Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-30

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.}iArTLE l-Sc,,rai my-tcj."..- deaths ha,,
,r,lii-! ~ i.c Npor.. hnLse III Wa>Ai,-l"u. 1t
J.. .acnu; Un,.r na,Il Moor. II l:u,ic,tive
A,i.n ~ dover Re, 'g>,. ii.e> ac'r-- ii.e street
H.. NICE. N,.u..icA Muuic III a t. of caprice
.;ici.- III. house to C,'"haI ir' Wc,.G'r-, " iii
Francis Jeffrey. \ SUPPOSED gfi'>i Nas i"unu
iiIus a"a'. 4! thr IA nj ruV;n hcl'.c tire ,'-rc'lohy
~ 'a.-ii..!. Whcn thc ~i.ry "lcn- u if"H-t
l. A-sIL empty. aid tIrir David n"ilAc- Il" I"r
l,,- tati a f-l4t seen there nj ul-hi IA Ur
t,,iI,t. ...- TIA IHclr David Hi.d nii'r ii N.c~
from ic outside CONE udc- HAT there's eon,, one
III "a, !uil-r -ua,Iiunlt- aiG. III elites. while
I'm Il - vIi TciIrt- within TIL uw n Hoinc ahd
he ~ patln, the organ. The Get',iiVe hhts
tn body of woman on the h"or III hOh' "i u
s"ttlc which has played par III lr Nlous tfS3e
die. pistol j. attached :" her mrl>t i'' II an,
bon. u \ detective goes with n,lc iavid
mud after a view from the outside 90 Ct ud'-
that there IT, some one IN the house summon
IN. and. he enters. while Uncle David Ittlrcs
within his own home ami hr-ns playing tn"
organ. The detective finds the body of :. woman
on the floor ii font OF d settle which has
played APART IL previous tra1cui'S pisio -
alta, he'd to her WHIST 10y rItb"p. lin an
upstairs room the detective finds burned matches.
candles. a rich wrap lying with the bridal bou.
quct ard 4 hanikcrchicf mnrAed Veronica
with dust upon it. On mantrl are huSer
maj ks in ihc dust and picture on The wall has
recently bee. busted. IN-Ncronica's hall sister,
ora lutte, is strangely Affected On The scche ot
the tragedy The dead woman's watch had
iallen and stopped AT s:3. jeffrey comes IN with
ii note from his wife saying that she did not
love him MA she thought. Miss Tuttc evidently
loves him. N-Cnclc David takes the news
calmly He has candles i'll the house, although
it is lit by gas. NI-Jeflrey had eourted pelni
less Miss 1utlc, then turned TO Veronica vi
and 1.-The detective finds some gilt metal
filings |, # behind in the house atcr ali " clews"
had been officially removed. JrfiGels nnser
marks are seen TO correspond with those found
in the dust in The rooms. IN and A-Deiective
employ young woman named jimmy % 10 , !, ter,
candles of his grocer before his wife's death
He,admis that he was In the Moore house the
night before his wife, death, that he was Jc'iou.
and had words with her. Xl-Loretta says that
jeffrey and his wife quarreled the day before
iscr death. Miss futile and Jeffrey were moi ut
home at the hour of the tragedy. The dead wo-
mnn's wedding ring lay on her jewel case al
home II showed blood mar ks. Miss lutte Was
excited over the news of the tragedy and :ief
frey was very calm. XII and NiIl,J'hrey
found the mole left by his wife in book. Mis-
futile handled both book and note before him
and tempered with the drawer where his pistol
WAS kept. jeffrey admits that he lett hnSer
marks in the dust of the Moore house; aiso
candies, matches, etc. XIV and AN-Cntic
David saw lights In the Moore house the ntsh'
of the tragedy, Wednesday, and also Tuesday
night, one Ial Imam swears to an ailoi Tor
Jeffrey. Miss futile tied the ribbon on Neroa-
icas wrist and WAS at the door OF the 100 "
when the fat al shot was fired. She and Jth'e,
talked together in French soon after. ANl and
XNiI-Detective finds from guests that the we'd
ding was delayed; the bride dressed alone. let
her bouquet upstairs and acted queer. hoy
who brought IA hurried verbal message ard Car
ri-d aw ny an answer was $500 richer soon alter
the incident and joined the rough riders as IL
prutege of jeffrey. XVIII and AlA-A rug
had been lied from the brides finger, leavin.
wound. The message given by the bride to the
hoy was, " Take the gentleman INTO the library"
AX and XXI-TwO deaths had occurred In the
librury previous to the wedding, both victims
having previously quarreled with the lawful
owner. Among the heirloOms was fiigrce
ball containing a magnifier which, applied to u
certain picture in the chamber, reveals n secret
method for killing person seated on the library
sttle. XXII-During a test of the death ma.
chinery q piece of Veronica's lace is found
cinging to II. XIII and XXIV-VerOnica had
married Pieifer, the supposed victim Of the
wedding night, when = schoolgirl. She killed
him and told of it in her sleep. XIV and XXNI
knowledge of the death trap tempted VerOn-
lea to cover up her first marriage.