sell gold watch believed to be
that of Professor McMurray, was the
/ first spark. Later the watch was
/ identified and the man charged with
the murder. He protested his inno-
cence. saying that he had picked up
/ the watch by the roadside, just out
side Gorling. nearly month before.
! There were blOodstains upon his
! clothes. which he explained by say
ing he had been fighting with another
man who had made his nose bleed.
Two weeks later he was found
guilty at the asszes and sentenced to
, death.
Then It was that Malcolm Sage
had written 10 Inspector Carton
curtly asking him to call at eleven
on the following day
Principally at eleven on the fol-
lowing morning the Inspector called
at the Malcolm Sage Bureau.
Sorry, Mr.. Sage" he said. az he
entered Malcolm Sage's room, i've
! been so rushed that l haven't been
| able to get round.
. That's his tobacco box" said In
spector Carton.
! Opening 1t, and after swift
glance at the contents. Malcolm
! Sage raised 1t to his nose: olga
rette-ends." he remarked.
And that's his pipe" The in
! spector laid on the table O black clay
pipe, with some two inches Of stem
attached to the bowl.
Malcolm Sage scarcely glanced at
! it. Pulling out drawer no pro-
duced q small cardboard box. which
he opened and pushed towards the
I inspector.
That ia the tobacco smoked by
the murderer. The makers are pre-
pared to swear TO It,"
Where the deuce did you get it?"
gasped the inspector.
Grain by grain from the linoleum
in the laboratory" replied Malcolm
Sage. THAT Is why 1t was neces-
sary to be sure it was swept each
/ day. 1t also helped me to establish
! the man as middle or upper class.
This tobacco Is expensive What Is
the man like who has been con-
demned?"
"A regular wandering WILLIE" re-
piled the inspector. "Oldlsh chap.
gives his age as sixty-one. Five foot
three and q half thin as rake.
twenty-nine- chest. Miserable
sort OF devil. Says he picked up the
watch about q quarter OF a mile
! from The Hollows' early one morn
, ing"
Does he eat marmaladc?"
Eat it," the inspector laughed.
He VOLTS IT,"
Carton. you've made a fool Of
yourself"
But" began the inspector. He
was interrupted by the door being
! burst violently open and Sir John
! Dcrr shot into the room.
Sir Jaspcr's killed himself" he
cried.
Moses aunt" cried the inspector.
starting to his feet.
You knew" Sir John Dene inter-
rogatcd. his voice little unsteady
Il expected H." said Malcolm Sage
quietly. Because I wrote to him
yesterday saying that I could not
/ allow the condemned man to be sac
rificed. II WIS Sir jasper Chambers
who killed Professor McMurray.
! "On the Tuesday night" he began,
1t is obvious that Professor McMur-
ray admitted someone to the laoora-
, tory. That man was Sir Jasper
Chambers.
When the two had dined together
IL week before" proceeded Malcolm
Sage, IAN appointment was obviously
made for a week later. The profess
sor's last words were significant:
! Anyway, Chambers. you will be the
; first to know II the experiments
/ had proved fatal. how could Sir
Jasper be the first to know unless an
; appointment had been made for him
! TO call ut the laboratory and discover
for himself the result? When Sir
4 Jasper learned Of the unqualified
I success Of the experiments. and saw
. by the professors changed appear
ance proof Of his triumph, he re-
mombered the article in The Present
! Century. He realized that in the
. IsnCthcning Of human life n terrible