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Updated: June 11, 2025
A deep motive was the cause of the double murder a motive I hope to unearth before I am through." "Unless the mystery is speedily cleared up I am afraid Miss Langmore will go raving mad, and the specialist is afraid so, too." "Yes, such things have happened before the mental strain is too great for sensitive nerves to bear. So I must lose no time. Now to come to business.
At the rear of the garden is a small stream, which flows into the river a mile and a half below." "Is the place surrounded by a fence?" "On two sides only. In the front there is a hedge and in the rear the little stream forms the boundary of the property." "I understand." "At the time of the tragedy there were four persons in the house, so far as known Mr. and Mrs. Langmore, Mr.
Blackwell, a well-known citizen of the town, stood up. The courtroom became intensely silent. "We find that Mr. and Mrs. Barry Langmore came to their deaths either by being smothered, chloroformed, poisoned, or in some similar fashion, the direct means not yet being brought to light, and we find that the evidence points to Margaret Langmore as the one who committed the murders."
And Raymond sat down, but with a great and growing bitterness filling his heart. He looked at Margaret and saw that she was trembling from head to foot. There was an awkward pause. "Mrs. Gaspard, did Mr. Pickerell say he thought Mr. Langmore had written this note?" questioned the coroner. "He said the two handwritings were exactly alike. Here is a letter written and signed by Mr. Langmore.
There is somebody else, who was around the house when the affair happened somebody you know well, a person who would know all about the drug with which your father and Mrs. Langmore were killed." "Who was it?" "Will you consent to marry me?" "Tell me first." "No, afterwards." "You are fooling me." "I swear I am not, Margaret. Marry me, and I will clear you as surely as the sun is shining."
I am certain it was carefully planned and just as carefully executed. Those who committed it made it look as simple as possible for a purpose." "And you are on the track?" "I am on several tracks. I am not sure of the right one yet." "Do you think those counterfeits had anything to do with the crime?" "Undoubtedly. You say Miss Langmore seems to be resting easier?" "Slightly."
Then followed a conversation in such a low tone that he could only catch an occasional word. He heard something about mortgages and then a safe was mentioned, but he could not catch the direct connection. Evidently though, they were discussing the Langmore affair. In a short while supper was served and the two men passed to the dining hall.
Langmore know of his daughter's engagement?" "He did, and he approved of it." "And what of Mrs. Langmore, didn't she approve?" "She did not know of it. Margaret did not tell her." "Why not?" "Because well, the young lady and her stepmother did not get along very well together. Margaret wanted to be friendly, but Mrs.
But I know Margaret Langmore is not guilty." "Evidently if they suspect her they have concluded that Mrs. Langmore was killed first." "That is their idea, but it looks to me as if both were killed at about the same time, although I know that couldn't very well be." "No, not if one was upstairs and the other down. Do you think it possible that one killed the other and then committed suicide?"
Miss Langmore, you may have the ring back." It was passed out and Raymond took it and slipped it back on Margaret's hand, which was cold and nerveless. The girl was sitting as motionless as a marble statue. There was another pause and then, one after another, several minor witnesses were brought up and examined.
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