The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 20, 1929, Page 6

Sk W A Wiw; S SYNOPSIS: Roger Pell Seven men saw in the Fother- bury library. Five of them !Seabroke and Eastley were searched. hated him, two obviously were |One solitary figure remained—Mar- his friends, ineluding Tom |ling, sitting in the chair by the Grenofen, whose tecret love for lhearth, deadly pale and agitated. Veronica broke entangled I think that was the most appall- him in the Peli enigma, Yet ng mome: I have ever lived not one of the seven could— hrough Six of us had passed the or would—tell who fired the est. One had to be the seventh, fatal shot. Professor Laxton, nyhow—but that it should be an archeologist, failed to appear Jarling! to give his opinion of buried | you are a clergyman, sir” antiquarian treasures which at- | yayne said after an unbearable tracted Pell to Blackwater. Pell turfied on his enemies, and, in a dramatic scene, was about to produce a ghost for the bene- fit of the trembling Parson Marling, Pell's chief foe. Pell stooped to unbolt the door. A | pistol roared. Pell fell dead. In- spector Wayne refuses to be- lieve the story of the seven witnesses, and is about to charge that— Chapter 8 THE INQUISITION “One of seven men shot Roger Pell, unless—" Inspector Wayne hesttated, his in- sistent gaze boring into each of us in turn. “Unless,” he continued, “this is all camoflage of something else. And | none of you shot him. And the man who did shoot him has got away. With your connivance.” Mr. Fotherbury shook his head “Then you tell me that when lhn‘ shot was fired nobody else was here?” | “Nobody." \ The inspector strode to the tele-| phone and rang up his station. He | gave a sharp instruction: to send for the chief constable and to in-| form him that a murder had been committed at ewplace Abbey, and ; +that the case called for the bes 1i¥%n that Scotland Yard could sen " the inspector again turned on us, “what happened here befor: the murder?” “Who had better tell the story?” said Mr. Fotherbury, glancing from one to another Mr. Grenofen, would you?" “If you wish,” said I. “Thanks,” Fotherbury replied. “Mf. Wayne, I had arranged with Professor Laxton of the British Mu- séum to meet my friends here this afternoon to hear Mr. Pell's descrip- tion of the excavations. Laxton did not arrive and we were waiting for him when this affair began.| Now, Mr. Grenofen.” 1 told the story from beginning to end. While speaking I kept my eye steadily on Mr. Wayne. I saw his Jook traveling among the persons in the room as I mentioned them in turn, reporting Pell's outbursts. I was absolutely interrupted. The inspector nodded. “Pell,” said he, casting a glance | to the floor behind him, “seems to} have been a raving lunatic, still you know, we lock up lunatics; we don't shoot them. 1 suppose nothing else has occurred to you gentlemen as a test of what actually hap- pened?” I looked at him wonderingly. “There is,” he added, “one al- most infallible test. Some time before we leave this room it must be applied. Now, if you like. It's for you to choose.” He suddenly pointed his finger | at me. “Mr. Grenofen,” the inspector sald, “on the instant of the shoot- ing all seven rushed to the fallen man-—then, without other move- ment, six took the chairs and Mr. Fotherbury went to the telephone?” “As fas as 1 observed—yes.” “After that,” the inspector con- tinued, “nobody moved until I came.” “Nobody.” “Then,” said Mr. Wayne, “if we now proceed to discover the gun that fired the shot, we shall east the minds of six out of the seven.” The effect of these simple words was electrical—the words we had dreaded, had not dared to utter. Wayne leaned upon the table, close- ly watching the play of expressions on our faces. “Are you willing the inspector search us?” Fotherbury asked. “I'll Jead the way. Where shall we stand, Mr. Wayne.” RIGHT OUT IN HALL, THIS VERY &y R, A. J. WAL 1us THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 1929. HEAVENS, CCUNT! & g jover him thoroughly, found noth- | ing. Fotherbury, Royle, myself, esitation. “If you tell me that ou have no weapon, I will accept your word.” Marling rose and walked up to the inspector, a strangely impres- sive man, with his pallid face, that ring of dark hair like a tonsure and his flying black robe. “Search me,” said he, “just as you have the othe 4 Marling had joined us when I opened my eyes—for I could not endure the sight of Wayne passing hands over his clothing—and the bewildered inspector, full of sus- picion, regarding us with a deeper frown. Wayne disbelieved us. He was roing back to his first theory of a collusion between us. Then began that impotent visita- tion by Wayne of every corner of the great apartment Although it was an oblong room with plain walls and little furniture, except the table, and a few chairs, a therough search for a pistol would have taken many hours. Any book of the many thousands might have hidden it. Wayne walked slowly round looking at the cases, evident- ly for signs of a recent disturb- ance, He felt the cushions of the two big chairs by the hearth. He stooped to look into the wide chimney. Thus he worked round to the end of the room where we he stayed, looking down upon the body of Pell, from that to the door, and from the door to As Wayne stood contemplating the body of Pell, and manifestly in doubt as to h xt step, there suddenly entered my head a notion which assumed large importance afterwards. ‘Was it possible that we were all suffering from hallucination? That we had not seen what we thought we saw? Or that, with our minds strained in one direction by Pell's conduct, they had been unable to switch off quickly enough to grasp cverything that happened? Wayne started at movement made by the constable, at the door. The man bent his head in the at- titude of listening—the sound of! voices and steps were growing louder along the stone corridor. ‘There was a loud rap on the door Wayne gave a sign to the con- stable who drew back the bolts and pulled the door open. It swung back towards us so that we could not see who had knocked. But I hear the question asked by the| footman. “Could you come with me, if you please? There's something wrong.” “What's wrong?” said Wayne. “It’s a man—I don't know if he's dead. Ts the doctor still here?” (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) a Another mystery stalking into the scene—is revealed in to- morrow’s chanter. - e ‘We are now servmg SANDWICHES and SALADS. The best yet. Ju- neau Ice Cream Parlors —4av, PSPPI Sl v TP i TO CREDITORS In the Probate Court for the Ju- neau Precinct, First Judicial Di- vision, Territory of Alaska. Before H. L. Faulkner, Special Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. In the Matter of the Last Will and Testament of MARY E. BOYLE, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the undersigned was on the 22nd day of July, 1920, appointed EXECUTOR of the last Will and Testament of ‘Mary E. Boyle, de- ceased. All persons having claims against the said estate are re- quired to present them with proper vouchers attached to the under- signed, at Juneau, Alaska, within six (6) months from the date of this notice. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, July 22, 1929. “Remain where you are. Sander- gon! Draw my attention to anyone who moves!” . The inspector acted quickly. He fastened on Somerfield and went'Last publication, Aug. 20, 1929, FRANK A. BOYLE, Executor of the Estate of Mary E. Boyle, Deceased. Pirst publication, July 23, 1929. CALL THE U COPS, WHILE THE CALLIN'S Goop! Lo g’MATTfiifl 15 THE wIRE BusY? 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