The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-13
Continued from our last issuey


The coroner put down his glasses and
continued.
Did anybody come out of the house
while you We're coming up the drive?"
No"
Thank you, Mr.. Dillingham;
He was followed by inspector Birch.
The inspector, realizing that this was
his afternoon, and that the eyes of the
world were upon him, produced plan
Of the house and explained the situa-
ton of the different rooms The plan
was then handed tC the jury.
Inspector Birch, so he told the world
had arrived at the Red House at 442
p. m. on the afternoon in question. He
had been received by Mr.. Matthew
Tayley, who had made a short state
ment to him, and he had then proceed
ed TO examine the scene of the crime.
The french windows had been fore
ed from outside The door leading into
the hall was locked; he had searched
the room thoroughly and had found no
trace of a key. In the bedroom leading
out of the office he had found an open
window. There were no marks on the
window but il was a low one, and
as he found from experiment, quite
easy to step out of without touching
il with the boots
A few yards outside the window a
shrubbery began. There were nc recent
footmarks outside the window but
the ground was in very hard cond-
ton owing to the absence of rain. In
the shrubbery. however, he found sever
al twigs on the ground, recently broken
off, together with other evidence that
somebody had been forcing its way
through.
He had questioned everybody con
nected with the estate, and none of
them had been into the shrubbery re-
Gently. By forcing a way through the
shrubbery 1t was possible for person
TO make a detour of the house and get
TO the Stanton end of the park without
ever being in sight of the house itself.
He had made inquiries about the de
ceased. Deceased had left for Australia
some fifteen years ago, owing TO some
financial trouble at home. Deceased was
not we'll spoken of in the village from
which he and his brother had come.
Deceased and his brother had never
been on good terms. and the fact that
Mark Albeit had come into money had
been cause of great bitterness between
them. 1t was shortly after this that Rob
ert had left for Australia
He had made inquiries at Stanton
station. 1t had been market day at
Stanton and the station had been more
full of arrivals than usual. Nobody had
particularly noticed the arrival Of Rob
ert Albeit; there had been good many
passengers by the 2:l0 train that af
ternoon, the train by which Robert had
undoubtedly come from London. a wit
ness. however would state that he no
ticed a man resembling Mark Albeit
at the station at 1858 that afternoon
and this man caught the 1855 up train
10 town.
There was pond in he grounds oI
the Red House. lie had dragged this
but without result.
Antony listened to him carelessly
thinking his own thoughts al tlhe time
Medical evidence followed, but there
was nothing to be got from that. IL
felt so close to the truth: at any momen
something might give his brain the on'
little hint which II wanted. lnspecto
Birch was just pursuing the ordinary
Whatever else this case was It was no
ordinary. There was something uncan
ny about II.
Antony went on with MS thoughts
The coroner was summing mp. TIL,
jury. he said, had now heard all tn,
evidence. The medical evidence woul'
probably satisfy them that Robert All
lett had died from the effects OF a hui
let wound in the head. Who had fire,
that bullet? II Robert had fired IL him
self. no doubt they would bring In
verdict of suicide. but IL this had beel
so. where was the revolver which ha
fired u. and what had become OF Mar
Albeit?
II they dsbelieved in this possIbilit
Of suicide. what remained? Academia
death jGstifable homicide. and murder
Could the deceased have been killed aC
cidontally? II was possible, but the
would Mark Albeit have run away?
The evidence that he had run ava
from the scene OF the crime was stron
His cousin had seen him go into th
room. the servant Elsie Wood. h0
heard him Quarr,lIng with his brothc
in the room. the door had been locke
from the inside. and there wore sign
that outside the open window somcon
had pushed his way very recent
through the shrubbery VINO % d,
Mark?
rn.y would have then to consd'
whether he would have run away SO d
had been guiltles Of his brother
death. No doubt innocent people los
their heads sometimes. It was possih
that II II were proved afterward thi
Mark Albeit had shot his brother,
might also be proved that he was Just
fled in so doing. and that when ho "a
away from his brothers corpse he ha
really nothing to fear at the hant
OF the law. Mark Albeit guilty OF mu
der IL would not prejudice his trial
any way II and when he was anprehen,
ed. The jury would consider their We
dict
They considered It, They announce
that the deceased had died as the resu
of bullet wound, and that the bulls
had been fired by his brother Mar
Ahlett.
Bill turned round to Antony at d
side. hut Antony was gone Across ~
room he saw Andrew amos and Pa
sons going oft OF the door together wit
Antony between them.
CHAPTER XIX