Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-07-05

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hundreds of other coats and skirts
worn by hundreds OF other women"
"You lose" he responded tersely,
With one finger he began to trace an
almost invisible line on the goods
where there had once been a seam.
DO you see that mark?"
Eyes" 1 replied. 81 noticed that
long ago. 1t simply means that the
skirt has been heightened or short
cncd, but what Of it?'
at means more than that" he an
swered almost severely, as II reproach-
Ing ME for my lack Of observation.
ct means that thirty-eight skict
has been heightened an inch and
half. Look at this coat. The sleeves
have been heightened two inches. It
is thirty-eight coat. Can't you see
how simple the problem has become"
a confess l can't sec it at all"
"Let me state it for you: A woman
from somewhere in Connecticut buys
a black suit OF a rather peculiar tex
lure from q cloak and suit house that
receives = great many mail orders.
She rcGuircs thirtv-eight coat with
eIoara. 1encthenad Two inches and a
tbirtv.aioht skirt let down an inch
and half. That's enough to identify
any person
90 r,,.s. co,3oes ..iu don't SEE
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[nsor,hod 7ra GOODS in Tho sniff give
hin, tha s;go md tho SORT Of a1fere.
.;ono th,t had b.,en mado on II and
1900 No., - boro III. o,rd Indov
$500 49, +o,J him IN Al, nrot-
nI,;I,t,. ~ ,.or,on vented 70 l,noy.
al,n,,. oa.,o s~or, p-;dgoror+ conn
~ nno- tbora II b.nnennd that onIy
tbrno - .bn o;ght c,,i.a thov Ind mado
s,o,, t,,fs ninco of good.-a+ 1east rho
a,,I,. onos nntorsd nm tbn sI+oratinr
cards-had gone to Connecticut. OF
the three, two were th!Tty-siX coats,
so they could be eliminated at once.
The third one had had the sleeves
heightened and also the skirt. The
sizes correspondent, so there was very
little doubt that it had been this WON
on who had bought it. Miss Sarah
sackett, the woman who committed
suicide here"
Put even So" 1 protested. still mar
Yelling at his revelations, chow did
you get the rest Of your information
about her so quickly?"
1.-THE address she had given vas III
care Of the express agent at Bridge
port. Such an address in large city
would mean nothing, but IN place
the size OF Bridgeport the Inference
was plain that the agent was probably
an acquaintance. If she lived in
Bridgeport, she would have given
street and number. / concluded al
once that she lived in the suburbs
near Bridgeport. I called up tho en-
rreos o,o,+ ond bo rave NE the rest
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