Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-13

seen his son. Mr.. James Mccarthy,
going the same way with gun under
his arm. To the best Of his belief, the
father was actually in sight at the time,
and the son was following him. He
thought no more of the matter until
he heard in the evening of the tragedy
that had occurred.
"The two McCarthys were seen
after the time when William Crow
der, the gamekeeper, lost sight of them
The Boscombe Pool is thickly-wooded
ground, with just fringe of grass and of
reeds round the edge. A girl of fourteen,
Patience Moran, who is the daughter of
the lodgekeeper of the Boscombe Valley
estate, was in one of the woods picking
flowers. She states that while she was
there she saw, at the border of the
wood and close by the lake, Mr.. Nc
earthly and his son, and that they APP
peared to be having n violent quarrel,
She heard Mr.. Mccarthy the elder
using very strong language TO his son,
and she saw the latter raise up his hand
as if to strike his father. She was SO
frightened by their violence that she ran
away, and told her mother when she
reached home that she had left the
two McCarthys quarrcling near Bos-
combe Pool, and that she was afraid
that they were going to fight. She had
hardly said the words when young
MIR. Mccarthy came running up TO the
lodge to say that he had found his father
dead in the wood, and TO ask for the
help of the lodge-keepcr. He was much
excited, without either his gun or his
hat, and his right hand and sleeve were
observed 10 be stained with fresh blood
On following him they found the dead
body stretched out upon. the grass
beside the Pool. The head had been
beaten in by repeated blows of some
heavy and blunt weapon. The injuries
were such as might very well have been
inflicted by the butt-end of his sons gun,
which was found lying on the grass
within few PAGES of the body. Under
these circumstances the young man
was instantly arrested, and n verdict
Of 'Wilful Murder having been returned
at the inquest on Tuesday, he was ON
Wednesday brought before the magis-
trates at Ross. who have referred
the case TO the next assizcs. Those are
the main facts OF the case rs they came
out before the coroner and ut the
police court"
Il could hardly imagine more
damning case" | remarked. If ever
circumstantial evidence pointed to n
criminal it does so here
"Circumstantial evidence is very
tricko thing, answered Holmes, Thought
fully 1T may seem to point Very
straight to one thing, but il you shift
Your own point Of view a little YOU may
find it pointing in an equally uncom-
promising manner 10 something entirely
different. ltmust he confessed, however,
that the case looks exceedingly grave
against the young man, and it Is very
possible that he is indeed the culprit,
There arc several people in the neigh
borhood. however, and among them
Miss Turner, the daughter of the neigh
boring landowner, who believe in his
innocence, and who have retained Les
trade, whom you may recollect IN Connec-
ton with the Study in Scarlet, TO work
out the case in his interest. Lestrade
being rather puzzled, has referred the
case to me, and hence it is that two mid
dle-aged gentlemen are flying west
ward at fifty miles an hour, instead Of
quietly digesting their breakfasts AT
home"
Il am afraid" said l, that the
facts are so obvious that you will find
little credit TO be gained out OF this
! case"