The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-14


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Service a. N surese: old Forneau
and an agent arrived Immediately.
Upon examination OF the bit OF %
per, II proved to be q slip bearing
the name In print OF Moore-Pools 4
Co.. q firm OF American brokers In
Paris.
''Old Forneau at once suggested
that the robbery must havs 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 chanteiis.
showing an intelligence superior 10
that Of this officer OF the Sure,e.
pointed out that no one would come
on such an adventure bringing with
him . piece Of paper. and especially
an indicatory piece OF paper. upon
which to set down such q mcmcran-
dunn. II was far more likely that
the pieos OF paper had been acquired
somewhere In the apartment
He then suggested that an In
auiry be made to discover whether
some one from this American firm
OF Moore-Pools a Company had not
at one time occupied an apartment
in the building.
'Forneau acted upon this sugges-
ton and ascertsined that Monsieur
the Marquis was correct He dis
covered a quantity Of these blank
printed slips In the basement Of the
building. whore, with other rubbish.
they had been retained by the con-
cierge TO kindis fire In the Furnaces.
Thus Monsieur the Marquis At
one stroke removed any suspicion
that might have been attached TO
this firm Of brokers and confined
the inquiry 20 some one having ac-
cess 10 tho building and knowledge
OF II. else he would not have been I'm
the basement where this debris from
the apartments Of old tenants had
accumulated
The query as to how the robber
had obtained access TO the Marquis
apartment on this night now ad-
vanced itself. There is no key to
these apartments except the one de-
ilvered to the tenant by the bank
making the lease
when the door t. closed, II In
locked from the outside--that is to
say, the knob of the door does not
aturn on the outside: II turns only
.bn the inside. 90 that II can always
BE- opened from the inside. whether
booked or not.
2 1T cannot be opened from the
outside because the handle Of tho
doorknob. as I have said, does not
turn. How. then, would this robber
enter the Marquis apartment
Again the Marquis was able to give
Forneau an explanation.
"On the evening Of the robbery, IL
was his intention TO remain in his
apartment. He had dismissed his
valet and the servants and was
alone. Later he changed his mind
and concluded TO go out. Upon re-
Election he remembered that he did
not entirely close the door; but II
was a thing which did not at the
moment impress him.
TT was his habit, always, of
course. TO close tho door, and he
had closed II. but upon returning
for glove. he had left the door
sjar. This he was afterwsrd able
TO establish because OF trivial In
cident. He remembered the glitter
Of the electric light ON the point OF
. gold frame at the corner OF tho
drawing room table.
1T caught his eye a. he descend
~ the steps. But IL did not i'm
press him with the fact that he had
neglected entirely to close the door.
II Impressed him merely as an Incl
dent which he afterward remem.
bered. and he continued TO descend
The final instalIment Of sThe
Notified Butterfly" will appear In
our mart isstrn