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‘The Case of Oscar Slater”
By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherloc: Holmes in Real Life
TORY'S INSTALLMENT.
~ Tii.ijhe wear her diamonds at this
dinner pal)'.
i Ji t remember.
v., J told him that she had a great
nu.ny jei's?”
a. "Vai"
, -jlFe your suspicions ever turned
toward Ms man?"
\ -Tver.”
q lb you know of any other man
.... jtild be as familiar with those
..., n Js. the wealth of the old lady, her
ewpl J '■and the way to gm Into the
rs tnips as that man?"
Ko, sir."
rt,l is a condensation,of a very inter-
J and searching piece of lie erees
..xaJnation which reveals several things.
, lf /ls Lambie's qualities as a witness.
v P'.e> Is the very curious picture of
lady, the book-maker i.nd the
maid all sitting at dinner to-
The last and most important is
J fact that a knowledge of the jewels
|/i got out
/'.gainst the man himself there is no
/jssible allegation. The matter was
L.kerl into by the police, and their con
/insions were absolute, and were shared
;h‘>se responsible for the defense.
But it is to be believed that during the
mont! s which elapsed between this man
aeiuiring this curious knowledge, and the
actual crime, he never once chanced to
repeat to any friends, who In turn re
peated it to another, the strange story of
the lonely old woman and her heard?
This he would do in full innocence. It
was a most natural thing to do. But. for
almost the first time In the curse we seem
to catch some glimpse of the relation be
tween the dead woman on one side, and
outsiders on the other, who had the means
, • knowing something of her remarkable
situation.
There is just one other piece of Lam
in's cross-examination, this time from
lb Edinburgh trial, which I would de
nts to quote. It did not appear in
G erica, just as the American extract
aleady given did not appear in Edibrugh.
J'c the first time they come out together:
"Did Mis* Gilchrist used to have a
de?'
Yes, an Irish terrier.”
What happened to ft?"
'lt got poisoned."
"When was it poisoned?’
"I think on the 7th or Sth of Sep
teiber.”
"Was that thought to be done by
aoie one?”
. "I did not think It, for I thought it
mlht have eaten something, hut Miss
Gfhrist thought It was poisoned by some
. "To kill the watchdog—was that the
.. "She did not say."
'he reader should be reminded that
Ster did not arrive In Glasgow until
t> end of October of that year His
pvious residences fn the town were
» far back as 1901 and 1905. If the
<g were indeed poisoned in anticipa-
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I Gon of the crime, tie, at least, could
have had nothing to do with it.
1 here is one other piece of evidence
which may or may not have been of im
portance. It is that of Miss Brown, the
schoolmistress.
An Uncalled Witness.
I his lady was in court, but seems to
have been called by neither side for the
reason that her evidence was helpful to
neither the prosecution nor the defense.
She deposed that on the night of the mur
der, about ten minutes past seven, she
saw two men running away from tha
. scene Ona of these men closely correa
, ponded to the original description of the
murderer before it was modified by Bar
rowman. This one was of medium build,
dark hair and clean shaven, with three
quarter length gray overcoat, dark tweed
cap and both hands in his pockets
Here we have the actual assassin de
scribed to the life, and had Miss Brown
, declared that this man wae the prisoner,
she would have been n formidable addi
tion to the witnesses for the prosecution.
Miss Brown, however, identified Oscar
i Slater (after the usual absurd fashion of
, such identifications) as the second man.
whom she describes as of "dark glossy
hair, navy blue overcoat with velvet col
’ lar. dark trousers, black boots, something
i in his hand which seemed clumsier than
a walking stick."
One would Imagine that this object in
his hand would naturally be his hat. since
she describes the man as hareheaded. All
I that can be said of this Incident is that
i if the second man was Slater, then he
, certainly was not the actual murderer
, whose dress corresponds closely to the
first, and in no particular to the second.
To the Northern eye. all swarthy for
eigners bear a resemblance, and that
■ there was a swarthy man, whether for
eign or not, concerned in his affair would
seem to be beyond question. That there
should have been two confederates, one
i of whom had planned the crime while the
■ other carried It out. is a perfectly feasi
l ble supposition.
1 Miss Brown's story does not necessarily
contradict that of Barrowman, as one
would imagine that the second man would
join the murderer at some little dis
i tance from the scene of rhe crime. How
ever, as there was no cross-examination
i upon the story, It Is difficult to know
: what weight to attach to It.
Let me say In conclusion that I have
had no desire in anything said in this
■ argument to hurt the -feelings or usurp
the functions of any one, whether the
police or the criminal court, who had to
do with the case. It is difficult to dis
cuss matters from a detached point of
view without giving offense. I am well
aware that It Is easier to theorize at a
distance than to work a case out In
practice, whether as a detective or as
counsel.
I leave the matter now with the hope,
I that, even after many days, some sud
i den flash may be sent which will throw
a light upon as brutal and callous a
i crime as has ever been recorded in those
black annals in which the criminologist
finds the materials for his study.
Meanwhile it Is on the conscience of the
authorities and in the last resort on that
i of the community that this verdict, ob
tained under circumstances which I have
indicated, shall now be reconsidered.
THE END.
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VERY POPULAR.
By OLIVETTE.
AX English scientist contends that
women's clothes are getting more
masculine looking, because the
Twentieth Century man is tremendous
ly taken with the boyish girl.
Modern man admires not only the
slimmest, most mas<- :Hne -T tp°, hut
demands that the ideal girl shall he
equally skilled in games and sports,
and have a capacity similar to his own
for enjoying out-of-door pastimes
Unlike his fattier. the Twentieth
Century man, at |ea“t according to the
scientists, is not content with however
sublime a doll. The wife must be an
understanding- person, with a wide and
tolerant outlook; in short, she should
resemble as much as possible some
cherished younger brother, and the
Up-to-Date Jokes
Brown—A man whom I've known
for five years cut me today
.Tones —Who was he?
Brown—My barber.
“Why is It that the dog is always re
ferred to as the most intelligent ani
mal ?”
"Because he knows how to get a good
living without doing any work,” replied
the horse.
“See that man over there? He is a
bombastic idiot, a wind jammer nonen
ity, a false alarm and an encumberer
of the earth!”
“Would you mind writing al! that
down for me?”
“Why In the world—”
"He’s my husband, and I should like
to use it on him some time.”
An attendant .at a certain institute
for the deaf and dumb was undergoing
a pointless rapid-fire inquisition at the
hands of a female visitor.
“But how do you summon these poor
mutes to church?" she asked finally,
with what was meant to be a pitying
glance at the Inmates near by.
"By ringing the dumb bells, madam,"
retorted the exasperated attendant.
"Even the cleverest and most per
fect circumstantial evidence is likely
to be at fault, after all, and, thfl-efore,
ought to be received with great cau
tion,” said the late Mark Twain
“Take the ease of any pencil sharp
ened by any woman. U you have wit
nesses, you will find he did It with a
knife, but if you simply take the aspect
of the pencil, you .will say she did It
with luu '.mi 1
modern girl ir reeiving more personal
freedom ami consideration in this new
role, starts first of all, to adopt some
of tile outward app iranc of boyish
ness, lienee the popularity of coats,
like the one illustrated here, sport
clothes, shirts, raps, spats, putties and
many of the wardrobe, which
were formerly not considered to belong
to woman at all.
This good looking '-oat of waterproof
tweed is one of the many mannish
shapes which are now popular. This
particular one Is In dark green, with
sort of peppt r and salt "ff"et of gray
and white. These great big eoats wore
popular last year, but in more feminine
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and a doctor. I’m afraid he’s very badly
hurt.”
Such a telephone message, received at
the police station, sends the ambulance
and the dodor flying to the relief of the
sufferer.
Prom pt telephoning is often the means
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form, but they are conveniently suit
able for women who are much out-of
doors in bad weather, who motor or
ride, and need a great colt to cover
them up. on the drive or after the ride
’hat many wom-n who have neither
automobile not horse at their disposal
will wea. thorn a.- well.
Many or. the smartest women who
study tl; ' tine shadings of appropi it><
dress disdain to wear a really feminine, I
fluffv linking- coat, win’-- qo ing o - '
■piVts of any kino uro th? order of the |
day. t.ud f”..- ! of those fa’hidnitbly i
women seen - tl.v rave r...k■ t..i».
season have st:’ -fed the rag? o. liieav
big coats, o. < oats made on- .1:>- C - lines
of thinner material.
T’’ - la’>-st raincoat i.- of the thiio.'est i
I kind of oil-ailk. it can lw foidv . upi
a.iu put into tin povk' . o an.< > t-iunry 1
c 0;.,, mid cmnes in vi'.Mu.--.- <oi.ff.; be-|
si?;- the o.'glrml yellov.'s'- ,«hm .
1 Sp-.-al:ing of coats, i' <- i.l-j
, clor.l- is is, o» tbr.ff’ .a:.-,e -'ni■ till.'
brocniie and fring'T" \ , <■:.
ling over the should; .-s, deep o.,nd of.
I brocadi attached to the . nd reaehh
'Io the kne's, ?.nd fro a tber on. silk'
I fringe to tin cam o' t' ” i i-it: ie (
whole sniped lii: ■ an opera eupi cm: <nt
a.: the sleeves. This wi.l be Cm |-.i| i
' i. o-'.w for the < vffidmt ' -I. fids
. winter.
■ Another cor.: cat <n ■■ - I. • liner'
i scint’llnte. lll:< a«■ :..-? nig l ; . H Is]
I>f white fro wi .a. «'-j l>. . of
black frh.g . '.-cut -.: >y a u-w roc ■
' with a '"'-.niond-lilo. subs’, ie
Do You Know—
! French po..tofib’es will hi futur- ,
I ovidr l offli-lu J wit S‘::in;i moiy ■
p g a iplia-i.- s. p.n i mova'l ’ii whk is
hailed liy the press ar iyg •?' Ie re-
I form.
Tia-i-e is prooably n ■ a, .g io )..-r,em
| ,vl , i.a -s ■■ . ve':..g round .he
I e-i th. and I i ry therefore be quii ■ :
I a.-.-idle in tiim to comnnui • ate i> .
r: di -t< ’ -g.'i.p! • T om Euglan. to X. .
Zeaiaiui. IToi'iss'o • Fleming.
| I'uiiobsi specimen of Engiisn discov-|
ered in a Dutch bulb ciitelogui* recently
I sent out: "Encouraged through the
many accounts of eontentmei.tr which
eceived again last yea' , we recommend :
us in your appre.-luted favor and shall
' try to send i-xvlusive •>«-?•. quality bulbs
i and plants. Thoss lunati urs to whom
iwe have not had the pleasure to Hem.’
Ib.ilb. or plants w? kindly invite you to
| send us a trial order and next year you
I shall send hes ag;.ln to ns."
Ir the mane’ of lares the Trans-
Siberian puts all other railways to
i Hiiarne. . '-o fl, st-class the charges are
| about one-third of a cent per intle; see*
load (only a little Inf< lot), less tht.n al
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thin: for tot- same distance, with - If:
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I you ca; e io risk a third-clast juuri.-,.
| yor get vour lour miles for :t e<_i.i.i
lEvcn is the height of -.;n -.tionl
wii;. n i ompa. ed with the- t adgi.. u:
This w> . on': at si>”.:eth ! :ig like a;
i quarte: for a hundred mili-s, and if the I
i.nigra..t does no’ posse:--.-: the qraite
. the government wit: •-••! It to :i -. !
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Advice to the Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
YES AND NO.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Is it >rop?v to ti.atik a young
nan so ■ ayprts your carfare or to
v-rg.j hi. ; o take 'he fare'.'
Q. W. E.
A -ourt -sj-. no mutter how t’lsig
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I ADMIRE HER FOR IT
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am 23 anil in love with a. gitT
01-lf?;' than I. I love her ve:y much
anil J know that she loves me. But
.-in- is not sweet to me. When I teH
her that I will give her something
nil l on her birthday, she is Inilif
; ferenL ALIT<f,L>.
Sir.’ is tie.king the winning of her
■ heart no easy task, and this Is good for
yon. You love he til- more, anil you
a:i tl,’.- inoi<- ardent in your pursuit of
her, because of her coolness.
Ask het to marry you. ami don't ex
!"■' ’ hi-r io Ljg ve to you, or accept
’•OstA glfis from you before rhe ac
cepts.
FORGET HIM.
Dea Miss Fairfax:
1 .- u In love ' Uh a young gentle
man a year olde>- than myself. He
'< mad at me lot a cm iain reason.
, ile was asked several times to
.i; Ke up and >• fus< d. My
’ lend.- asked him ami he refused
again. ANXIOUS.
I You w :• foolish to ask him te
I"n ■ k’- i.i;-." ami mon foolish in seek
jin.; tlio .’ib vention of your friends,
t’u U ’ furtl e : tteiitfon to him.
