Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-02

>YHUI.I~ UI THE tILInkEE EALL."
CHAPTER I-SevcIal mysterious deaths have
occurred il the Moore house in Washington. II
!, vacant. Uncle David Moor, a lrusleciiye
heir. n widowcr reCluse, lives acroes The street.
His niece. N,eoncs Moore. in iii of caprice
OPEN the house 10 celebrate her wedding WIN
Francis Jeffrey. A supposed guest was found
lying dead il. the fatal loom before the ceremony
Wa finished Wien The story opens. tn house
j. again empty. and tncie David hotlhc- The po-
l.c,. that i ght il -cen there nj night ia de-
tecIive goes with Uncle David amt utter Il View
from The inside concludes that there IL some one
i'll the house. Suu,munIig aid, he enters while
Uut lc ID vid ieilTcs within h- own nome aud
ic-in> llayin. the organ. The detective finds
the body oi woman on the floor IN front of Il
settle " hici has played Iarf III previous trs.e
dies. pistol l. attached 10 her wrist by lIb.
hon. IA detective goes with Uncle David
and after view from the outside 60 : udes
that there il some one in the house. Summon
In. aid he cutters. while Uncle David ielIrra
within his own home and begins playing tie
organ. The detective finds the body Of w.mLn
on the floor in mont of settle witch has
played part in previous tragedies. pistol Is
attached TO her wrist by a ribbon. Hin au
upstairs room the detective finds burned matches,
candles, rich wrap lying with the b! idal bou
quot aud a handkerchief marked "Ncionica )"
with dust upon it. On mantcl are niger
marks In the dust, and picture on the waii has
recently bee. busted. !N-Veronica's ha'i SISTER:
ora futile, is strangely affected on the scere OF
the tragedy. The dead woman's watch had
fallen and stopped at 7:l3 Jeffrey comes IN With
:oye him ar She thought. Miss futile ev."entIy
loves him. N-Cncle David takes The news
calmly. He has candles in the house. sItlion3 II
it is III by gas Ni-Jearey had cour!eI pen, , :;
less Miss futile, then turned TO Neronrd. vi
and NIll--1he detective finds come meal
tilings left behind in the house auer ali e clews"
had been officially removed. Jehrey's hnser
marks are seen to correspond with those round
in the dust in the rooms. IN and A-Deicetlve
employs young woman named jimmy 20 i, ter.
view JefiIey's maid, Loretta. jeffrey ordered
candles of his grocer before his wies death.
Heiadmits that he was in the Moore house the
night before his wiies death. that he was jeslou
aud had words with her. Xl-Loretta Gays ihat
jeffrey and his wife Quarreled the day before
her death. Miss futile and jeffrey were not at
home al the hour Of the tragedy. The dead wo-
mans wedding ring lay ON her jewel ease at
home. 1t showed blood marks. Miss 1uitse WIS
excited over the news Of the tragedy aud Jer-
frey was very calm. XII and XIiI-Jcfrey
found the note leit ny his vile in book. Miss
anu tempered with the drawer where his pistol
was kept. Jeffrey admits that lie let nu.er
marks ~ tue dust OF the Moore house; also
candies, matches. etc. XIV and AV-Cncle
Daviu eaw lights In the Moore house ine nigu.
of the Tragedy, "Wednesday, and also Tuesday
night, Ore TAllmal swcars to an ai.Di fur
jeffrey. Miss Tuttie tied the ribbon OIL NerOI-
ica's " ist and was at the door OF Inc 100 IN
wncn lie fat al shot WAS fired. she and jeffrey
talked together in French soon alter. ANl and
Authoritative fuds from guests tnat the wei
ding was delayed, the bride dressed aioAe, let
her bouquet upstairs aud acted queer. a 10y
who brought hurried verbal mes,a.e and car.
red away answer WAS $500 r,cher soon alter
inc incident and joined the rough riders as a
protege Of jeffrey. XVIII aud XlX-A ring
had been fled from the BRIDES Inser. lcavin. n
wound. The message given by the btiae to the
boy was, "T.ke the gentleman into the library"
Xxx and XXI-Two deaths had occurred in the
library previous to the wedding, both victims
having previously qusrreled with tue law ul
owner Among the heirlooms was flisrce
ball containing q magnifer which, applied 10 a
certain picture in the chamber, reveals eecret
method for killing person seated on the library
chincry q piece Of Veronica's lace is found
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