Evening star., 1923-06-04
An Incredible Case.

When Lockwood returned to the
study he found the medical exam
iner and DIR. Greenfield in consulta-
ton.
The examiner was a large, POM
pous-looking man. with an air of au-
thority. He looked at Gordon Locke
wood from beneath his heavy brows,
and demanded. What do you know
of this?"
The younger man resented the tone,
but he knew the question was justi-
fed. and so he replied. respectfully:
Nothing more than you can see
for yourself. sir / broke in at that
glass door, being unable TO get in
any other way, and found Df. War
ing-as you see him now"
There was some other way.
though. to get in and out" Exam
iner Marsh stated.
Positively not" Lockwood repeat
ed. ...,.
Don't contradict me! l tell you
there must have been-for this man
was murdered"
Impossible, SIR" and Lockwood's s
eyes met the examiners with gaze
fully as calm and insistent as his
very well, how came he by his
death?"
Il am not the examiner" the sec
retarry said. and he folded MS arnls m
and leaned against the corner OF the
great mantelpiece; but since you
ask me. l will repeat that there was
no way of ingress into this room last
night, and that necessarily, the case
is suicide" -. -,
Just so; and. granting that, will
you suggest what may have become
of the weapon that was used!
What was the weapon! Lock
nul-a cd
question as the examiner had ex-
pected him to be. -
THAT is what puzzles me-" return
ed DR.. Marsh. As you can can elearis eleth J.
sharp instrument. The man was stap :
bed just below his right ear The
jugular vein was pierced, and he bled
to death. A plexus OF nerves was
pierced also. and this fact doubtless
rendered the victim unconscious az
once-I mean as soon as the stao
wound was made, though he may
have been alive for a few minutes
Gordon Lockwood gazed imperr-
terbably at the speaker. He had al
ways prided himself on his unsnak- + :
able calm. and now he exhibited ITS
Marsh, who was accustomed to hav.
Ing his statements accepted without
question. He took sudden dishke
to this calm young man. who pre-
sumed to differ from his deductions
'I must say" observed the mild
hammered Dr. Greenfield, Il knew Dr.
WarinE very well, and he was surely
the last person l would expect to Kill
himself Especially at the present
time-when he was looking forward
to high honors in the college ana alsoo
expected to marry a charming Iaoy.
'.That isn't the point, exclaimed q
DR.. Marsh, impatiently. The pom
is. if he killed himself. where is the
weapon" s 7
Il admit it isn't in view-and !
admit that seems strange" Lockwood
agreed, but it may yet be olscoV.
cred, while way of getting INTO the
locked room cannot be found.
"All of which is out OF your 1urls-
diction. young man." and MarSn iooh III
ed at him severely. "The ponce WIN
be here soon. and I've no DOUBT tney
will learn the truth, whatever II nay
be. What instrument do You oeouce'
DR. Greenfield?'
That's hard to say" replied Green-
field. slowly. You see, the aperture
it made is a perfectly round more.
Now, most daggers or ponfards are
fat bladed. I'm not sure feai
weapon is ever round. The hole is
much too large to have been made oy
a hatpin-it is as big as a-a-
SLATE pencil" suggested the ex-
aminer. =
Yes, or a trif1e larger-but not so
large as a lead pencil"
"a lead pencil could hardly accom-