New Britain herald., 1923-06-25
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Have the workmen been in her'
 this morning." asked Rrendon. and
 Inspector Halfyard answered that
 they had not,
 Two eonstables were here last
 night after ] o'eloek-the men I 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 kitchen door, For twenty yards he scrutinized every inch and presently found indications Of . motor bicycle.
 Half an hour later one of the con- stables approached. saiuted Mark. and made a statement.
 They've pulled down the wall. cir, and found nothing there; but Fuliford. the mason, says that a sack
 Mark came back presently out Of the rain which had now begun to fall stearily-but not before he had stroiied 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 Brendon pres ently decided that he would return to Princetown. He showed Halfyard the footprints by the water and had them protected with tarpaulin.
 "Whats your idea? asked Halfyard.
 T should say we have to do with m unfortunate man who's gone mad, replied the detective; "and mad man doesn't take long to find as rule. think it's murder right enough and I believe we shall find that this soldieir, who's had shell shock, turned on Pendean and cut his throat. then fondly hoping to, hide the crime. got away with the body.
 "Redmayne was big, powerful man and he may have struck without intention to kill; but this mess means more than a blow with a fist. think that he was fomicidal manias and probably plotted the job before hand with a madman's limited cum ming; and if that is so. there's pretty sure to be news waiting for Us at Princetown."
 The correctness of Brendon's de- duction was made manifest within an hour, and the operations of Robert Redmayne defined up to point. man was waiting at the police station George French, hostler at TWO Bridges Hotel. on West Dart.
 T knew Captain Radmayne," he said. "because he'd been down once or twice of late to tea at Two Bridges Last night, at half after ten, l was crossing the road from the garage ana suddenly, without warning, motor bike came over the bridge. l heard the rush of it and only got out Of the way by a. yard. There was no light showing but the man went through the beam thrown from the open door of the hotel and I saw 1t was tne captain by his great mustache anu his red waistcoat."
 was anybody with him 7"
 ..No, sir. I'd have seen that much; but he carried big sack behind the I can swear
 There had been several telephone calls for Inspector Halfyard during his absence; and now three separate statements from different districts awaited him. These were already written out by constable, and he took them one by one, read them, and handed them to Brendon. The first came from the post office at Post Bridge, and the postmistress reported that a man. one Samuel White, had seen a motor bicycle run at great speed without lights up the steep hill northward of that village on the previous night. He gave the tune ,s between half past ten and eleven ,'clock.
 The second message told how a ,arage keeper was knocked up at shburton, just after midnight, in ,rder that petrol might be obtained or a motor bicycle, The description If the purchaser corresponded to