New Britain herald., 1922-12-07
THE TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS

iuI IltINNtt LAX IfifOTIiESlS
 The mans loose body seemed tC have been packed into his clothing q. though under n pressure. There wai the vague note Of victory in' his voice
 Monsieur" he said. mo dead frcnchman has ever been yalned tc Us at less than fifty thousand francs He may haye been worthless ven dor of roast chestnuta before the Madeleine, but if he died In Stam- boul, he was straightaway worth fifty thousand francs. You will ob- serve. monsieur, that your government has already fixed the price for mur- der"
 The Prefcct Of Police looked across the long empty room at the closed door.s
 But was this dead man a citizen of the Turkish Empire?" We seem 10 have a memory of him"
 The Oriental smiled.
 Citizens" he said. Are of two classes-your Foreign office has laid it down--the citizen which is born, and the citizen which is acquired. Each are valued to us at least fifty thousand francs. as your schedule in the indemnities to the Sublime Porte so clearly set 1t out. Dernburg Pasha was acquired, monsieur. But he Is dead And the indemnity for him, as you have so admirably established it, is not subject to discount. ;. :. You came from the Foreign Office. monsieur"
 The Prefect of Police bowed He put his hand into the pocket of his coat as with casual gesture. his fingers closing over an article that lay concealed there.
 The Envoy went on:
 II found the Minister Dellaux of an unfailing courtesy; if subject of our empire has been murdered in Paris, an adequate indemnity would be paid"
 The scene at the Foreign Office, when he had been called in before the Minister, came up for an instant to Monsieur Jonquelle. The tall. elegant old man had been profoundly annoyed This murder came at a vexatious moment, at precisely the moment when the Foreign Office was pressing for the indemnity on the French subjects slain in Stamboul. The very argument had been unfor- tunate. Stamboul must be made safe, and here was Paris unsafe! Here was Dernburg Pasha dead in the Faubourg St. Germain.
 Monsieur NnauelIe had made no reply to the Minister. He had come down to the house in the Faubourg r,A SS- ....st 1,4 ,<,s over it; he had examined everything: but he had made no comment. Either he had arrived at no conclusion, or else he had large knowledge of the affair, coupled with some definite plau
 It was an old house, maintaining in it essentials departed elegance. The floor Of the drawing-room was Of alternate blocks of white and black marble, laid down like a chessboard. There was . door at one end leading into d small walled garden. On the other side of the drawing di- rectly opbositc, there was another uoor Of precisely the same character leading into a sort of library-the room in which Dernburg had been found ins the morning. dead on the floor.
 TO the Envoy of the Turkish Gov scrnment in Paris, this assassination had the aspect of diplomatic flavor. He had gone at once to the Foreign Office with his demand for an indem- nifty. and then he had come here into this drawing room and sat down be- fore the door until the matter should be settled. C
 "Monsieur is satisfied?" hc said. "He has seen everythipg?'
 II have not quite seen everything" replied Monsieur Jonquelle, his glance travelling to the slight bulge in the mans tight-htting waistcoat pocket, sbut I am entirely satisfied
 ''The evidences are complete, mon- sieur," said the Envoy, smiling. 'Dernburg Pasha lived alone in this house. Late last night a Frenchman called on him. They were in the room wonder together. The windows were open, although the shutters were closed. Persons passing on the street heard the voices distinctly-the voice of a F'renchman, monsieur, and the voice of Dernburg Pasha. Is it not true2"
 .unfortunately monsieur, we can not deny it. It is precisely the truth
 And it cannot be denied that Dern- burg Pasha is dead. He was found this morning on the floor of the library wonder with his throat cut