Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-12-09

tiIAP1 IL. / :, vr!ai niy-'rti"g- deaths huyc
oeo...,,. ililAc Moore ..n.tc i. Washington. II
j. vacant. JLr.e na>i! N"crr, = prospective
h,ir. q w.doNcr rc,ia-e. lives acfo-- tie street.
usi.ec.. V,fo1..ca Moore. IN :, Ill Of caprice
"Opens In, Luu>r 10 C-.Ch.aic .irF Wedding -" I'm
F.ait.- Jeffrey. y supposed guest Was iuunI
lIIlp dead IL the fatal room before the ceremony
va fuI-Act.. WAcn'A tory opens. Il huu-r
i a--.'. empty. al. tirc DaNlt L"'ii'- The ip-
Ice lint nj j. sccl. there al night IA de-
trc,i>e zoe. with Uncle David anu after view
.7un ne Inside 'UEcluHc- iLhl there il some one
IN tie huU-c. SulnlH"n:ig aid, lie enters. "hlIc
NJ K II .vii rct.rt- " thin his Own home ana
l".ii.- play jn. tie organ. The detective finds
Tie body IF woman on the floor III front 81
scttl. hlch Las played part III previous trBGc-
tlics. 4 pistol i attached To her wIlst 10y no.
h.r IA detective goes with Uncle David
md after view from the outside eo-E udes
that there is some i'll the house. Summon
ing aid, l.r enters while Uncle David ieiIres
within his own home and begins pla, ing the
organ. The detective finds the body Of n woman
tAe floor N fionl OF settle which has
played part III previous tragedies, pistol Is
attached 10 h.r wrist BY a ribbon II In an
upstairs room the detective finds burned matches,
candies, rich wrap lying with the bridal bou
quot and handkerchief marked VERONICA"
with dust upon 1t: On maii,ei are h' Ter
recently been busted. IN-Neronicas hai sister.
cora Tuttle il strangely affected on the scene Of
fallen and stopped at 7:l3. Jeffrey comes IN with
Eoie from his wife saying that she did NOT
love him as she thought. Mics futile evidently
loves him. V-Uncle David takes the news
calmly. lie has candles in the house, although
it is lit by gas. NI-JefIrey had courted pcnnl-
less Miss futile, then turned to VERONICA. VII
and NllI-The detective finds some gilt metal
filings left behind in the house alter all "'cews"
had been officially removed. Jeirey's hnger
marks are seen to correspond will those found
in the dust in the rooms. IN and X-Detectlve
employs young woman named jimmy 10 liter
view Jeffrey's maid, Loretta. jeffrey ordered
candles of his grocer before his wife's death.
Hesadmits that he was in the Moore house the
night before his wfes death, that he Was jealous
and had words with her. Xl-loretta says that
Jeffrey and his wife quarreled the day before
her death. Miss futile and Jeffrey were not at
mans wedding ring lay on her jewel case at
home 1t showed blood marks. Miss Tuttle WAS
excited over the news of the tragedy and JEFF
frey was very calm. MI and Alll-Jefrey
found the note left by his wife in book. Miss
futile handled both book and note before him
and tempered with the drawer where his pistol
marks in the dust of the Moore house; also
candles, matches, etc. XIV and XN-Uncle
David saw lights 10 the Moore house the night
of the tragedy, Wednesday, and also Tuesday
night, One Tal lman swears to an alibi for
jeffrey. Miss futile tied the ribbon on VerOn-
icas wrist and was at the door Of the room
when the fat al shot was fired. She and jeffrey
talked together in French soon after. XVI and
XVII-Detective finds from guests that the we'd
dug was delayed; the bride dressed alone, left
her bouquet upstairs and acted queer. A boy
who brought hurried verbal message and car
ritd way an answer was $5vO richer soon after
the incident and joined the rough riders as q
protege of Jeffrey. XVIII and X1X-A ring
bad been filed from the BRIDES finger, leaving =
wound. The message given by the bride to the
boy was, :. Take the gentleman into the library"
Xxx and XXI-Two deaths had occurred In the
library previous to the wedding, both victims
having previously quarreled with the lawful
owner. Among the hefrlooms was a fligree
ball containing a magnitier which, applied to u
certain picture in the chamber, reveals a secret
method for killing person seated on the library
sttle. XXll-During test Of the death ma.
chinery q piece of Veronica's lace is found
ciinging to II. XIII and XXIV-Veronica had
married Pfeifer, the supposed victim of the
wedding night when schoolgirl. She killed
him aud told Of it in her sleep.