PAGE TWELVE
WEDFOTID MAIL TRTBITNE, MEDFOTID, QREflOy, THTJKSDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1935.
The Character
Hugo Stern, handsome author,
living on the French Riviera.
Archie Lumtdcn, mvselt. Hu
oo'l riend.
Rene Gelu, man behind a mur
der plot, tcho it trying to get rid
of me.
Yesterday: Venner Is murdered,
and a wrench and wallet plant
ed In my room. I hide the evi
dence under a tile In the halL
ChaDter32
Many Curious Facts
Venner and I spoke of
11 London." I told the examin
ing magistrate. "Ha was s very
homesick man."
The iuge d'instruction pursed his
Hps, looking at me aharply from
under lowered brows, startlingly
like a eat about to pounce. "And
no incident occurred during this
Interesting conversation?" he In
quired. "Nothing that struck you
as out of the ordinary? You en
tered this room, you sat and con
versed, you took your leave?"
A warning bell rang In my brain.
Something I couldn't tell what
whispered that a lot depended on
my answer to that question, that
some carefully laid trap was about
to be sprung if I didn't watch my
step. They were all eyeing me,
silent, wary, expectant, and I hesi
tated, racking my brains; and
then, as I looked from one to the
other, I caught the eye of the
stout, cheerful-looking fellow on
the commissaire's right, Fleuriot
the man from Marseille, and saw
him give a slight, reassuring nod
a nod that said: "Carry on. I'm
on your side."
I did a minute's quick thinking.
There was something he wanted to
say, but obviously he could have
no Knowledge of what I had dis
cussed with Venner. And then,
suddenly, I guessed.
"There was one incident," I said,
speaking slowly and picking my
words. "Mr. Venner had a heart
attack just before I left I think
speaking of London had been a
trifle agitating, and I understand
his heart was weak. He asked me
to get him ome drops from the
table beside his bed. and lust after
I had brought them, he thought he
heard a sound on the balcony out
side his bedroom window and told
me to go and have a look."
"You actually went out on the
balcony?" said M. Fleuriot en
couragingly. "Yes," I answered. "I had a good
look at the balcony, but there was
no one there."
"That proves nothing except
that he Is clever," the jiipe re
marked, and then to me: "Now we
come to the rest of the evening
You say you spent it with Monsieur
Stern? You have other witnesses.
I suppose?"
"Naturally," I retorted. "Miss
Afla htern, and Mr. Dunning, an
American friend."
"And after dinner you came
back to the hotel? At what time?"
"At five minutes to ten," I said.
"But the hotel gates were already
shut" I had already decided that
s far as my use of the key went
there mitt be no attempt at con-
The jtios raised his eyebrows.
"The gate was locked: then how
did you get in. proy7"
"Oh," said I airily, "I had a key.
I got it from the late chasseur, two
days ago the housekeeper will
tell vou all about that and it unf
lost but it turned up again. Here
u is. i inrew it on me tame.
He glanced at It indifferently
"Then, he snid gently, "vou have
no wnness as to what time you
came in?"
"Do you want one?" I asked
dryly.
I want more from you than
that Mr. Lumsden," he retorted
"I want an explanation for many
curious facts. First the fact that
your llngcrprints. and yours alone
nave been found inside and out
side the shutters of this window:
second, the fact that your finger
prints are the only ones on the
medicine-Bottle, the water-carafe,
and the glass: third, the fnct that
apart from the man Amedee. who
is an honest fellow and has a good
record, you were the last person
to see Monsieur Venner alive.
"Vowing Vengeance'
TIE STOOD up suddenly, his
eyes, sharp and keen as gim
lets, boring into mine.
"Shall I tell you the truth?" he
said softly. "You came here, an
unexpected guest because vou
were in need of money, because
you knew some guilty secret of
Monsieur Venner'a past life, some
secret that he would pay well to
nave you silent atiout You dis
closed vour knowledge to him in
the morning and gave him until
night to make his rlrcinion He sent
for you and there took place an
interview so stormv that he was
afllicted . ith a heart-attack. He
refused your exorbitant demands
ami vou departed, vowinc ven
gennce. Then. In the silent hours
of the night, you returned to vour
wretched victim and brulnllv mur
dered him. taking what money vou
could find. You are not aware. I
suppose, that his wallet is miss
ing?" Now that the storm hud hroken.
I conscious only of a queer
renci at strain relaxed, and an im
mense thankfulness that I had
mentioned the medicine I had
Biven the old man and the excur
sion to the balcony, for if I had not
DENY DISMISSAL
CITY RUM DEATH
8AN PRANCIRC1X. Oct. (AP
Municipal Judge Hugh L- Smith to
tffcj refused drfrn motion to dl-
X SALIMARSH
those damnable fingerprints woulu
have been doubly incriminating.
"just a minute, i saia quietly.
'Am I to understand. Monsieur te
iuge, that you accuse me of mur
dering Mr. Venner?"
tie snook nis nead. I make no
accusations as yet," said he. "I
reconstruct the crime, as I am at
liberty to do."
"It seems to me," I said "that
in your precious reconstruction
you ve omitted two important
points: first that the door to these
rooms was locked from the inside,
and second, that the bedroom next
door was also locked and the key
in its place in the office, as Amedee
can tell you."
"The key?" he said dryly. "What
more easy than for you to possess
yourself of the other key, a key of
an unoccupied room mat would
never be missed?"
I shrugged. "All rieht." I said
wearily, "let's leave the question
of the key. Where's the weapon
that committed the crime, and the
wallet that was stolen? You can
see for yourself it isn't on me, and
l gainer, from the look of my room,
that you're satisfied yourself it
isn't there either."
He smiled gently at me. "Your
wits are slow today, my young
friend," he retorted. "Have you
not told us yourself that vou took
a bathe this morning and that no
one saw you leave the house? What
more easy than for you to carry
the evidences of your crime out
with ysu and conceal them, in the
flarden on the beach where you
ike? No, nol You cannot escape
as easily as that!"
He glanced round him, at the si
lent, watchful ring of police, at the
commissaire, plump and uneasy,
at the man from Marseille, studi
ously aloof, and took a quick step
forward. "Take him over there!"
he said sharply. "Let hjm see what
he has done! And befpre I real
ized what was happening, a couple
of brawny fellows had seized me
by the arms and propelled me to
the bed.
The Dog Lulu
THE jufle had followed round the
table in our wake, and now he
suddenly ripped back the bed
clothes. "Miserablo one, ' behold
thy victim!" he said quietly, and
for a long instant I stood staring
down at the dreadful thing which
lay revealed.
A wave of nausea swept over
me, followed by a surge of blind,
ungovernable rage. I could have
taken the heads of the men who
held me and crashed them to
gether: but before the last rags of
sanity slipped from me, salvation
came. A voice spoke from my rear,
a calm, unhurried voice, but with
the unmistakable ring of authority.-
i nai s enougn. it said, and next
mlnuto the man from Marseille
had pushed my captors aside and
quietly pulled the coverings back
in place. You may go now, young
man, but understand, you must not
leave the hotel."
"I understand," I told him grate
fully. I dressed, and made my way
rather dismally down the stairs,
wondering how 1 was going to get
through the interminable hours
that lay before me. and still more
how I could get In touch with
Hugo. But as my foot touched the
bottom step, I heard his voice call
ing my name.
"Archie!" he shouted. "What the
devil have you been up to, and
what's all this going on here?"
I caught him by the shoulders
and swung him round in the di
rection of Amedce's pantry. I shut
the door, and told him my story.
As I finished he heaved a sign.
"Well." said he, "that finishes it.
You pack your traps, my lad, and
come straight home with me."
"You foraet" I suggested mild
ly, "that as a suspected murderer
I m not allowed to leave this hotel."
Well, at least I'm going right
away to the Vice-Consul to get the
name of a good criminal lawyer."
"You'll do nothing of the sort."
I retorted. "It'll be time enough
for that when thev accuse me. Let's
take it that I lie low for awhile
and you carry on without me. After
all I can always let vou know if
I'm in any sort of a iam."
"And how will you do that?" he
demanded sourly.
I thought for a minute. "There's
Amedee," I said. "I could trust him
to take a message without tipping
off the police."
I broke off short, for the object
of my commendation had poked
his head cautiously round the door.
"Monsieur," he snid in a rusty
whisper, "a word if you please
about the dog, Lulu!"
"He's not dead?" I asked,
startled, for the poor brute had
for the moment slipped from my
memory.
"No, no," said he, "but the Mart
has just called me to give me or
ders to have him destroyed imme
diately, without delay.
"The dcure she hns!" said I, and
whistled softly. "Now. I wonder
why."
Hugo looked at me mennlngly.
"You say the dog was present at
the murder?" he queried drvlv.
"He was. in effect, knocked on the
head by the murderer? Isn't it con
ceivable that he might, if he recov
ers, rcrognire the man who did it?"
"I helirre vou're right." I swune
round on Amedee "Listen, friend.
I said "Tell the Miss that vou are
carrying out her orders. The dog
will be destroyed tonight and
buried in the garden if necessary;
vou can dig a grave to add a touch
of local color hut instead gel him
carried up to the ton of the lane
some time after dark say about
nine thirty." I turned to Hugo.
"Will that suit you?"
"Admirably," snid he.
fCorvltfM. III!, Hue SnltmaraaJ
Tomorrow: The third degree.
mlAt man Hugh tor charg agnliift
Tliomiu WHito, 34. on ol two men
ncouwl of thr myMTtoim drutn of
W niter C. Vllwrt, 40. fJHVut.v of the
ffxientl homing ntt ministration for
northern California.
Vlbert. Km of Phillip Vlbwt of Vie
torla. B, C-, wm found dead In hU
hotel room here liwt August 13.
Walter Dunn, attorney for White,
made the motion for dtsmlwml aftr
Jtvwe P. Carr, city paiholOKiat, toMt
flrxl Vltwrt could have auffrnxt ft
vrebial hrmorrhnge In ft fall.
Dr Carr aald Vitw-rt m born with
unusually thln-wallM blood vewrla
at the bae of hla brain and added
STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By JOHN HIX
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LoulMfinn Purchase
Greatest act of Thomaa Jefferson,
first President of the United States
to M Inaugurated In Washington
City, was the purchase of the extens
ive Louisiana Territory from Prance
for the sum of 16,000,000.
Two foremost objectives were In
wind when this huge land deal was
contemplated to give the United
States control of the Mississippi River
and the port of New Orleans, and to
keep thta country unhampered by
European countries In the develop
ment of a republican form of gov
ernment. they were ruptured by some force
outside the body and not the result
of natural causes.
The witness said It was "quite
possible" a blow could have cAiised
Vlbert's death but agreed with Duane
an ordinary fall could have done so.
"I want to hear what happened tn
that room," said Judge Smith In re
fusing the motion for dlsmlsNal. "We
cannot assume this man just fell
down and killed himself."
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million dollars the United States ob
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land less than fifteen dollars a
square mile.
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tacks In force but claimed posses
sion of six additional government
positions.
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