The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-01

SUNDAY, ApRn. 1, 1923
 looked at my glove and saw red stain-i was blood.'
 "Ahv' interrupted Sergeant Westaway "A red stain-blood? Just wait minute while I catch up to you"
 q was slightly alarmed at that,'' sht . continued, after pause; but had no sus- picion that a cruel murder had been com mitted. In my alarm took the key out o1 the lock and closed the door. I felt safei with the door locked against any possible intruder. I went into the sitting room ane sat down, after lighting a candle that found on the hallstand. Then it occurred to me that MT. Lumsden might have left the key in the door while he went to one of the outbuildings to do some work. The blood might have got on it from small cut on his hand"
 "What did you do with the key?" asked the sergeant.
 q brought it with me here" She opened her bag and handed key to the police of ficer.
 Sergeant Westaway looked at it closely Inside the hole made for the purpose o1 placing the key on a ring he saw sligh stain of dried blood. He nodded to Mis-! Maynard and she continued her story.
 q felt more at ease then, and when heard knock at the door felt sure it was he-that he had seen the light of the candle through the window and knew that whoever had taken the key had entered the house I opened the door, but it was not Mr Lumsden saw, but MT. Marsland. He sait something about wanting shelter from tht storm-that his horse had gone lame. Ht came inside and sat down. I told him that l too, had sought shelter from the storm ane that I supposed Mr. Lumsden, the owne. of the house, was in one of the outbuilding: attending to the animals. l saw that he wa: watching me closely and l felt uneasy Then I saw him put his hand to the upper pocket of his waistcoat.''
 "What was that for?" asked the sergeant
 q think he must have lost a pair of glasses and temporarily forgotten that they were gone. He was not wearing glasse: when I saw him, but I have noticed since that he does wear them."
 ''Tve noticed the same thing" said thu sergeant. "He was not wearing glasses thu night he came here to report the discovery of MT. Lumsden's body-I am sure o1 that"
 Miss Maynard, on resuming her nara tive told how MT. Marsland and she, hearing a crash in one of the rooms overhead, wen upstairs to investigate and found the deas body of the victim sitting in an armchair When she realized that a dreadful crim' had been committed she ran out of tn, for MT. Marsland and he was kind enougl to escort her home. It was because sh' was so, unnerved by the tragedy that she hat asked MT. Marsland to keep her name ou of it and not to tell anyone that she hat taken shelter at the farm. It was dread fuI expereince and she wanted to try |, forget all about it. But now she realize: that she had done wrong and that she shoult have come to the police station with MT Marsland and told what she knew.
 "That is quite rgiht, Miss Maynard" sait the sergeant, as he finished writing dowr her statement. "Does MT. Marsland know that you have come here today with the in . tention of making a statement?"
 "No; he does not, and for that reason feel that I am not treating him fairl! after he was so kind in consenting to keel my name out of it."
 The sergeant had but limited view o, moral ethics where they conflicted with thu interests of the police.
 "He should not have kept your name iron me-" he said. "But, apart from what yo, have told me, have you any reason for sus