Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-29

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There was a woman be said.
Ambrose Carmody turned toward
the maj stiffly. Il suppose you gave
an account of that TO your newspa-
per, tooT"
"0f course" And then, for the
first time defending himself, Royce
hurried TO say. "what else could |
do? Every paper In town will have
an account of it-and of this WON
an, too.
1T was Helen Train" he con-
tinued, this time addressing Kilday.
"Choo Choo Train, OF the Scandals.
Franklin made no secret of his at
tachment for her. The whole town
knew it-every one except, perhaps,
the Carmodys."
Ambrose Carmody sat down
heavily. When was this?' he asked.
Before or after talked with
Franklln?"
After Royee's tone was kind
ly. Sorry. Mr.. Carmody, but you
asked for it. Choo Choo came In
after Doctor Alternately entered the
church. She and Jim Quarreled. Jim
wanted to know what she was do
Ing here. He was angry. She
claimed that he had sent for her. /
hushed them up. | was afraid the
sound of their voices could be heard
inside the church.
"'Come In here Jim said and,
grabbing her by the arm, pulled her
into the study. That was the last
| heard"
did you see her againT' Kilday
wanted to know.
mo. She must have left by the
back door"
How about franklin" Peter
Cardigan inquired. ibid you e him
after that, either?"
Royce ~hesitated, as though for re-
Election. Moo" he said slowly.
Come to think of it, that was the
last | saw of Jim"
They were interrupted by n of
Kilday's assistants, entering from
the study with the dagger.
mo prints. sergeant" he report
ed. 1.-THE handle must have been
wiped clean"
1T was too much to hope for"
replied Kilday, as he drew 1t from
Its scabbard.
The blade was about five inches
long and curved only slightly. The
most interesting feature of the dag
ger was Its handle of deliberately
carved ivory. with a curved metal
hilt In the shape of two rams horns,
their tips pointing downward. There
were no stains on the blade.
Naturally, there wouldn't be-"
Peter pointed out The slayer
wiped 1t off on the curtain. But |
am sure this Is the knife which was
used"
"Why are you SO sure?" Kilday
looked doubtful.
simply this" The novelist took
the dagger from his friend and
pointed to the curved hilt. "This ex-
plains the bruise at either side of
the deep wound. The dagger you
see, was driven In all the way to the
hilt. 1t was a powerful blow. Each
tip Of the rams horn left its mark
on the slain mans body. Come and
I'll show you"
In the study Peters theory was
borne out by the wound which had
caused Franklin's death. The blue
bruises at.either side of the wound.
when measured against the hilt Of
the dagger, fitted perfectly.
1T begins to look as though 1t
wasn't a premedltated crime" Ser
geant Kilday began. 1.-THE murder
er or murderess. whichever the Ease
may be, grabbed this weapon from
the wall In a fit Of passion. II ap-
pears that he brought no weapon
with him."
Peter stared thoughtfully at the
rear door Of the room. II wonder
how much this door had to do with
It," he said. He spoke softly, as
though giving voice to his thoughts,
rather than expression to any form
ulated opinion. IF that theory Ia
correct" he continued, there was
no reason for the murderer to con-
ceal his movements when he entered
the study. Then Ii would have been
some n whom either Royce or the
rector saw entering the room. II the
crime wasn't premeditated, there
was no reason why the murderer
should have slipped In here by the
rear door,"
1t was clear that Kilday, who had
paused to listen to his friends re-
Elections, shared his doubts.
They were interrupted by an ex-
ultant detective.
Look what we found In the gar
den, Sergeant"
Carefully wrapped In a handker-
chief to prevent marring any finger
prints there might be on the weap-
on, the officer exhibited his find.
IT was a revolver. Kilday exam
ined 1t, clucking softly under his
breath. mot . premeditsted, ehf