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:''T J : CHAPTER II.
Horace l'rchlc.
There Is a police officer In West Point
who has a considei able reputation as a
detective. His name is Bernard Kelly.
Within an hour after the nv-ssagu wa
eent out from Sunnyslde Kelly arrived.
Meanwhile we had made several im
portant discoveries. First we ques
lored the servants. There were six.
Three of them believed that they had
heard a sound like a pistol shot, about
the, time when the crime must have
been committed. The other three were
sure that they had not. Of the latter,
Hanley, the butler, was the most Im
portant witness. He waa nearer to the
Long Room during the critical period
than any other person not actually
within it. He had heard nothing, but
he had seen. something of consequence
namely, a man, whom he did not
know, walking hurriedly away from
the house. This person the butler had
Been from a window. He attached no
Importance to the circumstance at the
time; Indeed, he did not mention It
until I had sharply questioned him.
This was Just before Kelly arrived.
My first vague suspicions had een
tered upon Hanley. They were found
ed only upon his demeanor at the time
when he and I were together In the
Long Room Immediately after my dis
covery of the crime. Certainly there
could not have been a more perfect pic
ture of guilty terror than he furnished
then. His horror of the body, and es
pecially of the blood; his eagerness to
escape from the room; his dread of
Questioning, were all suggestive.
But I could not at first supply a mo
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with Kelly's assistance, we examined
more closely my uncle's desk. Our first
examination of It had but one object;
we wished to trace the course of the
bullet, This was not difficult. After
passing entirely through my uncle's
body it had penetrated the back of the
desk, and thct wall also. I was amazed
at the power of the projectile; but
Captain Marshall was not. It support
ed his theory that the new explosive for
small arms figured in this case. He
was an expert upon this point; indeed,
he was at that time conducting experi
ments with a Title Intended for the
army. This dreadful weapon when
fired on a level from the height of a
man's shoulder would send a bullet
nearly two miles, and at 2,000 yards
would drive it through the bodies of
seven men. i
He stated these facts to me with pro
fessional calmness; he even offered to
exhibit them to me if I would go some
day to his laboratory and proving
ground, which was on the outskirts of
West Point. His knowledge of the sub
ject was undoubtedly great, and the
more I thought upon It the more Im
portant, in my mind, became the co
lncld( nee of the presence of such a man
In that house t a time when a mys
terious and tfrrlbly powerful weapon
had been murderously employed.
My Interest became horror when I
found soon afterward that this circum
stance Impressed Itself more Btrongly
than any other upon the mind of Ber
nnrd Kelly. Through Margaret he
learned from Mrs. llolliday that she
had left Marshall alone in the parlor
for fully ten minutes. He seemed not
to have moved when she returned, but
he had time to go to the Long Koom
and. return.
Margaret told me of Kelly's ques
tions, despite his warning to her to
keep absolute silence about them. She
said, frankly, that they indicated to her
his suspicion that Marshall had com
mitted the crime.
"That Is not to be thought of," said
the girl. "He, of all others, had most
reason to wish my father to live."
. Perhaps; yrt It Is true that a living
fath.er may change his mind about a
daughter's marriage, but the expressed
desire cannot be recalled when death
has sealed the lips.
Then came that other discovery rela
tive to the desk, and It threw all my
theories Into confusion.
On the forenoon of that day I had
seen a pile of bank notes In a drawer of
the desk, and the topmost had been of
the denomination of one hundred dol
lars. How much was In the pile I did
not know. My uncle had closed the
drawer Immediately. I had seen only
one of the bills; When we searched the
desk under Kelly's direction there was
no money at all In It. My uncle had
only a few dollars and a gold watch In
hla pockets.
If robbery was 'the motive, whom
should we suspect? I thought of Han
ley Instantly; and. In private, I de
scribed to Kslly the demeanor of the
man ot the first alarm. The detective
received my communication without
any comment whatever. Indeed, he
did not Bpeak ten words, except In
questions, while he was In the house.
About an hour after he had'gbne
away, I received a telephone message
from him' saying that the case would
soon be cleared up. He spoke, as if he
already had his hand on the murderer's
shoulder. I begged him to name the
guilty man, but his only reply was that
he would bes at Sunnyslde early the
next morning.
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Hanley, Marshall and Hilton figured in
turn as- the murderer. Then the ab
sence of the weapon suggested the
mysterious stranger whom the butler
had seen. My thoughts were In a
whirl, and tholr confusion . became
more as I perceived that both Hilton
and Marshall were coming more and
more closely Into conference and con
spicuously shunning me.
I heard one of the servants say to
another thut Captain Marshall had
done it, and the reply was that, who
ever had fired the shot, Margaret Holll
day was certainly a party to the crime,
Another Bervant In response to my
questioning said thut he had seen Han
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ley enter the Long Room from the
dinning room which adjoined It, not ten
minutes before any discovery of the
murder. Hanley, with white lips, de
nied that he had been in that room
since morning..
Marshall and Hilton divided between
them the care of the body and did not
consult me. I passed the night In tor
ment, relieved only by an occasional
sight of Margaret, who twice or thrice
came from her mother's room to speak
with me. She would not see Marshall.
I think that she believed him guilty.
At 8 o'clock I was standing on the
veranda In front of the house when
the found of wheels startled me, and I
taw a carriage containing Bernard
Kelly and a man who leaned far back
vlth his face In the shadow. It flashed
across me In a second that Kelly had
solved the riddle, arrested the mur
derer, and was bringing him to the
house. If that was so, the prisoner
could be. no other than the man whom
Httnley had seen. And then I thought
of the steps that I had heard, and had
supposed to be Marshall's, as I lay In
the hammock. . Had the murderer
passed tho hammock. Had the mur
derer passed me then?
Tho carriage rapidly approached. In
a few seconds It waa near enough for
me to see the face of the shadow.
Kelly's companion was Horace Preble.
1 hope to get through this mortal life
without suffering such a shock as that
again.
"In heaven's name what Is this?" 1
demanded.
The young man looked disconsolately
down upon the ground. He had at
first extended his hand. toward me and
had withdrawn It.
, "This " thing had to come out," he
said. ; "I've tried to cover It up as much
as I could, but. It was no use. - You'
might as well know the truth."
"Speak!" I cried.
"Why, you see, about two years ago,
when
I lost all my money, I was In a
desperate fix. I had hoped
live
without work and that hope failed
me. I got Into sad 'straits, and at last
of course you'll regard this as confi
dential?"
"Confidential!"
"Well, it's known to a few. Every
time a thing of this kind happens to me,
somebody has to be let In."
"Look here, Preble," I exclaimed.
"I'm altogether too nervous to Btand
this strain any longer. Since yester
day I've been suspected of murder by
half a dozen people, and have con
victed, In my own mind, half a dozen
others In town. I convicted you,
when I saw you with Detective Kelly.
Jiut of course when I stand here face
to face with you, I know It can't be
true. Yet you have some part In the
shameful secret, as you have con
fessed to me. What is it? Don't keep
me in suspense!"
'A Blckly Btnlle distorted Preble's
handsome face.
"I am a detective In the pay of the
New York police department," he said.
"I'm here professionally."
He shuddered at the thought.
"It's a little different from the old
times," he continued. "I'm heartily
ashamed of It, my boy, but It can't be
helped now. There's little to choose
between detective and criminal In my
opinion. The criminal Inflicts an
Injury on society, and the detective In
flicts an Injury on the criminal; and
the best defense that the detective can
make Is the old school-boy claim: 'The
other fellow began It.' Why can't we
all let one another alone?"
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I was leaning upon the railing of the
veranda and laughing weakly, almost
hysterically. To see Preble out of that
scrape was too much happiness for me.
Little I cared about his profession. I
thought It as good as most others and
much better than tho law. But I knew
him well enough to be sure that what
ever profession he had chosen would
Immediately seem to htm the most dis
graceful and unbecoming that men's
needs had ever produced.
"We wired to New York for a man,"
said Kelly, "ami Byrnes sent up Mr.
treble. Between us I guess we can
sift this matter down. Would you like
to look at the body, Mr. Preble?"
"Not yet," he replied. . "Let us have
a look at the room."
Capt. Marshall joined us while we
were busy there. Preble wns examln
Ing the bullet hole In the desk and In
the wall. He enlarged the latter until
he could see through It, and then he
looked out, following with his eye as
nearly as possible the direction of the
ball.
"There's a chance that we can find
It," he said, and led the way to the
grounds at the rear of the house.
fifty yards back we came to a large
tree, and In Us rough bark, near the
ground, after most careful searching,
Preble found a bullet hole. Five mln
utes later he held In his hand the leaden
missile that had killed Oen. llolliday.
"Capt. Marshall," he said, "you, as an
expert, will be able to tell us what
sort of weapon carries such a bullet."
"You know already," replied the cap
tain, with a sort of gasp. I can see
that in your face. It is the bullet which
the rille I am testing carries. There is
no other like It."
I looked anxiously at Preble, and
saw, to my surprise, that he was not
regarding Marshall. He was looking
over the captain's head.
I turned and saw a man running
through the grounds. He was bent
double, and seemed to fancy himself to
be shielded by Borne low Bhrubbery. I
recognized Hanley, the butler.
"You'd better go after him, Kelly,"
said Preble, and Kelly abeyed, exhibit
ing a surprising swiftness of foot.
Ho overtook Hanley before he had
reached the road which bounds the es
tate upon the south; and in a few min
utes the trembling servant stood before
Preble. The detective nodded to Kelly,
who Instantly began to search Hanley.
In one of his pockets was a package of
twelve one-hundred-dollar bills.
"Now, let's have your story without
a moment's delay," said Preble, sternly.
"I swear to you, sir," replied the but
ler, solemnly, "that I had no hand In
his death. I roobed him, but I did not
kill him. It was this way; I went Into
the Long Room to speak to him. Miss
Margaret was asleep on the couch.
The general also seemed to be asleep
with his head on his desk. And right
there In plain sight was all that money.
'I've been hard pressed, sir, of late.
There's been some as bad as me at a
disadvantage and have used . their
power. It's their fault, sir, that I took
the money. I'm no thief at heart. I
did It In sheer nervousness at the sight
of what I needed so much.
'The general never stirred. He. was
dead then, sir, I've no doubt, but I
didn't know it. I got away .with tho
money and hid It in my room. Then
when the murder was discovered I was
near frozen with horror. ! would have
restored the money, but there's been
no chance. Somebody has been In that
room all the time. So this morning,
when I learned that one of the serv
ants had seen me go Into that room,
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and had told on me, I resolved to run
for It. That's the whole truth, sir, and
I'm glad to have It off my mind."
"I believe you, my man," said Preble,
"It's never a good thing In this world
to be too smart, and It's your good for
tune that you're not nearly smart
enough to have committed this crime,
supposing that It Is a crime at all."
He directed Kelly to keep an, eye on
Hanley and then we all went into the
Long Room. We found Margaret and
Tho Search for tho Bullet.
Dr. Hilton there. Margaret greeted
Preble with great cordiality. She said
that she felt much relieved at having
has advice and aid, for she had always
thought him to be gifted with aji ex
ceptionally clear mind.
"If my present theory of this terrible
mystery proves to be correct," said
Preble, "I think we Bhall all feel great
ly relieved. It Is only a theory at pres
ent, and Its basis Is no mure than this."
He opened hla hand and showed a
splinter of wood about an Inch and a
half long. For my part I had no Idea
of Its bearing upon the case. The others
seemed equally at a loss.
"I found this on the floor at that end
of the room,'" he said, pointing away
from the general's desk. "It was
knocked off the inside of the wall by
the bullet which killed your father. It
surprises me, gentlemen, that when
you had found where the bullet went
out you should not have looked for the
place where It came In."
"But, Preble," I exclaimed, "you are
not going to tell us that the murderer
fired through that wall and across the
whole length of this room?"
"And a mile of open country be
sides," said Preble, calmly, "if my
theory Is true. Capt. Marshall, will
you tell me whether I am correct In
saying that a line drawn from the spot
where Gen. Hollldny was struck down
and extended through the wall one foot
to the left of that window would pass
close to your laboratory on the other
side of the valley?"
. Marshall's forehead was wet with
perspiration. .
"It Is true," he said, In a low voice.
"I am afraid that your theory Is right."
"You mean," I cried, "that the acci
dental discharge of a rifle which was
being tested is responsible for this ter
rible calamity?"
"Youi have seen the bullet," said
Preble, "and I have proven the direc
tion In which It came. The weapon
could not have been fired near the
house or you would have heard the re
port. The shot must have been acci
dental, for the distance and the Impos
sibility of seelnfr Into this room pre
clude the possibility of intent. I can
see no other Explanation. However,
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Marshall will accompany me to the
spot we can learn whether there was
an accidental discharge of a rifle at the
hour named.
"I may add," he continued, "that the
whole aspect of this case Indicates the
work of chance. It had not from the
first the appearance of human device.
The absolutely impartial bearing of
the facts, which Implicated equally
every person who could have been
physically present, showed a broader
grasp of detail than any man can
claim. The minor crime of Hanley
strikes In discordantly with the rest.
You can readily see the difference be
tween design and fate which can have
no purpose. This terrible event Is the
forerunner of many which will follow
upon this new development of modern
arms. And the tragedies will not all
be accidents. If a murderer can by re
peated trials at last strike down his
victim at the distance of more than a
mile, he will be less often restrained
by mere cowardice."
He bade us good-bye and went away
with Marshall and Kelly. In an hour
we received a telephone message from
the last named, that Preble's theory
had been confirmed.
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