The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-25
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| investigator, while taking holiday
on Dartmoor is asked by Jenny PEN
dean to investigate the mystery of
her husbands disappearance. Jen-
ny'i uncle, Robert Redmayne, is
suspected. of numbering Michael
Pendean in fit of insanity brought
on by hardships in the recent war.
The two men are traced to the
bungalow being built by Michael
near Foggintor Quarry. Blood is
found on the floor of the cottage
and several witnesses testify to
seeing Robert riding away on his
motor bicycle with heavy sack be-
hind the saddle.
Mark learns that Robert is the
stranger with whom the conversed
at Foggintor Quarry on a day when
Mark visited trout stream there
Brendon remembers how conspicu-
ously Robert dressed.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Have the workmen been in here
this morning?' asked Brcndon, and
Inspector Halfyard answered that
they had not.
1.-TWO constables were here last
night after one o'clock-the men
sent from Princetown when Mrs
Pendean gave the ALARM" he said
They looked round with an electric
torch and found the blood. One came
back; the other stopped on the spot
all night"
Brendon then examined the
ground Immediately outside the kit
chen door. For twenty yards he
scrutinized every inch and present
= ly found indications of motor
bicycle.
Half an hour later one of the con-
stables approached, saluted Mark
and made a statement.
"Thoy've pulled down the wall
sir, and found nothing there; but
Fullford, the mason, says that 6
sack is missing"
Mark came back presently out OF
the rain which had now begun tC
fall steadily-but not before he HAD
strolled as far as the fishing pools
and seen clear marks of naked, adult
feet on the sandy brink.
Nothing that he regarded as OF
value resulted from inspection Of
the remaining rooms and Brendor
presently decided that he would re-
turn to Princetown. He showed
Halfyard the footprints by the wa
ter and had them protected with 8
tarpaulin.
"What's your idea ?" asked Half
; yard.
II should say we have to do with
an unfortunate man. who's gone
| mad" replied the detective; "and ;
mailman doesn't take long to find a:
a rule. l think it's murder RICH
enough and l believe we shall fint
that this soldier, who's had shell
, shock, turned on Pendean and Gu
his throat, then, fondly hoping t,
, hide the crime, got away with tn
body.
"Redmayne was big, ''powerfu
man and he may have struck with
out intention to kill; but this mes
means more than blow with fist
, l think that he was homicida
r ! maniac and probably plotted the jol
: beforehand with madman's Limited
: cunning; and if that is so, there
pretty sure to be news waiting 70
us at Princetown."
$ The. correctness of Brendon's de
r duction was made manifest With
e an hour, and the operations of Rob
ert Redmayne defined up to q point
A man was waiting at the police sta
h tion-George French, hostler at Tw
n Bridges Hotel, on West Dart.
II knew Captain Redmayne," h
said, "because he'd been down ono
n or twice of late to tea at Tw
II Bridges. Last night, at half afte
h ten, l was crossing the road frol
n the. garage apd suddenly, withcu
warning, a motor bike came over tn
bridge. l heard the rush of it an
:. only got out, of the way by yar'
| There was no light showing but III
man went through the beam throw
!" from the open door of the hotel an
saw it was the captain by hi
y great mustache and his red wais
coat"
"Was anybody with him?"
q ono, sir. I'd have seen that much
l. but he carried big sack behind tn
s saddle-that | can swear to-"
J. There had been several telephor
g calls for Inspector Halfyard durir
: his absence; and now three separa'
d statements from different district
It awaited him. These were alreat
+ written out by constable, and
n took them one by one, read Their
n and handed them to Brendon. II
# first ,came from the post-office {
IS Post Bridge, and the post-mistre:
o reported that man, one Samu
White, had seen a motor bicyc
is run at great speed without lights I
=, the steep hill northward of that vi
lage on the previous night. He ga,
the time as between half past te
and eleven o'clock.
le The second message told how
,e garage keeper was knocked up
a Ashburton, just after midnight,
lg order that perol might be obtains
81 for motor bicycle. The descriptit
a Of the purchaser correspondent
E. Rcdmayne and the message addt
sr that the bicycle. had large sa.
!. tied behind it.
W The third communication can
lie from the police station at Brixha
IS and was somewhat lengthy. It It
" thus: ~,.. IL i.
,e AT ten minutes after two o'clo,
10 last night P. c. Widgery, on nigl
sr duty at Brixham, saw a man on
motor bicycle with large pare