MEDFORD mIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OK 10 ON, MONDAY, APRIL 18, 19,10.
Through the Wall
By CLEVELAND MOFFETT
Copyright, 1905, by D. Appleton & Co.
A few moments later Coquenil and
the- commissary and I'npa Tlgnol were
standing In the courtyard near two
ETcen tubs of foliage plants between
which Uio pistol had fallen. The door
keeper of the house had Joined thctn.
"See here," said th detective, ad
ircsslag him, "do you -want to earn B
francs?" The doorkeeper brightened
1H mako It 10,H continued the other.
It yon do exactly -what I say. You
"We to take a cab hero is the money
ad drlrc to Notre Dame. At the right
the church Is a high Iron railing
around the archbishop's house. In the
Tailing is an iron gate with a night
eit for extreme unction. Ring this
1&U and ask to see the sacristan Bon
Mton, and when ho come ont give
Mm this." Coquenil wrote hastily on
. card. "It's an order to let you
&are a dog named Caesar my dog;
fee's guarding the church with Bonne
fm. rat Caesar and tell him he's go
taff to see M. Paul that's me. Tell
Ma to Jump In the cab and keep stllL
He'll understand he knows more than
wt men. Then drive back here as
gBtck as you can."
Coquenil began at once with cues
tteas to M. Gritz about private room
No. 7. Who had reserved this room,
x4 what had prevented the person
trom occupying it? M. Gritz replied
"fet No. 7 had been engaged some
toys before by an old client who, at
'tfee last moment, had sent a petit bleu
"te say that he had changed his plans
-xfid would not require the room. The
petit bleu did not arrive until after the
crime was discovered, so the room re
wined empty. 3Iore than that, the
4teor was locked locked on the out
side, with the key in the lock.
"Then any onfe coming along the
crridor might have turned tho key
wmi entered Xo. 7?" .
"It Is possible," admitted M. Gritz.
"fcat very improbable. The room was
flark, and an ordinary person seeing a
Aeor locked and a room dark"
Wo are not talking about an ordl
auy person," retorted the detective:
wb are talking about a murderer.
Cesae; we must look into this," and he
3efl the way down tho corridor, nod
Uac to tho policeman outside No. 0
and stopping at the next door, the last
fa the line, the door to No. 7.
"You know I haven't been in there
jet." He glanced toward the adjoin
Sag room of tho tragedy; then, turning
the key in No. 7, he tried to open the
"Hello! It's locked on tho inside
teer
Tlens! You're right," said Gritz as
he rumpled bis scanty locks in perplex
ity. "Some one has been Inside some
wee may bo inside now."
The proprietor shook his bead and
Mther reluctantly went on to explain
that Xo. 7 was different from the oth
er private rooms in this that it bad a
separate exit with separate stairs lead
teg to an alleyway between the hotel
Bd a wall surrounding it The alley
way led to a gato in tho wall opening
as the Rue .Marboeuf.
As Coquenil listened his mouth
Irew into an ominous thin line and
Us deep eyes burned angrily.
"M. Gritz," he said in a cold, cutting
Telcc, "you sro a man of intelligence;
jim. must be. This crime was com
Kitted last night about 0 o'clock; it's
sow half past 3 in tho morning. Will
yea please tell mo how it happens that
this fact of vital Importance has been
concealed from tho police for over six
fcours?'
rWhy," stammered tho other, "I I
4on't know,"
Aro you trying to shield some one?
"Who is this man that engaged No. 7?"
Gritz shook bis bead unhappily. "I
ion't know his name. Wo have to be
discreet in these matters."
"But what do you call him?" per
sisted Coquenil. "You must call Mm
something."
"In speaking of him wo call him
the tall blond.' He has been hero
several times with a woman ho calls
Anita."
The detective shrugged his shoul
ders. "Somo ono has been hero and
locked this door on the inside. I
want it opened."
"Just a moment," trembled Gritz.
1 have a pass key to tho alleyway
vr. We'll go around."
They left tho hotel by the main en-
'trasco and were Just going around into
Sue Marboeuf when tho conclcrgo
-from across the way met them with
word that Caesar bad arrived.
"Caesar?" questioned Gritz.
"He's my dog. Ph-h-eetl Pb-eett
tan, hero be is!" and out of the shad
ows the splendid animal came bound
tog. They bad entered tho courtyard now,
and Coquenil led Caesar to the spot
where tho weapon lay still undisturb
ed. "OhercheP bo ordered, ana" tbo dog
oscd the pistol with concentrated ef
fort. Then silently, anxiously, one
would say, he darted away, circling
the courtyard back and forth, sniffing
the grouud as he went, pausing oc
Mfttonally or retracing his steps and
jcntly stopping beforp M. Paul
with a llttlo bark of disappointment.
"Nothing, eh? Quito right. Give me
Jfee jtiatO, Papa Tlgnol. We'll try out-
"aiEncnst" hx ordered.
side. Thcrer He pointed to the open
door where the concierge was waiting.
"Xow, then, chcrche!"
In an instant Caesar was out In the
Rue Marboeuf, circling again and
again in larger and larger arcs, as be
had been taught.
"It's a bard test," muttered Coquenil.
"Footprints and weapons have lain for
hours in a drenching rain, but Ah!"
Caesar had stopped with a llttlo whine
and was half crouching at the edge of
tho sidewalk, head low, eyes fiercely
forward, body quivering with excite
ment "He's found something:'
The dog turned with quick, Joyous
barks.
"He's got the scent Now watch
him," and Bharply he gavo tbo word,
"Vat"
Straight across tho pavement darted
Caesar, then along tho opposite side
walk away from the Champs Elysecs,
running easily, nose down, past tho
Rue Francois Premier, past the Rue
Clcment-Marot, then out into the street
again and stopping suddenly.
"There's where your murderer picked
up a cab," said the detective. "It's
perfectly clear. No one has touched
that pistol slnco the man who used It
threw It from the window. Back Cae
sar!" ho called.
Obediently the dog trotted back
along the trail, recrosslng tho street
where be had crossed It before and
presently reaching the point where ho
had first caught tho scent Here bo
stopped, waiting for orders, eying M.
Paul with almost speaking intelligence.
Caesar growled Impatiently, strain
ing toward the scent.
"He knows there's work to be done,
and he's right." Then quickly bo gave
tbo word again, and once more Caesar
was away, darting back along the side
walk toward the Champs Blysees.
moving nearer and nearer to the bouses
and presently stopping at a gateway,
against which be pressed and whined.
It was a gateway in the wall surround
ing the Ansonta hotel.
"The man camo out here," declared
Coquenil, and, unlatching the gate, ho
looked Inside, tbo dog pushing after
him.
"This is what you call tho alleyway?"
questioned Coquenil.
"Exactly."
From the pocket of his coat tho de
tective drew a small electric lantern,
tho one that had served him so well
earlier In tho evening, and, touching
a switch, be threw upon the ground a
strong white ray, whereupon a confu
sion of footprints became visible, as
if a number of persons had trod back
and forth here.
"What does this mean?" ho cried.
Papa Tlgnol explained shamefacedly,
"Wo did it looking for tbo pistol; it
waB GIbelln's orders."
"Bon Dleu! What a pity! Wo can
nover get a clean print in this mess.
But watt! How far along tho alley
way did you look?"
"As far as that back wall. Poor
Glbelln! no never thought of looking
on tbo other side of It Eh, eh!"
Coquenil breathed moro freely. "Wo
may bo nil right yet Ah, yes," ho
cried, going quickly to this back wall
where the alloyway turned to tho right
along tho rear of the hotel. Again he
threw his whlto light before him and,
with a start of satisfaction, pointed to
tho ground. There, clearly marked,
was a lino of footprints, a single line,
with no breaks or Imperfections, tho
plain record on the rain soaked earth
that ono person, evidently a man, had
passed this way, going out.
"I'll send tho dog first," said U.
Paul, "nero, Caesar! Cliercho!"
Onco more tho eager animal sprang
forward, following slowly along tbe
row of trees where the trail was con
fused, and then, at tho corner, dash
ing ahead swiftly, only to stop again
after a few yards and stand scratch
ing uneasily at a closed door.
"That settles It," said Coquenil. "Ho
has brought us to the alleyway door.
tow I right?"
"Yes." nodded Gritz.
"The door that lends to Xo. 7?"
"Yes."
"Open It," nnd, while the agitated
proprietor searched fur his pass key.
the detective spoke- to Tlgnol: "1 want
Impressions of these footprints, the
best you can take. Use glycerin with
plaster of pnrls for tho molds. Take
this one, nnd these two. nnd this, and
this."
The alleyway door stood open. nnd.
using his lantern with tho utmost enre.
Coquenil went first, mounting tho
stairs slowly, followed by Gritz. At
the top they enme to a narrow landing
and a closed door.
"This opens directly Into No, 7?"
asked the detective.
"Yes."
"Is It usually locked or unlocked?"
"It Is always locked."
"Well. It's unlocked now." observed
Coquenil. trying the knob. Then, flash
ing his lantern forward, ho threw the
door wide open. The room was empty
'Lot me turn up the electrics." said
the proprietor, and ho did so, showing
furnishings like those In No. C except
that hero the prevailing tint wns pule
blue, while there It wns pale yellow.
"I see nothing wrong." remarked M
Paul, glancing about sharply. "Uo
you?"
"Nothing."
"Except that this door Into the cor
ridor is bolted. It didn't bolt Itself.
did It?"
"No." sighed tho other.
Coquenil thought n moment; then he
produced the pistol found In the court
yard and examined It with extreme
care; then ho unlocked the corridor
door and looked out. Tho policeman
was still on guard before No. C
"I shall want to go In there shortly."
said the detective.
Gritz hesitated a moment, and then,'
with an npprehenslvo look In his beady
eyes, he said. "So you're going In
there?" and he Jerked his fat thumb
toward tho wall separating them from
Xo. 0.
Coquentl nodded.
"To see If the ball from that"-ho
looked with a shiver nt tho pistol "fits
In In that?" Again ho Jerked his
thumb toward the wall, beyond which
the body lay.
"No; that Is tho doctor's business.
i!ine h more important P
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