San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-14
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Investigator, while taking holida.
on Dartmoor is asked by Jenny Pen
dean to investigate the mystery @
her husbands disappearance. Jen
ny's uncle, Robert Redmayne, il
suspected of numbering Michael
Pendean ina fit of insanity brough
u by. hardships in the recent war.
The two men are traced to the
bungalow being built by Michae
near Foggintor. Quarry. Blood j:
found on the floor of the cottage
and several witnesses testify &c
seeing Robert riding away on his
motor bicycle with a heavy sack be
hind tie saddle.
| Mark learns that Robert is the
str; i.ger with whom he convcrsed al
FcGginior Quarry on day wher
Mark visited trout stream there
I,rendon remembers how corsp.cu
ously Robert dressed. Now go OF
with the story.
"Have the workmen been in here
this morning?" asked Brendon, ant
Inspector Halfyard answered that
they had not.
Two constables were here last
| night after one o'clock - the men
sent from Princeton 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
Brepdon then examined the ground
Immediately outside the kitchen
| door. For twenty yards he scruti-
nized every inch and presently
found indications of a motor bicycle
Half an hour later one of the con-
stables approached, saluted Mark,
| and made a statement.
They've pulled down the wall
sir. and found nothing there; but
Fullford. the mason, says that sack
lis missing"
Mark came back presently out oil
| the rain which had now begun to
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 tho
, remaining rooms and Brendon pres
emily decided that he would return
TO Princetown. He showed Half.
yard the footprints by the water and
had them protected with a taupaulir.
whats your idea:" asked Half
yard.
Il should say we have to do with
an unfortunate mans who's gone
mad" replied the detective; land d
! mailman doesn't take long to find Us
| a rule. l think it's murder right
enough and l believe we shall find
that this soldier. who's had shell
shock. turned Oh Pendean and cut
his throat. then. fondly hoping to
hide the crime, got away with thu
body.
"Redmayne was a big, powerful
man and he may have ftrucls with
out intention to kill: but this mess
means more than a blow with fist
L think that he was homicida
maniac and probably plotted the jol
beforehand with n madman's limited
cunning; and if that is so. there's
pretty sure to be news waiting fol-
us at Princetown."
The correctness Of Brendon's de
duction was made manifest within
j lll HouI, anu inc OptldutiOHo VI itOp
| ert Redmayne defined up to point
A man was waiting at the police sta
tion-George French. hostler at Two
Bridges Hotel, on West Dart.
II knew Captain Redmayne," h
said. because he'd been down One
or twice of late to tea at Tw;
Bridges. Last night, at half afteI
ten, was crossing the road from tn
garage and suddenly, without warn
ing. a motor bike came over thu
bridge. l heard the rush of it ant
only got out of the way by a yard
There was no light showing bur tn,
man went through the beam throw
from the open door Of the hotel ant
l saw it was the captain by his grea
mustache and his red waistcoat."
"Was anybody with him."
"No. sir. I'd have seen that much
but he carried a big sack behind thu
saddle-that / can swear to-