Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-09

Perhaps YOU can account also Tor the
bullet which has So obviously struck the
edge of the window
lie had turned suddenly and his long
thin finger was pointing to hole which
had been drilled right through the lower
windows y, about an inch above the
bottom.
"By George" cried the Inspector
How ever did YOU sec that
"Bccausc looked for it.
"WundCrful,' said the country doc
tor You are certainly right, sir, Then |
third shot has been fired, and there
fore third person must have been |
present But who could that have /
been. and how could he have got awavP" |
"That is the problem which we are |
now about to solve said Sherlock /
Holmes. "Iou remember. Inspector /
Martin, when the servants SAID that on /
leaving their room they were at once 1
conscious OF smell of powder. ! re-
marked that the point was an extremely
important onc?'
YES, sir; but | confess | did not
quite follow YOU
1T suggested that nj the time of the
firing, the window rs we'll as the door
Of the room had been open. Otherwise
! the fumes of powder could not have
/ been blown So rapidly through the
/ house. \ draught in the room was
necessary for that Both door and win
dow were only open for q very short
time however"
How do YOU prove that
Because the candle was not gut
tered 80
Capital" cried the inspector Cap
ital"
"Fcclng sure that tho window had
been open nj the time vt the tragedy.
| conceived that there might have been
a third person IN the affair, who stood
! outside this opening and fired through
it ANY shot directed ut this person
might Int the sash looked and there.
sure enough, was the bullet mark -
but how came the window 10 I've
shut and fastened
The woman's first instinct would hc
to shut and fagtcn the window But
halloa, what is this"
Il was Il ladv's handbag which
stood upon the study table tum
little handbag of Crocodilc-slNn and
silver Holmes opened IT and turned tho
contents out There were twenty fifty
pound notes of the Bank of England.
held together 10y m lndla-rubhcr band
nothing else,
This must I've preserved. Tor # will
hgWc IN tho trial SAID Holmes, as he
handed the bag with its contents TO the
Inspector. 1T Is now necessary that
we should Try 10 throw some light upon
this third bullet, which has clearly.
from the sphntcung of the wood, been
hrcd from INSIDE the room. should
IN" to sec Mrs. lNlng tho cook. again
b You sad, Mrs Ming that You were
10 awakened hN loud explosion. When
Nou sad that, dId YOU mean that 1t
seemed to YOU +" he l"nd'r Than the
e S''T,N Que
We'll Slr II aNaNenod me from my
sleep, an" 50 II l~ hard To Judge. Nu'
II dId seem very l0un
- on don 'hink th7' u mlRht nave
hN'h two SHOTS nf'd almost nj 'nc Same
instant.
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