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He told Graumann that he was going in search of evidence which might throw light on the death of Siders, and comforted the prisoner with the assurance that he, Muller, believed Graumann innocent, and believed also that within a day or two he would return to G with proofs that his belief was the right one. Three days later Muller returned to Grunau and went at once to the Graumann home.
"You will let me know as soon as you have found anything anything that gives me hope?" "I will indeed. And now save your strength and do not worry. I will help you if it is in my power." After leaving the prison, Muller took the train for the village of Grunau, about half an hour distant from the city.
"And who will do so," said Master Gottfried. "For morning gift he promises the farms and lands of Grunau rich both in forest and corn glebe. Likewise, her dower shall be upon Wildschloss where the soil is of the richest pasture, and there are no less than three mills, whence the lord obtains large rights of multure.
We supposed, however, that she had gone to spend the afternoon with a friend, and were rather glad to be spared the necessity of telling her at once what had happened. I had scarcely finished my supper, when the door bell rang, and to my astonishment the Mayor of Grunau was announced, accompanied by the same Police Commissioner who had visited me in my office that morning.
The evidence gathered at the time of the death went to show that Siders had been paid a considerable sum in cash for the sale of his property at Grunau. And there was no trace of his having deposited this sum in any bank in G or in Grunau, in both of which places he had deposited other securities. Therefore the money had presumably been in his room at the time of his death.
"My name is Babette Graumann, and I live with my nephew, Albert Graumann, engineering expert, in the village of Grunau, which is not far from the city of G . My nephew Albert, the dearest, truest " sobs threatened to overcome her again, but she mastered them bravely. "Albert is now in prison, accused of the murder of his friend, John Siders, in the latter's lodgings in G ."
Muller read it through carefully, lingering over several points which seemed to interest him particularly. Then he turned to Miss Babette Graumann. "And then what happened?" he asked. "Then the Police Commissioner came to Grunau and questioned my nephew. They had found out that Albert was Mr. Siders' only friend here.
No friend from elsewhere had ever visited him in Grunau, and he had made few friends there except the Graumann family. The facts of the case, as he knew them now, were such as to make it extremely doubtful that Graumann was the murderer.
He was struck by the fact that there was scarcely a bit of paper to be found anywhere, no letters, no business papers, except bank books showing the amount of his securities in the bank in G and in Grunau, and giving facts about some investments in Chicago. There was nothing of more recent date and no personal correspondence whatever.
"It would be the very best thing to do." "I live in Grunau, as you doubtless know, and am the engineering expert of large machine works there. My father before me held an important position in the factory, and my family have always lived in Grunau. I have traveled a great deal myself.
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