New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

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at all depends what motive inspired >,
murder said Clancy. ~S
an any case, it could hardly be the -.
of wife who wanted to get rid Of her b aC
band, and | fancy it will be difficult n ny ~
cover any other person in quiet little AZ
secon who would carry out a crime in spct
sensational way The speaker laughed" !. I.
the notion. He knew these easvgoi9o VoN
Jersey folk, and Kyrle was just the kind :,
crank to kill himself SYSTEMATICALLY. y"
Clancy nodded; but made no renr,
Then he said, in his abrupt way, "Where an.
the cigarettes"
"Herc.' The local police officer opened -.
drawer, and brought to light a number r.
cigarettes carefully wrapped in paper. v
The detective counted them There wa-.
eleven, all told, and they bore the name a !,
Fifth-avc firm Of importers.
"The newspaper spoke Of a package q,
cigarettes" he said. "Was that figure =;
speech, or was there actually a tori wrs1'
PERI
40 wrapper was found. But our fsb4,
men always buy cigarettes by the packs,
50 you would find them using the phrs,s
naturally
"Turlish too, said Clancy, with dainty
sniff. high priced, have no doubt; b.,
poor in quality,-the sort Of rubbish
woman smokes. | cannot conceive it DS
siblc for a woman TO be a ConnOisseur Of n.
bacco: can you, DR.. Gilman
"Not the Notwithstanding lady d
fashion
"Anv woman
"YcS. The old cronc who smokes prs
has an educated taste in the matter Of thu
twist. or ladies roll, or nail-rOd-juSt as h,
fancy lies. TObacconists tell me they hsy.
to be very particular about the quality Q,
their cheap tObaccos.
Then DR.. Gilman hurried away; for he
was in charge Of large practice, and rs
laboratory tests had demanded some hour
Of close attention.
SMART youngster, that" was CLANCY.
~ tribute when the door closed on the
doctor. anything Of interest found in The
mans clothcs;" he went on.
The chief gave him an inventory, ant
pulled open another drawer which CONTAINED
a miscellaneous assortment Of articles 4
chcckbook, mostly stubs, yielded little q
interest, because nearly all the entries wee
to self" and the others obviously related
TO tradcsmcns accounts. But among s0-s
letters was one that had been written by
Mrs. Kyrle, and Clancy read il through as
carefully as ne had Scrutinizei that sane
handwriting at Providence the previous day
It ran:
DEAR HERBERT-If convenient 70 yoc,
purpose running over from New York on Sa,c,
day. | shall leave again on TUESDAY b. IL
morning train; so | am sure you will no, e
gard this brief visit as a very great a.tiictio1
Yours, JOSEPHINE
He could not be certain; bur he believe!
"a belief aftcrward verified tha. the address
given was one Of those accommodation al
dresses which can be hired in New York and
every other city The date was that O.
which she had written % Wavert9n beseech
ing an interview rs for the handwriting
was identical with that in the note sigrs!
"Fecna'
at confirms your information from Abt
con" he said, "and is therefore valuable
Anything else in the correspondence
"Thc remaining letters are from gentle
men who seem 20 be members Of some lear1
society. They are mostly in Greek G.
about it.
"Grcek!"
ayes, giving different texts Of Scripture
so far as | can make out.
It almost bcwildcrcd Claccv 20 pic;un
Mrs. Dclamar's husband as q man OF a'
ligious turn Of mind; but a has.v surveyd
the letters themselves soon revealed III
nrnrrn.. ~ /. lifnrarN and sDilr-.-.. 4 nOt Z.