Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1904-09-26


"Laes blight we had our usual recep-
ton, 6pt it broke up at 10 o'clock.
| Madan89 dismissed the guests at that
| hour cad stood in the doorway to do
so. retired to my bedroom with
madaMn's niece, and after q game Of
patiemakP I went to bed"
"Dos6 Mrs, Jerseys niece sleep with
| yours
'MaIry? No, she sleeps in room
| above. 1t was a few minutes to IL
when @El left me- was in bed short
! ly afeA2 the clock struck the hour. /
am s99A Margery had nothing to do
with u She was quite devoted to her
aunt, as the poor girl has no
money don't know how she will Live
| now to madame is dead"
''Th9 9Nom is not far from the front
! door," FUSED Inspector Quex. could
any one Aave entered?''
No, I ON sure OF that" put in Miss
| Bull emNshatically. madame always
locked eakl front door every night her
self and dept the key. 1t could not be
opened Ah the morning until she chose
s'Whe GDened it this morning7'
sI die. knew that the key would
| De IN m@ERme'S pocket.
"And % wasp
| Eyes. Vie must have locked the door
as usual ana then have gone to put
| the light out in her sitting room before
| going upstairs"
Twas that before 11?''
81 can't say. I did not leave my
room after 10. But Margery may have
| seen some one as she went up to her
bedroom when she left me-
''I1l question the girl" said Quex,
/ and entered the sitting room.
/ It was of no great size, with one win
dow, which looked out on to the square.
This was locked, and, even If it had not
been, no one could have climbed in, as
Quex saw that the area was below.
And madame chained the area gate
every night with her own hands," ex-
planned Miss Bull, who was watching
| him.
The Inspector turned suddenly to-
ward her. tIt seems to me that the
deceased was overcautious. Was she
afraid r.
IT think she was" admitted Miss
Bull. "She had a habit of looking over
her shoulder and, as have stated, was
! particular as to bolts and bars. But
she was secretive woman and never
| said anything to me about her fears,
If she had any"
Madame was still in the black silk
dress which she wore on the previous
night. Seated at the round center TIA
bic, she had evidently been struck from
| behind and killed before she had time
4 to cry out. Her arms were on the ta-
| BILE and her head had fallen forward.
| The furniture OF the room was not in
disorder; the red tablecloth was not
| even ruff1ed. The murder had been
committed without haste or noise, as
| Quex pointed out to Miss Bull.
whatsoever murdered her must have
been friend,' said he.
TT doesn't seem friendly act to kill
a defenseless woman" said Miss Bull,
! looking coldly on the limp figure.
you don't quite understand What
mean is that Mrs. Jersey knew the
person who killed her.
Miss Bull shook her head. sT don't
agree with you,' she observed, and
| Quex was astonished that she should
| dare to contradict. "She was struck
from behind before she had time to
turn her head"
"Quite SO. But the assassin must
have entered the room, and unless the
deceased was deaf
madame had particularly sharp
ears
Then that makes 1t all the more GER
tain. Had any one unexpected entered
she would have been on the alert: there
would have been q struggle. Now, we
| see that the furniture Is not disturbed;
! therefore we can argue from this that
Mrs. Jersey was in friendly conversa-
ton with the assassin. She was seated
! at the table and the assassin was at her
back, which shows certain amount
OF trust In fact, Miss Bull the person
who committed this murder was the
last person Mrs. Jersey expected to
hurt her In any way"
ST understand But don't fancy that
madame had any friends She was
woman who kept very much to her
| SELF
"Do you know anything of her past?'
Absolutely nothing. She took this
house some fourteen or fifteen years
ago, I believe. have been here ten
and was very comfortable, save that
madame and / disagreed on many
points. She was always rude to me,
and I don't think she was lady" Miss
Bull drew herself up. My father was
a general" she declared proudly
But Quex was too busy examining
the room to attend to Miss Bulls fam
lily history, He searched for the weap-
on with which the crime had been COM
mitted, but could find none. There
was no blood on the furniture, although
some had trickled down from the
wound on to the tablecloth The blow
must have been struck strongly and
surely and with the power Of deadly
hatred. 1t was at this moment that
the doctor arrived, and, turning the
body over to him, Quex conducted
Miss Bull back to the drawing room,
where he examined all who were in
the house.
The first witness examined was Mar
/ gerry and she rnf11cad RI 0npn hor