The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-07-20


TO me. vaguely wondered IL / had
been tracked and discovered
fastened to dress. II they suspect
ed me OF robbing the post-ofiice, the
sooner found out the sooner could
plan some method OF action. AS put
on my collar / heard footsteps In the
corridor. and. coatless as was. flung
open my door. A chambermaid was
passing.
What's the matter?" asked.
Haven't you heard about it?" she
asked in wonder
Heard about what?"
The suicide in the hotel--in the
room right under yours. They discov-
cred It hours ago. The coroners just
come and is getting ready TO hold the
inquest"
who was he?" l asked. was
thinking II might be Hugh Crandall,
dead in some suicide pact with Katha-
rine. A sense of disappointment be-
gan to take hold OF me. | felt that II
It were Crandall my efforts TO clear
the mystery would be still more fu-
tile, but the womans answer quickly
dispelled the thought. y fHru .
1T wasn't a he It's a woman"
She hurried on down the corridor
and / FASTENED to finish my dressing,
recalling as did so Davis belief that
there would be other suicides. II
seemed absurd that there could be any
connection between the suicide OF a
woman in a country hotel in an OBJ
scure New Jersey village and the two
suicides the day before in New York,
and yet there was at least one link
between them. II was Crandall who
had telephoned Katharine. Some one
had telephoned Elser, too. II was in
Crandall's rooms that we had found
the address of this place where the
third suicide in the series had taken
place. s5srf stasi.'1,---~-i
With the triumphant feeling that my
friend the inspector finally would
have to accept my theory OF Crandalls
guilt. hurried downstairs and forced
my Way into the room where the coro-
ner had already begun his inquest.
On the bed, covered with a sheet,
except for the face, lay the lifeless
body OF a woman perhaps fifty, the
face still distorted from the death
agony. A bit of rope attached to
rod among the rafters OF the room
showed that she had hung herself. The
woman's outer clothing lay neatly
4 piled on a chair near the bed. This
much ] had time to notice before the
coroner finished selecting his jury.
Near the coroner, too. / observed the
man whom the clerk had called Cook.
thought he gave quick glance in
my direction, but | could not be sure
The first witness was called, Mahlon
Williams. the proprietor OF the hotel
"Mr. Williams" said the coroner,
"do you know this woman2"
II can't say as | do"
What was her name?"
"She was registered here in the ho-
tel The names on the book You
can see for yourself / don't know II
It twas her real name or not"
MARY Jane Teller. Bridgeport,
Conn.," was the entry in the hotel
register which was produced and sub.
mitted for the Jurors inspection.
Tell us. Mr. Williams. what you
! know about the deceased"
: Mighty little; nothing az all. in
fact. She come here night before last.
Got In on the seven-two train from
New York, | calculate, from the time
OF her arrival She had no baggage
only that little black bag yonder. and
she asked for room for tho night--a
cheap room. She seemed SO feeble
gave her this room on the ground
: floor. No. 4. and only charged her sew
enty-five cents for II, though it's a dol
. lar room, or dollar and n half for
bridal couples. She paid for Il for one
night and right after supper she went
into II and stayed there. Yesterday
: morning after breakfast she went out
somewhere and was gone maybe an
hour or an hour and half. | didn'
; see her when she come in but
} heard"
"Mahlon Williams said the coroner
, severely. you ought 20 know enough
t. about the law TO understand that wha
= you heard amt evidence. Tell onl,
AHthh 3oh hhCW VI ypbA oWl
knowledge"
"An I know" said Williams. percept
IDLY miffed. lis that she CO. on
along about three in the afternoon an,
paid another seyenty-five cents, say
ing she wanted the room anothe
a night. That's all seen OF her"
Can ] ask y question:" said one o
+ the jurors, all OF whom were towns
; men OF the class usually 10 be foun,
e around the hotel barroom.
3 III II Is proper question:" sail
the coroner judiciously.
Where did she 80 when she wen
out7"
"The question is proper one, II en-,
witness can answer Il OF his owi
. knowledge" the coroner ruled.
III l knowed I'd told already.
9 said the hotel keeper.