Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-11-04
~rA"l-.> 81 HE FIlIDhEK RAIL

CHAPTER several nV-rcri".- t,Ara- Anyc
occurred Ia tne Moor, house IA Washington. Ii
= Vacant. lLr.e DHNli Moor q Irrespective
heir n >ldu,Scr r. li.=, Iite- ac.u-- HE street
iiis licrr. Nr-uLl,a Moore. III :. III of caprice
uI,.;,~ jhv house 10 C,rlitaic her Wc.diL., with
Fr4l';- jeffrey. suppo-rd eu'-t was found
ltIi- dead Il. TIE ia'al room br!ui" The ceremony
Wa finished. Wen the story opens. Tia house
j. a.slu empty. and Cu,lc basli Lotii.t- the J,u-
H,r Mat a l2t : srrIi there NJ ni-i't IA DE-
I,,.4.- -,uc- with IlC!c UavI'! uI,4 attn II view
from tie HtalGc CuhCiUGc> that tirIc II some one
IA ~" n"u-c. ~ui:'n"nlil- aid. he enter, whI.e
TINS Ir D.vIi rctIIt- w!tlIn hi own ONE ami
he 81 playln- the organ. The detective hnds
i.,- :.Gy OF Il woman on the fiooj.ill front If Ii
settle winch has played par, III pre- !ous trs re
dl'>. pistol l. attached 10 hcI VIII: by ii NIB
boz. IA detective @ocs wnh ncic David
ana after view from the outside .o-E udes
that there Is some one IN the house. summon
in. and, he enters, while Uncle David Ietlres
WITHIN his own home and begins playing ihe
or All. I he detective finds the body OF IL woman
on the floor IN from of settle which has
played part in previous tragedies. pistol Is
attached TO her wrist 10y ribbon. Hin an
upstairs room the detective finds burned matches,
candles, rich wrap lying with the bridal bOu
quot and "A handkerchief marked VERONICA"
with dust upon II. ON II mantcl are finger
marks in the dust, and picture ON the wall has
ora futile, is strangely affected on the scene of
line tragedy. The dead woman's watch had
fallen and stopped at 7:l3. Jeffrey comes in with
n note from his wife saying that she did nor
love him Ms she thought Mics Tuttle evidently
loves him. N-Uncie David takes the news
calmly. lie has candles in the house, although
it is lit by gas NI-Jehrey had courted PENN
less Miss futile, then turned to Veronica. vi
and NlII-The detective finds some gilt meal
filings left behind in the house alter all cews"
had been officially removed. Jeflrey's finger
marks seen to correspond with those found
IN the dust in the rooms. IN and X-DeIeclIvc
employs young woman named jimmy 10 il ter
view Jefirey's maid, Loretta. Jeffrey ordered
candles of his grocer before his wife's death.
q admits that Ia. the Moore hOust.
night before his wife's death, that he 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
home at the hour of the tragedy. The dead wo
mans wedding ring lay on her jewel case at
home. 1t showed blood marks. Miss uttie was
excited over the news of the tragedy and JET
frey was very calm. MI and XIIi-Jeflrey
found the note left by his wife in book. Hiss
futile handled both book and note before him
and tempered with the drawer where Lns pistol
was kept jeffrey admits that he leIt nuger
marks the dust OF the Moore house; also
candles, matches, etc. XIV and AN-Uncle
David saw lights In the Moore house the night
Of the tragedy, Wednesday, and also Tuesday
night, One Ial Imam swears to an abb for
JeIirey. Mss futile tied the ribbon GU VerOn-
ica's 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. WI and
XVIl-Detective finds from guests that the we'd
ding was delayed; the bride dressed alone, lett
her bouquet upstairs and acted queer toy
who brought hurried verbal message and car
lied away an answer was $500 richer soon after
the incident and Joined the rough riders as u
protege Of jeffrey.