Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-25

one day in my sitting room with a
subdued air OF triumph in his manner.
which I detected almost before he
spoke.
Yes" he said, as I challenged
him, I'VE have him. He was, after
all. in Paris. Possibly he has been
there all the while. I told you 50,
Miss Carlton. We may be slow m
times. bug we are sure"
Actually arrested?" asked, still
incredulous.
Actually arrested and only wait
ing the order for cxtradition and a.
few formalities? which are out Of our
ment to be brought over here's
But what does he say? Has he
confessed 2" 81
' Very far from sthat-he strongly
denies tina he was ever near Scot
e on that night. He denies that
he ever went out OF London"
win you be able to prove 1t
against him ?"
A thin ghost Of a smile went over
the little mans face. IF the jury
won't convict on the evidence we
shall bring against him there is no
circumstantial evidence on which they
will convict"
! You found nothing in his rooms.
did you? Nothing like the knife, /:
mean?"
II attach very little importance to
the knife" he said. Then he cor
rected himself. II mean that the alb
sence Of the knife means little or
nothing. II we were to find the knife
It might amount to a very great deal
as a piece of positive evidence, but
negatively its absence counts for
nothing. You ee. it was not neces-
sariiy a knife of any unusual pattern
that was used. Perhaps 4 knife with
a rigid blade would be a. more sare
and sure weapon for the dealing Of
such a stab, but many clasp knives
are fitted with a spring which makes
the blade rigid until the spring Is
pressed down again. And even the
F.! commonest form Of clasp knife might
have been used. The cases of stab
bling with an ordinary clasp knife are
frequent enough.
THE examination of the captains
rooms did give US one important piece
d evidence" he. want on. which we
followed up. When I wen to the
Summer-houxe on the Saturday I had
found two ends Of cigarettes which
had been lately smoked. and in the
tobacco and the paper and altogether
they matched exac:ly the cigarettes
that Sir Ralph smokes. 1 presumed
that he had smoked them as he kept
watch during the small hours Of the
morning yer her ladyship's body.
Yet when l suggested to him that he
had tried to solace himself in this
way he vas quite indignant with me.
l really did not know what to think.
But the examinatiop OF Captain
Vfbart's rooms showed that he
smoked cigarettes of exactly the same
make. and by applying to the tobac-
conist with whom ne was found to
have an we discovered that it
was Sir Ralps's t~obacconist a'so, and
thai the captain had begun to iea!
there only 4 month or 50 before for
the very reason that he had smoked
some OF that firms cigarettes, as they
were supplied to Sir Ralph md wished
to set more of the brand. So those
cigarette stubs in the Summer-houss
which ut first seemed to point>to Sill
Ralph become now Il link In the chain
that we have bound round Captain
Wharf" 4
The sefgeant wanted to see uncle
in order to tell him that they hnl
at length caught the wretched fugi-
tive. but uncle vas nut somewhere, nc
one knew On what part Of the estate
and the sergeant had to visit Matilda
Manson in order TO get some poin;
QutIe clear ABOUT me ev10ence thai
she would be abe n give at the trial
OF the Identification of Captain vi
bart He had to 20 on to catch his
return train to London before meet,
Ing uncle. 20 1t fei. 10 me to tell hind
OF tbs arrest In Paris~ AZ = rule we
avoided 10 far rs possible even the
o. remote reference TO the tragedy
but II was no usps thinking OF avoid
ing 1t in this instance, and the mos,
direct way seemed TO me the best. "a
I said. Sergeant Crisp has been hers
this morning n he asked mo TO tell
you that the police have arreSbed
Captain yibartN Mn Paris"
+ could almost swear that for 4
moment . CLINT of something like TIL
nmph come into uncle.s lace VA
. little shocked by II but the nexi
moment l was telling myself that IL
WAS only natural that he should have
some Of this feeling m hearing thai
his wife's murderer Was At length to
be brought to Justice. II Was but 4
quickly passing gieam. too. that I aw
and his lace settled again almost Inn
mcdtAsely into the Gloom which had