The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08
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81 Il SnauN past III EHSlatu. fOWeNet, /
be more satisfied with my work if | had
Brett under lock and key What a fool
not to go straight across to taae girl $
mouse last nioht after | VOL instead
of waiting till the morning."
1T wouldn't have made much difference;
! think she was warned by telephone, and
probably the person who warned her knew
you did not intend to look her up until the
morning. If you had altered your plans
she would have altered hers"
81 could have telephOned to have her
stopped at Victoria or London Bridge"
mot much USE" responded Crewe, with
shake of his head. "She wouldn't have
revealed Brett's hiding place"
I'D. have kept her under lock and key
to prevent her warning him." said Gillett
vciously.
lutte useless Her detention would have
been noted in the press. Brett would
have taken warning and disappeared. By
the way, Gllett. I'll be glad if you will
refrain from referring to the doubt | for
merly expressed about Brett's guilt. And
| must ask Westaway to do the same
Il thought you'd come around to my way
of thinking" said Gillett at was plain to
me that it couldn't be any one but Brett.
However, you can rest assured | won't try
to rub it in We all make mistakes at this
game. but some don't care to acknowledge
a mistake candidly as you have done, Mr..
Crewe"
The cliffs to height of 500 feet at
this part of the road, and piece of head
land jutted out hundred yards or so into
the sea-a narrow strip of crumbling sand
stone rock. running almost to point, with
seawqyn sides, dropping perpendiculary to
the deep water below. Just past the head
land, the Staveley side, the road ran
along the edge of the cliffs for some dis
lance, the side nearest to the sea being pro-
tected by low fence and thanked by Dan
ger notices at each end. Crewe pointed
out the danger post which had been knocked
out of the perpendicular was the one
nearest to the headland.
Detective Gillett examined it very close
ly, and when Marsland and the sergeant
Joined them he asked Marsand if he could
point out to him the exact spot where his
horse had taken fright on the night of the
storm.
Il think it was somewhere about here.
It was about here we saw the hoofmarks,
wasn't it?''
Crewe measured the distance with a rule
he had brought with him from the motor
car.
"A trifle more to this way-about here"
he said at length.
Gilett glanced over the edge of the cliff,
and at the white water breaking over the
jagged tooth-pointed rocks nearly 800 feet
below.
by Jove, you can congratulate yourself
that you happened to be on the right side
of the road he said, addressing himself to
Marsland. IF you'd gone over there you
wouldn't have stood much chance"
at was purely good fortune, or my
horses instinct, laughed Marsland. "The
road was so dark that l didn't know where
l was myself. l couldn't hands turn
in front of me-"
1.-The marks of the car wheels ran off the
road at this point bumped into the post and
then ran on to the daor again Crewe
traced the course with his stick. Brett had
a narrower escape than Marsland. It's
wonder that the impact didn't knock away
that crazy bit of fencing"
"When Brett is on his trial it will be
necessary for the jury to visit this spot"
said Sergeant Westaway solemnly.
"We've got to catch the beggar first"
grumbled Gilett. "But let's get along and
see if we can hit upon the spot where the
murder was actually committed. How far
along is it, Mr. Crewe, to where the coun-
try man you talked to saw him pass?"
"a little more than five miles from here"
..Then somewhere between the two
places the murder must have been COM
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