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When the ring was found, however, it settled the question. Clearly the murderer had used it to remind his victim of some dead or absent woman. It was at this point that I asked Gregson whether he had enquired in his telegram to Cleveland as to any particular point in Mr. Drebber's former career. He answered, you remember, in the negative. WHEN THE RING WAS FOUND HOWEVER IT SETTLED THE QUESTION CLEARLY THE MURDERER HAD USED IT TO REMIND HIS VICTIM OF SOME DEAD OR ABSENT WOMAN IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT I ASKED GREGSON WHETHER HE HAD INQUIRED IN HIS TELEGRAM TO CLEVELAND AS TO ANY PARTICULAR POINT IN MISTER DREPPER'S FORMER CAREER HE ANSWERED YOU REMEMBER IN THE NEGATIVE
is would meet the facts. Do not imagine that it was a very unheard of idea. The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals. The cases of Dolsky in Odessa, and of Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist. “And now came the great question as to the reason why. Robbery had not been the object of the murder, for nothing was taken. Was it politics, then, or was it a woman? That was the question which confronted me. I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition. Political assassins are only too glad to do their work and to fly. This murder had, on the contrary, been done most deliberately, and the perpetrator had left his tracks all over the room, showing that he had been there all the time. It must have been a private wrong, and not a political one, which called for such a methodical revenge. When the inscription was discovered upon the wall I was more inclined than ever to my opinion. The thing was too evidently a blind. SULT FOR NO OTHER HYPOTHESIS WOULD MEET THE FACTS DO NOT IMAGINE THAT IT WAS A VERY UNHEARD OF IDEA THE FORCIBLE ADMINISTRATION OF POISON IS BY NO MEANS A NEW THING IN CRIMINAL ANNALS THE CASES OF DOLSKEY AND EDESSA AND OF LITERA IN MONTPELLIER WILL OCCUR AT ONCE TO ANY TAXICOLOGIST AND NOW CAME THE GREAT QUESTION AS TO THE REASON WHY ROBBERY HAD NOT BEEN THE OBJECT OF THE MURDER FOR NOTHING WAS TAKEN WAS IT POLITICS THEN OR WAS IT A WOMAN THAT WAS THE QUESTION WHICH CONFRONTED ME I WAS INCLINED FROM THE FIRST TO THE LATTER SUPPOSITION POLITICAL ASSASSINS ARE ONLY TOO GLAD TO DO THEIR WORK AND TO FLY THIS MURDER HAD ON THE CONTRARY BEEN DONE MOST DELIBERATELY AND THE PERPETRATOR HAD LEFT HIS TRACKS ALL OVER THE ROOM SHOWING THAT HE HAD BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME IT MUST HAVE BEEN A PRIVATE WRONG AND NOT A POLITICAL ONE WHICH CALLED FOR SUCH A METHODICAL REVENGE WHEN THE INSCRIPTION WAS DISCOVERED UPON THE WALL I WAS MORE INCLINED THAN EVER TO MY OPINION THE THING WAS TOO EVIDENTLY A BLIND
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