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I A Process of Deduction |
[Original.]
"Mac," said the chief to me, "take
op the Peet case. He has been con
victed of murdering Walker In his
(Peet'a) house. They were friends,
und Peet bus borne a good reputation.
Petttnglll, bis attorney, lias been In
and says ho has got a 'stay,' so that
one more effort may be made to solve I
what ho considers a mystery."
1 took up the case with Interest and
went with Pettlnglll to the house
where the murder had been commit
ted. He showed me the lounge where
Walker was lying asleep oue warm
September afternoon and the hole In
the window pane through which the
bullet had either entered or left the
room. Pettlnglll would have claimed
that It entered. Indicating that Walker
had been shot from the outside. But
it went cleau through Walker's hrtul
and made no dent In the room.
I'm a methodical man. If I weren't
I wouldn't lie a detective. Pettlnglll
said that a search had been made for
the bullet within the limit of the car
rying power of a revolver and It had
not been found. I examined the hole
In the pane. I took Into consideration
also the direction of the shot from the
only point in the room from which it
could have been very well flted. There
was a clean sweep outside of a mile
without an obstruction, except several
different houses front .'>00 to 1.0<>0
yards awav. 1 made up my mind
first to find that bullet If I bad to hunt
six months for It.
After an hour chatting, thinking, ex
amining. I went away, resolved to
come back the next day with a small
telescope with which to tlx directions.
The sun rose elear In the morulug,
with not a cloud In the sky. I brought
my telescope to bear on the differeut
houses In the way of possible shots.
There was a sideboard In the room,
and one of the directions 1 noted was
along Its top. On this top rested
glass table articles, consisting of tum
blers, linger bowls, etc. 1 made a
diagram In my notebook of certain
l>oints outside. Intending tlrst to ex
amine them and. If no bullet was found
imbedded In them, to hire an army of
boys to hunt on the ground.
One of the first points I searched
was a barn In line with the sideboard
and the hole In the window pane. 1
^ot h ladder and climbed to the peak
of the roof. I hadn't moved ray lad
der more than two or three times be
fore I found a suspicious hole. With
ray knife 1 dug out a bullet. It was
not a pistol bullet, but a rifle bullet.
Of course It might have been tired
into the barn by anybody. However,
I got a piece of chalk and made a
white round spot as bit; as a football.
Then I went back to the house and.
laying a caue on the sideboard, with
little adjustment pointed it directly at
my chalk mark. The hole In the win
dow paue was iu line.
Still I had uothiug to build on. 1
?at looking at the sideboard, racking
ray brain for some possible connec
tion between It and the direction of
the bullet. A decanter filled with wa
ter stood on the sideboard. Its body
was round and smooth. The sun was
shiuiug on It, and the decanter concen
trated the rays in a focus. Somehow
I went out aud got some gunpowder
and poured a few grains on the cane
where. If it were a rifle, the nipple
would be. The focus of the sun's
rays approached the powder which I
had put in Its path. Presently there
was an explosion.
Remote as were the probabilities In
the case. I liegan to be interested In
the hypothetical structure 1 was en
deavoring to find a foundation for. I
confess I smiled at the connection
which 1 was building as showing how
far a man may reach out for a clew.
This was as far as I had got: A man
pointing a flintlock musket over the
sideboard would not need to pull the
trigger? the sun and the decanter would
do It for him.
But we detectives must follow a trail
blindly. What firearms were there In
the house? I searched and In a closet
found a rifle. I took out an exploded
cartridge. The bullet I had found fitted ;
the metal case exactly.
This hypothetical germ that was de
veloping lu my brain suddenly took a
start, but prudence forbade my hurry
ing on. I had found the rifle and the
ball with which Walker had been kill
ed. but had I not proved that Peet had
killed him? Why hadn't the prosecu
tion got on to the rifle? l.ucky for
Peet that they hadn't, though, since
they had convicted him it made no dif
ference.
1 found a box of cartridges with the
rifle an. I fitting one lu It went down
stairs, laid It on the sideboard and
poluted it at ray chalk target. The
muzr.lc of my gun, the place where
Walker's head had been, the hole In
the glass, were all in a straight line.
Had it not been for the focus of the
sun's rays I should have proved Peet
guilty. As It was the focus may have
tired the gun.
Here was a cue to the solution. 1
questioned IVet, and he remembered
that he had cleaued and loaded his ;
rifle aud laid it ou the sideboard while j
he went upstairs. The sun, acting on !
the nipple through the decanter, had
fired the gun. In the excitement at
tending the discovery of the murder
some one had stood It lu a corner from
whence It had been taken upstairs,
where It was forgotten. Who took It
away was never known, probably a
servant
This seems a very easy solution.
That's because I happened to be on
the right track, lu ninety-nine in a
huudred cases I would have been chas
ing an absurdity.
C. itASON BE?X>STREET.
ED.!
,wl4
[Original.]
Herman Fielder was starting on what
be proposed should be Lis last trip as
a guldtr across what is now the Sim
plon pass of the Alps. That was more
than three centuries ago, and a guide's
duties were fnr different from what
they are now. Instead of conducting
tourists who travel for pleasure they
showed the way to those who traveled
for the purposes of barter. Herman
was to guide Gabriel Arshag, a Greek
diamond merchant, who was taking a
valuable lot of gems to dispose of In
Farls. Herman bade farewell to his
betrothed, Agatha, a little peasant girl,
telling her to keep her thoughts fixed
ou the day of his return. This she
promised to do and t > pray dally to the
Virgin that she would tiring him hack
safely to her.
On the first night after beginning the
ascent the two men stopped at a little
Inn midway between the low ground
and the summit kept li.v an old Swede,
.lohan Kvard, and his wife for the en
tertainment of those maklug the pass.
Before getting Into Ids cot Arshag must
needs look ovwr his Jewels, making an
excuse to himself to see that they were
all there, but really because he loved
to look at thcui. He was seen through
a craek In the partition by Kvard and
his wife, whose rapidity was excited
by the sU'Ui of the sparkling gems.
They saw him |>ut them under bis pil
low. and in the middle of the night
Kvard stole Into the room. Inserted his
hand deftlv under the pillow and took
out the bag. Then he look several ol
the gems, entered Herman's room and
put them la his poeket. This done, the
coujde took the bag containing the rest
of the treasure, dug a hole In the snow
near the eabln and hid them under an
overhanging ro>-k. afterward throwing
the snow back Into the hole.
The next morning before daylight
Arshag was heard storming and la
menting. Herman and the old couple
went to him. and he accused the lattei
! A CURSE CONflRMI
of stealing IiIh Jewels.
"You arouse us of theft? we who
have kept tills lull ever since we were
young people, we who have enter
tained many strangers ami have al
ways home good diameters! Rather
look to your guide to recover your
loss. It Is not we who could know
that you carried Jewels, but he."
All three were searched, and the
gems that had been placed In Herman's
pocket were found there. Arshag was
l>ut half convinced that the guide was
the thief. f<rr it was not likely that he
would keep stolen property on his per
son. While they were wrangling a
party of travelers and guides came
down the mountain and stopped at the
inn. Arshag consulted with them, and
they advised hiui to go hack, taking
Herman with blm. He doubtless knew
where the rest of the ewels were and
under torture would confess all. Ar
shag wished to take the old couple as
well, but was dissuaded since travelers
counted on being entertained at their
1 in and would lie disappointed. Per
haps sciue who were caught In a storm
might perish. So Arshag started back
with the party. Herman going willing
ly. Vet he was much cast down, for
he knew that on the rack he would be
forced to make a confession that was
not true.
There was a gorge to cross directly
In front of the cabin. The party
crossed it. and when on a crest on thv
oilier side Herman stopped and turned,
the others doing the same. The air
was perfectly still. There had been
au unusual snowfall, and far and near
the peaks were covered. The only sign
of a human abode in all that vast
waste of snowy heaps was the Inn on
the other side of the gorge. The Inn
keeper and his wife were ^tandlug In
front of It watching the travelers.
Then Herman raised his hand and in
his loudest voice, that he might be
beard across the chasm, said:
"My Agatha has prayed to the
Itlessed Virgin for my protection. 1
curse you, and the holy mother will
make my curse effective."
Hardly had the echoes of his voice
died away when there was a sound?
the muffled boom of a cannon? and in
another moment the whole side of the
i!:oiiutain beyond and above the cabin
began slowly to move. Snow, Ice,
trees and rocks poured In one confused
gigantic torrent down on the inn and
Its keepers. Above the roar there came
a mingled human shriek, and the spot
where the cabin had stOTl was burled
Gfty feet beneath the si: ??v.
In that supcrstlti-r" age only a few
scientists knew <.i ihe delicate bal
ances of nature u:k1 tlu; a human vol<*c
setting the air to vlbratli : could t.iune
an avalanche. The party reg. rded (he
destruction tli.it h- 1 < ? .. ? to fie Inn
keepers a direct < j::f..-:.i.:tlo;> h/ t'.ie
Virgin of Herman's curse. All knelt
reverently and with awe made the sign
of the cross.
The diamond merchant, couvlnced
that the old couple luid stolen his dia
monds and that the treasure had been
swept away by the avalanche, went
back to Greece, and Herman married
Agatha, giving up the profession of
guide. Several years after the death
of the lunkeepers, having failed to earn
a living, he returned to his forrnt* call
ing. On his first trip, when he reached
the place where the inn had stood, he
fouud It bare of snow. He sat down
to rest under an overhanging rock and,
seeing some rotted cloth tucked away
lii a crevice, pulled it out, scattering a
lot of Jewels at the same time. They
were the stolen treasure.
Herman returned from his trip
wealthy, for It would In those days
have been Impossible to find the Greek
merchant. Besides, it was considered
that the Blessed Virgin had enriched
1 him as well as having protected him.
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REGULATION? 1905
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