Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-04-11
THE VI AN IN THE CASE.

TIL + MAN IN TIE CASE.
Ot course thUrr was woman in
the case. All the tragedies in tho
world, from tn" apple trro episode to
tho present, have had their women
incidentally there's always n man
in the case, bat most Chroniclcrs for
get To mention him.
The woman in this present instance
was passably plain, but sho had
knowledge and magnetism. She got
at tn" kernel of things, and among
tho things ShC know best wCrc mon
Tom Benton first met hcr when he
was II bachelor. She was sweeping
the pavement III front of tiny, I'M
PROHIBITIONS fr;lmC dwelling at At.
lantiC City, and not seeing him had
thrown much dust into his owes.
Apologies followed. Her diCtion and
mobilization of VOICE COntraStcd
strangely with her bingham and hcr
mcnla! position, and rs Benton pass
cd on he fell to wondering. And that
night, by luck, her gown caught in n
nail III the board walk Just rs he
happened along in timo to cNtricatc
her And then she throw more dust
III his eyes
Her namc was Cora Lcntlcy Or
dinarily close muuthCd, to Benton
she told much. She lived with her
grandmother, she said Grandma
was Russian, wealthy, peculiar and
had rented littlc cottage III an ont
of tho way street at Atlantic CITY.
Grandma never went out, and Cora
did all the homework Only thrcc
mon ever called at the hOuSC-tho
butcher, tn" baker, the milkman.
Unconventional acQuaintauCcS rip
Ell fast, and rs fast turn worthless
But hero was IN exception. For n
month Benton and Miss ICntlCy were
boon companions Their tastes wCrC
identical, their logic ran to the same
syllogiSm-lOvc, life and death were
all material bits that wcro inmate
rial
Ono day sho passed him with II
tall, sinister looking man in tow
The man said. 1T must be done
quickly" and the girl answered,
"I'll catch the steamer tomorrow. :"
Benton only gave the conversation a
passing Thought then. Later he
thought it over
That evening he read that Cap
tain kOlSki, u we'll known Russian
who stood high III tho Russian pc
lice, was making n short stay at
ono of tho we'll known hotcls Hc
intuitiVrly connected Captain KOlSli
with the sinister man he had soon
with Miss LrntlCy III the morning.
Both wcrc Russians, he argued, and
30 had tastes in common.
For three days he SAW nothing of
the Lcntlcy woman. Then his morn
ing paper enlightened him. The ar.
ticlo WAS headed, Tho Police PuH.
Zlcd, and ran rs follows:
Mrs. Ivan Palitski, Russian,
was found dead III her bed this morn.
ing ut 1896 Atlantic avenue. The de
ceased had lived III tho house for the
ion being Il domestic. who no doubt,
finding her mistress dead, fled for
fear OF being arrested. There were
no marks of violence on the body,
and death was no doubt due TO nat
ural causes. Mrs. Palitski WAS arrest
ed ten years ago in Moscow, charged
with hNn: n nihiliSt, but owing to
great political Influence she was re
leased and cHmo To this country. No
papers wCro found in the house when
the police searched this morning, hut
her money and jewels were intact.
showing that if foul play was mrti-
tatcd robbery was not the motive
Tho servant had evidently left the
house last Monday, for Mrs Palitski
had been dead for several days"
When Benton had finished reading
this piece Of news, he thought he had
had surfcit of Atlantic City, and
the afternoon train took him To Phil
Hdclphia.
Then the world logged on much as
1t had before, aud two years added
their quota of wisdom to young Ben
tons already ample store Ono day
in Juno, while walking in Paramount
park, almost the first person he en-
cOuntcrrd was the woman in the case
Miss Cora LcntlCy.
She was strolling aimlCssly near
the bridge that spans the Schuylkill
Mt the geological gardens. Her brow