Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-08-17
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Continued From Our last Issuel

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There was a sudden Singer from
q nervous gentleman In the crowd
al the back OF the room. and the
coroner put on his glasses and stared
sternly In the direction from which
II came. The nervous gentleman
hastily decided that tho time had
come 10 do up bis bootlace. The
coroner put down his glasses and
continued
ibid anybody come out Of the
house while you were coming up
the driver"
No"
Thank you. Mr. Dillingham;"
lie wss followed by Inspector
Rirch. The Inspector. realizing that
this was his afternoon. and that the
eyes OF the world we're upon him.
produced a plan OF the house and
explained the situation OF the differ.
ent rooms The plan was then
handed 10 the Jury.
Inspector Birch. 20 he told the
world. had arrived AZ the Red House
al tt2 .. m on the afternoon In
question He had been received by
Mr. Matthew Cayley. who had made
a short statement 10 him. and he
had then proceeded TO examine the
scene OF the crime
The french windows had been
forced from outside. The door lead.
ing into the hall was locked: he had
searched the room thoroughly and
had found no trace Of key. In the
bedroom leading out Of the Office he
had found an open window There
we're no marks on the window. hut
n was q low ono. and. a. he found
from experiment. quite easy 20 step
ont ~ without touching Il with the
boots
A few yards outside the window a
shrubbery began. There were no
recent fooimarks outside the win
dow. but the ground was in a very
hard condition owing 10 the absence
Of rain. In the shruhbery. however,
he found several twigs on the
ground recently broken OF. to
Eether with other evidence that
some body had been forcing It's way
through
Tie had questioned everybody con
nected with the estate. and none OF
them had been into the shrubhery
recently by forcing a way through
the shruhbery Il was possible FOR a
person 20 make detour OF the house
and get to tho Stanton end OF the
park without ever being IN sigh
% the house Itself
tie mad made inquiries about the
deceased Deceased had left to'
Australia some hfrcn years ago
owing 20 some financial trouble al
home Deceased was not wei
spoken OF In The village from which
ne and MS brother had come De
ceased and his brother had never
been on good terms. and the fac
that MARI Albeit had come I'M,
n1orsy hss Necn q cause OF gren
bitterness between them II va
shortly after this that Robert IA,
left Tor Australia
lie had made inquiries az Stanton
station I, had been market day a
stanton and the station had beef
more full oi arrivals than usual
Nobody had particularly noticed IN
arrival Of Robert Albeit: there hsi
been a good many passengers by tn
$40 train that afternoon. the tral
by which Robert had undoubt
come from London. A witness. nov
ever would state that he noticed
man resembling Msrs Albeit ~ IN
station a. 800 that afternoon. an
this man caught the ass up train Z
toun
There vas q pond In the ground
% the Red House He had drngge
this. but without result
Antony listened 10 him carelessl,
thinkins his own thoughts all N
time. hedicnl evidence followed bu
there Sas nothing 10 b. goi frof
that Ne Ter - close 20 me truth
a. any moment something Nigh
eivs MS brsin the one little hir
shich u wanted. Inspector Birc
vas iusi rursuing the ordinsr'
Whatever slss ihls case was. " -
not ordinary. There vas sonsthin
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