South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-14


midnight. when any creature from
+ tho underworld OF Paris might have
/ been present you spoke of the
. danger OF keeping this necklace in a
small private safe in the apartment
I 81 hen ir should be deposited with a
4 tanker2 But 90 these objections the
. Marquise always returned the same
swcr--that she alone had the COM
hiuation OF the safe This is true %
Ut IS true" replied the Marquis.
But 10 was not discreet. as after
I events have demonstrated. Perhaps
/ 5y these discussions we gave in
/ formation OF the whereabouts Of
| this necklace 10 this Apache Lee
quex."
The Project OF Police made a
/ vague gesture and continued 20
isUeak.
I The Marquis. upon discovery Of
+ the robbery at once notified the
Service de 81 Surete. old Forneau
and an agent arrived Immediately.
+ Upon examination Of the bit of pa.
/ per, it proved to be a slip bearing
/ the name in print Of Moore-Pooie &,
! Co.. a firm OF American brokers in
/ Paris.
old Forneau at once suggested
that the robbery must have been
committed by some one from the
office Of these brokers. probably an
american, since the slip Of paper
must have come from some one en-
ployed in that establishment
But here the Marquis Chantelle,
showing an intelligence superior 10
that of this officer OF the Surete.
pointed out that no one would come
/ On such an adventure bringing with
him "a piece of paper, and especially
. an indicatory piece of paper, upon
which TO set down such a memoran-
dunn. It was far more likely that the
piece of paper had been acquired
somewhere i'm the apartment
He then suggested that an inquiry
be made to discover whether some
one from this American firm OF
Moore Poole x Company had not at
one time occupied an apartment in
the building.
"FOrneau acted upon this sugges-
tion and ascertained that Monsieur
the Marquis was correct He dis
. covered a quantity of these blank
printed slips in the basement of the
building. where, with other rubbish
they had been retained by the con
cierge 10 kindle fire in the furnace
Thus Monsieur the Marquis al
one stroke removed any suspicion
that might have been attached &C
this firm Of brokers and confined
the inquiry TO some one having ac-
cess 20 the building and knowledge
OF it, else he would not have been in
the basement where this debris from
the apartments Of old tenants had
accumulated.
The query as to how the robbel
had obtained access to the Marquis
8 apartment on this night now ad-
vanced itself. There is no key &c
/ these apartments except the one de
IiNered 10 the tenant by the bank
making the lease.
w hen the door is closed. it IS
| locked from the outside-that is u
say. the knob Of the door does not
turn on the outside; it turns only
on the inside. so that il can always
o. opened from the inside, whethe.
/ locked - not
eft cannot be opened from the QUE
side because the handle Of the door
knob. a. ! have said does not turn
How. then. would this robber entei
, the Marquis apartment? Agar
. he Marquis was able TO give For.
j 1eau an explanation.
ION the evening of the robbery. il
, was his Intention 90 remain lin h:,
b apartment He had dismissed hi.
e. valet and the servants and wa.
+ alone Later me changed his mine