New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
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Hutchinson Hatch reporter, talking. When
the Young woman left DR.. Prescott's she took the
cab which had been ordered for her and told the
driver to go ahead until she stopped him. got a
good look at her, by the way. got into another
cab Her cab drove for three four blocks aim
lesslv and then turned side street and after
going eight or ten blocks pulled up in front OF an
apartment house. The young woman got out and
went inside. Her cab went away. Inside L found
out that she Mrs. Frederick Chevedon Morey.
She came there last Tuesday-this is Friday-wlth
her husband and they engaged
Yes. | knew she had a husband" interrupted
The Thinking Machine.
Engaged apartments for three months When
! had learned this much | remembered your instruc
tons as to steamers from Europe landing on the day
they took apartments, possibly day or so before
| was just going out when Mrs Morey stepped out
of the elevator and preceded me to the door: She
had changed her clothing and wore different hat
found that of the three steamers which arrived
the day they took apartments brought Mr. and
Mrs Morey, but steamer the day before brought
a Mr.. and Mrs. David Girardeau from Liverpool.
Mrs Grardeau answered Mrs. Moreys description
to the mnutest detail, even to the gown she wore
when she left the Steamer-that is the same she
when she left Dr. Prescotts after the opera
ton.
That was all The Thinking Machine sat with his
enormous yellow head pillowed against high
backed chair and his long slender fingers pressed
tip to tip. He asked no questions and made no
comment for a long time, them
" About how many minutes was 1t from the time
she entered the house until she came out again?"
Not than ten fifteen" was the reply.
| was St1ll talking casually 10 the people GOWN
stairs trying find out something about them"
What do they pay for their apartment' asked
the scientist irrelevanty.
Three hundred dollars month.
The Thinking Machines squint eyes were fixed
immovably a small discolored spot the ceiling
of his laboratory.
"Whatever else may develop in this matter, Mr..
HATCH he said after time, I'VE must admit that
we have met woman with extraordinary courage
nerve, daresay you'd call it. When Mrs MOrey
left Dr.. Prescotts operating she was 50 i'll and
weak from the shock that she could hardly stand,
and now YOU tell me she changed her dress and went
out immediately after she returned home
well of course" Hatch said alphabetically
In that event resumed the scientist, we must
assume also that the matter is one of the utmost
Importance to her and yet the nature of the
had led me to believe that it might be months, per-
haps, before there would be any particular devel-
opInent in it. The final development doesn't
TO belong this side of the ocean at all. imagine
ii is a case for Scotland Yard By the way, was Mrs.
Moreys hand bound up in the same way when you
her the second time!
Her left hand was in a muf' explained the
reporter. "I couldn't see; but it seems to that
She wouldn't have had time to change the
Of its dressing
1t is extraordinary commented the scientist;
but first it would be best for you to call the
Moreys to-morroW-you can find some preteXt-
tnd what you can learn about them
Hatch did call at the Morey apartments the
morrow, but under circumstances which not
At all what he expected He went there with DeteC-
i've Mallory, and Detective Mallory went there in
cab at full speed because the manager of the apart
1nent house had telephoned that Mrs. Frederick
Chevedon Morey had been found murdered in her
apartments. The detective ran up two flights of
stairs and blundered heavy footed into room, and
there he paused IN the presence of death.
The body of the woman lay the floor. Detec-
tive Mallory drew the covering down from over the
face and Hatch stared with feeling of at the
beautiful countenance which on the day before had
been radiant with life. The mark of the MUIR
"A Il rounded