The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-14

la Surete; old Forneau and an agent
arrived Immediately. Upon examination
| of the bit of paper, it proved to be a
slip bearing the name in print Of
| Moore-Poole & Co., firm of American
brokers in Paris.
"Old Forneau at once suggested that
the robbery must have been committed
by some one from the office of these
brokers, probably an American, since
the slip Of paper must have come from
one employed in that establishment.
But here the Marquis Chantelle,
showing an intelligence superior to that
, of this officer of the Surete, pointed out
that no one would come on such an ad-
venture bringing with him a piece of
paper. and and especially an indica-
tory piece Of paper, upon which to set
down such a memorandum. 1t was far
more likely that the piece Of paper had
been acquired somewhere in the apart
ment.
HE then suggested that an inquiry
be made to discover whether some one
from this American firm of Moore
Poole & Company had not at one time
occupied an apartment in the building.
r. ''Forneau acted upon this suggestion
and ascertained that Monsieur the Mar
quis was correct. He discovered
quantity of these blank printed slips in
the basement of the building, where,
with other rubbish, they had been re-
tanned by the concierge to kindle fire
in the furnace.
THUS Monsieur the Marquis at one
stroke removed any suspicion that might
have been attached to this firm Of
brokers and confined the inquiry to
some one having access to the building
and knowledge of it, else he would not
have been in the basement where this
debris from the apartments of old ten
ants had accumulated,
The query as to how the robber had
obtained access to the Marquis apart
ment on this night now advanced itself.
There is no key to these apartments
except the one delivered to the tenant
by the bank making the lease.
when the door is closed, it is locked
from the outside-that Is to say, the
knob Of the door does not turn on the
outside; it turns only on the inside, so
that it can always be opened from the
inside, whether locked or not.
cit cannot be opened from the outside
because the handle Of the door-knob,
as I have said, does not turn. How,
then, would this robber enter the Mar
quis' apartment? Again the Marquis
was able to give Forneau an explana-
ton.
ION the evening Of the robbery, it was
his intention to remain in his apartment.
He had dismissed his valet and the SER
wants and was alone. Later he changed
his mind and concluded to go out.
Upon reflection he remembered that he
did not entirely close the door; but 1t
was thing which did not at the mo-
ment impress him.
ut was his habit, always, of course,
to close the door, and he had closed
1t, but upon returning for a glove, he
had left the door ajar. This he was
afterward able to establish because OF
a. trivial incident. He remembered the
glitter Of the electric light on the point
of a gold frame at the corner Of the
table.
'Tt caught his eye as he descended
the steps. But it did not impress him
with the fact that he had neglected en-
tirely to close the door. 1t impressed
him merely as an incident which he
afterward remembered, and he con-
tinued TO descend.
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