San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-25
Begin Here Today.

Michael Pendean disappears and
Robert Redmayne, uncle to Micl ael's
wife, Jenny, is suspected of the muir
der. Mark Brendon, criminal investi-
gator, has charge of the case.
Jenny goes to live with her uncle.
Bendigo Redmayne. Robert appears
near Bendigo's home and sends word
to Bendigo to meet him in a nearby
cave. Giuseppe Doria. who works for
Bendigo, leaves his master at the meet
ing place. When Doria calls to bring
i,endigo home he finds the cave empty
and signs of terrible struggle.
Jenny marries Dor and they go to
live in Italy. where Jenny's uncle.
Albert Redmayne. lives. Robert is
seen in Italy and Albert sends for
Brendon and for Peter Cams. famous
American detective and dear friend to
Albert. Now go on with theh story.
"You're a detective inspector OF
Scotland Yard" continued Cams.
''and Scotland Yard is still the high
water mark of police organization in
the world. The Central Bureau in
New York is pretty close up, and I've
nothing but admiration for tie French
and Italian Secret Services: but the
fact remains: The Yard is first: and
you've won. and fairly won your place
there. That's big thing and You
didn't get it without some work and
some luck. Brendon.
But now-this Redmayne racket. In
word. your conduct of the affair
don't square with your reputation.
Your dope never cut any ice from the
start"
Brendon did not hide his emotion,
but kent silence while Mr.. Cams
helned himself to a pinch of snuff.
a great many of your 'cast-iron
facts were no facts at all"
what were they then?"
Elaborate and deliberate fictions,
Mark" -.
He paused again. applied himself to
his gold box. and then proceeded.
'Now see how reason bears on the
evidence of Robert Redmayne and his
trick acts since first he disappeared. A
thing occurs and there are only certain
ways-very limited in number-to ex-
plain il. Either Robert Redmnyne
killed Michael Pendcan. or else he did
not. And il he did, he was sane or
insane at the time. That much can't
be denied and is granted. II he was
sane. he committed the murder with
motive; and pretty careful INQUIRY
proves that no motive existed. Then.
assuming him IN be sane. he would not
have committed such n marder. The
alternative is that he was mad at the
time and did homicide on Pendean
while out Of his mind.
but what happens to n madmnn
after a crime of this sort? Does he
get off with it and wander over Europe
as n free man for a year? Granted
the resources Of maniacal cunning and
all the rest Of it, was il ever heard
that lunatic went Mt large as this
man did. and laughed at Scotland
Yards attempt TO run him down and
capture him? No. Mark. the man re-
sponsible for these impossible things
isn't mad. And that brings me back
20 my preliminary alternative.
81 said Just now. Either Robert
Redmnyne killed Michael Pendean. or
else he did not And we may add that
either Robert Redmayne killed Bendigo
Redmayne or else he did not. But
we'll stick to the first proposition for
the moment. And the next question
YOU must ask yourself is this: Did
Robert Redmaync kill Michael Pen
dean? That's where your facts, as
YOU call them, begin TO sag a bit. my
son. There's only one sure and certain
way of knowing that a man is dead
| and that is BY seeing his body and con.
vincing the law. by the testimony. OF
those who knew the man in life. that
the corpse belongs to him and nobody
else"
They chatted for half an hour and
Mr.. Cams attained his object. which
was to fling his companion back to the
beginning of the whole problem that
had brought them together.
Tonight. in the train" said Peter
II shall ask you to give me your yer
sion of the case from the moment thai
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