Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-08
TRIANGULAR HYPOTHESIS

The mans loose body seemed tc
have been packed into his clothing
ms though under a pressure. There
was the vague note of victory in his
voice.
"Monsieur." he said, mo dead
Frenchman has w been valued to
us at less than fifty thousand francs
He may have been a worthless ven
dor of roast chestnuts before the
Madeleine, but if he died in STAN
boul, he was straightaway worth
fifty thousand francs. You will OBJ
serve, monsieur. that your govern
ment has already fixed the price for
murder"
The Project of Police looked
across the long, empty room at the
closed door.
But was this dead man a citizen
of the Turkish Empire? We seem
to have a memory of him.
The Oriental smiled.
"Citizens,' he said, ARE of two
cIasses-your foreign office has lai3
1t down-the citizen who is born.
and the citizen who is acquired.
Each are valued to us at least nifty
thousand francs, as your schedule in
the indemnites to the Sublime Porte
so clearly set it put. Dernburg
Pasha was acquired, monsieur. But
he is deadi And the indemnity for
him, as you have so admirably es-
tablished it, is not subject to a dis
count. You came from the
Foreign Office, monsieur ?"
The Prefect of Police bowed. He
put his hand into the pocket of his
coal as with a 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 a subject
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 profound
ly 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 SIAM
boul. The very argument had been
unfortunate. Stamboul must be
made safe, and here was Paris In
safei Here was Dernburg Pasha
dead In the Faubourg St. German.
Monsieur Jonquelle had made no
reply to the minister. He had come
down to the house in the Faubourg
st. German Of Paris; he had gone
over it; he had examined every
thing; but he had made no com
ment. Either he had arrived at No
Conclusion. or else he had a large
knowledge of the affair, coupled
with some definite n1au.
1t was an old house, maintaining
in its essentials a departed elegance.
The floor of the drawing-room was
of alternate blocks of white and
black marble, laid down like a chess
board. There was a door at one end
leading into a small-walled garden.
On the other side of the drawing
room, directly opposite, there was
another door of precisely the sam:
character leading into a sort Of
Hbrary@the room in which Dern-
.urg had been found in the morn
dead on the floor.
To the Envoy of the Turkish gov
srnment in Paris this assassination
had the aspect of a diplomatic
He had gone at once to the
Office with his demand for
in indemnity, and then he had come
1915 lllo Ills u WAIiS OOliA anu sat |
before the door until the mat
should be settled.
Monsieur is satisfied" he said.
has seen everything?"
SCI have not quite seen every
replied Monsieur Jonquolle,
lis glance travelling to the slight
in the mans tight-ftting
vaistcoat pocket, "but I am entire
y satisfied"
'The evidences are complete,
monsieur" said the Envoy, smiling.
Pasha lived alone in this
1ouse. Late last night a French
nan called on him. They were in
The room yonder together. The
Findows were open, although the
shutters were closed. Persons pass
ing on the street heard the voices
distinctly-the voice of a French
man, monsieur, and the voice Of
Pasha. Is it not true?"
unfortunately, monsieur, we
cannot deny it. 1t is precisely the
"And It cannot be denied that
Dernburg Pasha is dead. He was
found this morning on the floor OF
the library yonder, with his throat