The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08

the room in which the body had been taken.
and by the light of matches they saw the
dead man in the chair. They got away from
the house as fast as they could. They
found the path down the cliff, and while
Grange was helping his wife down it his
hat blew off. He thought nothing of this
at the time. In the old boathouse at the
foot of the cliff they found Pedro, who had
been shetering there from the storm. They
waited in the boathouse until the storm
abated, and about o'clock they pushed off
in the boat for Staveley, which they were
unable to reach until midnight, owing to
The rough running.
''They decided to say nothing about what
they knew, their intention being to keep
out Of the whole affair. They were afraid
that they would be worried great deal by
the police if they said anything, and they
were still more afraid that the fact that
they had been connected with a murder
would ruin their business In the morning
old Pedro was sent over to the landing place
to find the hat Grange had lost
GA very interesting story" said Crewe. I
sit is" said Gllett with pride in his sue
cess as narrator. "And it won't lose much
in dramatic interest when it is unfolded in
evidence at the trial. In fact, think it
will gain an interest What a shock it will
be to Brett when he finds that he was seen
carrying the body of Lumsden upstairs"
''You are convinced that Brett was the
murderer" asked Crewe.
absolutely certain. Aren't YOU"
sNo"
Detective Gillett stared in surprise at
the inscrutable face of the whose
powers of deduction he had learned TO look
on with admiring awe. Sergeant Westaway.
whose legs had become cramped owing to
his uncomfortable attitude in low chair,
shifted his position uneasly, and also
looked intently at Crewe.
Then whom do you suspect" exclaimed
Gllett in astonishment
''Suspect2 said Crewe with slight note
of protest in his voice. 81 suspect no one.
Suspicious in regard to this, that and the
other merely cloud the view. Let us look
at the facts and see what they prove"
II don't think you want better proof of
murder than that the man who seen
carrying the body of the murdered man SUBJ
sequently disappears, in order 70 escape
being questioned by the police"
ut looks what you call Suspicious said
Crewe. sbut it is not proof You assume
that Brett is the murderer, but you do not
know any of the circumstances under which
the crime was committed
Lumsden was walking along the road to
meet Brett. They did meet, and in discuss
ing this seance they quarreled about the
division of the money
But why quarrel about dividing the
money before the money was found! They
already had had some disappointments
about finding the money"
'They may have quarreled about some-
thing else. But why did Brett disappear.
and why did he take the body to the farm
clues?"
81 admit that his conduct is suspicious
that it is difficult to account for. But
if he is guilty-f he shot Lumsden on the
road or when they were driving along the
road--why did he take the body to the farm
where it was sure to be discovered as he
knew the Oranges were to get there by
p. M? Wouldn't it have been better for
him to hide the body in a field or a ditch?
That would have given him more time to
escape"
'He took the body to the farm for the
purpose of making US believe that the MUIR
der was committed there" rejOined Gill
lett slowly and positively.
"And then disappeared in order to direct
the police suspicious to himself" said
Crewe
''No doubt he was inconsistent" Gillett