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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Herummagedamidhisnewspapers,glancingoverthedates,untilatlasthesmoothedoneout,doubleditover,andreadthefollowingparagraph:
"HotelCosmopolitanJewelRobbery. JohnHorner,26,plumber,wasbroughtupuponthechargeofhavinguponthe22dinst.,abstractedfromthejewel-caseoftheCountessofMorcarthevaluablegemknownasthebluecarbuncle. JamesRyder,upper-attendantatthehotel,gavehisevidencetotheeffectthathehadshownHorneruptothedressing-roomoftheCountessofMorcaruponthedayoftherobberyinorderthathemightsolderthesecondbarofthegrate,whichwasloose. HehadremainedwithHornersomelittletime,buthadfinallybeencalledaway. Onreturning,hefoundthatHornerhaddisappeared,thatthebureauhadbeenforcedopen,andthatthesmallmoroccocasketinwhich,asitafterwardstranspired,theCountesswasaccustomedtokeepherjewel,waslyingemptyuponthedressing-table. Ryderinstantlygavethealarm,andHornerwasarrestedthesameevening;butthestonecouldnotbefoundeitheruponhispersonorinhisrooms. CatherineCusack,maidtotheCountess,deposedtohavingheardRyder’scryofdismayondiscoveringtherobbery,andtohavingrushedintotheroom,whereshefoundmattersasdescribedbythelastwitness. InspectorBradstreet,Bdivision,gaveevidenceastothearrestofHorner,whostruggledfrantically,andprotestedhisinnocenceinthestrongestterms. Evidenceofapreviousconvictionforrobberyhavingbeengivenagainsttheprisoner,themagistraterefusedtodealsummarilywiththeoffence,butreferredittotheAssizes. Horner,whohadshownsignsofintenseemotionduringtheproceedings,faintedawayattheconclusionandwascarriedoutofcourt.
