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Stymied in their efforts to find a good lead,
the local police referred the murder to Scot
land Yard, whose distinguished superintend
ent, John Sands, investigated the case person
ally. After he had talked to several of the
neighbors and heard the gossip, Sands went
to visit Chaplin, whose home was one of the
finest in Wimbledon.
Chaplin welcomed his illustrious guest,
ushered him into the library, and went off to
brew a pot of tea. Idly, Sands examined Chap-'
lin's collection of books, including early edi
tions of Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, and
many others. He riffled through some of the
volumes until Chaplin brought the tea.
They talked for an hour, but Chaplin threw
no light on the murder of Casserly, and Sands
finally left. The next day, Chaplin was sum
moned, to Scotland Yard and ushered into
Sands' office.
"Georgiana Casserly is a very beautiful
woman," the superintendent began.
Chaplin nodded. "It's sad that she was be
reaved in the bloom of womanhood," he said.
"So young to be left alone." "
"The neighbors are wagering she won't be
. alone very long," Sands said. "They say you
will marry her within the year."
Chaplin admitted he was in love with the
young widow.
"As a matter of fact," said Sands, "that's
why you murdered her husband!"
"I? That's absurd!" Chaplin cried. "Percy
was my best friend."
"Perhaps," Sands agreed. "But you wanted
his wife, and you couldn't have her until he
was out of the way. So you shot him and tried
to make it look like robbery."
"That's ridiculous! I never owned a gun."
Sands looked up as the door opened. An
officer came in and handed him a .32
caliber revolver. Chaplin's face paled.
"I have no doubt," said Sands, "that this
will prove to be the murder weapon."
"Where did you get it?"
"From your basement wall," the officer ex
plained. "As soon as you left home, we looked
for fresh masonry in the basement. I found
a spot and broke through it. The gun was
there."
Chaplin signed a confession, admitting he
had decided murder was the only way of pos
sessing the wife of his friend. "But how did
you know where to look for the gun?" he
- asked.
"When I was riffling through the books in
your home yesterday," said Sands, "I picked
up a volume of Edgar Allan Poe. One story
had been thumbed more than any of the others.
"The story was The Black Cat and I remem
bered how the killer had concealed evidence
. r in the basement wall. You are an accomplished
stonemason and it would be easy for you to
hide a gun in the wall. I was convinced then
that you had killed Percy Casserly. So I got
you down here while my man went to your
home and found the evidence."
Chaplin died on the gallows.
Family Weekly, November S, 1959
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