Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-25
The Man With
the Twisted Lip
Part Three
By
The Mcclure Newspaper
Part Three
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

against man in the prime of life?"
HE is cripple in the sense that
he walks with q. limp; but In other
respects he appears to be powerful
and well-nurtured man. Surely your
medical experience would tell you,
Watson, that weakness in one limb
is often compensated for by exceptional
strength in the others"
pray continue your narrative"
Mrs. st. Clair had tainted at the
sight of the blood upon the window,
and she was escorted home In u cab
be of no help to them in their inVestiga-
tons. Inspector Barton, who had charge
of the case, made n very careful eXamlna-
| ton of the premises, but without finding
anything which threw any light upon the
matter. One mistake had been made IN
not arresting Boone instantly, as he was
| allowed some few minutes during which
he might have communicated with his
friend the Lascar, but this fault was soon
rcmedied, and he was seized and searched
without anything being found which
could incriminate him. There were, it is
true, some blood stains upon his right
shirt sleeve, but he pointed to hiS ring
| finger, which had been cut near the nail,
and explained that the bleeding came
from there, adding that he had been TO
the window not long before, and that the
stains which had been observed there
came doubtless from the same source.
He denied strenuously having ever seen
Mr.. Neville st. Clair, and swore that
the presence of the clothes in his room
was as much a mystery TO him as TO the
police. AS to Mrs. st. Glars assertion
that she had actual V seen her husband
at the window he declared that she must
have been either mad or dreaming. He
was removed, loudly protesting to the
police-station, while the inspector re-
mained upon the premises in the hope
that the cbbing tide might afford some
fresh clew.
And it did. though they hardly
found upon the mud-bank what they
had feared TO find. Ii was Neville St
Glars coat, and not Neville st. Clair
which lay uncovered as the tide receded
And what do you think they found n
the pockets
Il cannot imgine."
"No. | don't think YOU would guess
Every pocket stuffed with pennies ano
half pennies-l21 pennies and 270 half.
pennies 1t was no wonder that it had not
been swept away by the tide. But q
human body is different matter. There
is fierece eddy between the wharf anC
the house. 1t seemed likely enough that
the weighted coat had remained wher
the stripped body had been sucked away
: into the river"
But ! understand that all The
toher clothes were found in the room
Would the body he dressed in coa'
; alone?"
, NO, sir, but the facts might b,
: met speciously enough. Suppose tha
this man Boone had thrust Nevill,
St. Clair through the window, ther,
, is no human eye which could hav,
] seen the deed. What would he d,
] then2 1t would of course instantl,
strike him that he must get rid o
5 the tell-tale garments. He would
: seize the coat, then, and be in th
r act of throwing it out, when it woulc
: occur to him that it would swim an,
not sink. He has little time, for h.
5 has heard the scuifle downstairs whel
the wife tried 10 force her way up
} and perhaps he has already heard iron
his Lascar confederates that the polio
, are hurrying up the street. There is no
= an instant 10 be lost. He rushes TO SOM
secret horde, where he has accumulate,
the fruits of his beggary, and he stuff
5 all the COINS upon which he can lay hi: