Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-28
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notes from Mills Hotels limited at
mysterious knowledge. A man wrote
from sanatoriurn in New Jersey to
say that he himself committed the
murder because Captain Hanska had
assisted Napoleon and Mary Queen
of Scots to pester the authors astral
body. There were two offers to star
in vaudeville, three to pose for moving
pictures and proposals enough to ac-
commodate all New England. After
the first day Constance never saw
these letters. Betsy Barbara her
CONSIDER and amanuensis read them
and destroyed them unanswered. She
discussed them with Rosalie alone.
On the morning after the inquest
Constance quietly took her place at
the common table in the dining-room.
The rest of the boarders stilled their
tongues for embarrassment. and not
only Embarrassment; undoubtedly
there was prejudice. Rosalie, presid-
ing at the head of the table, did not
make the mistake of trying to lull
this feeling Immediately. She let mat
tiers take their course for two meals.
At the third she tactfully drew Con-
stance into an argument over the
distance to Paris. That served for an
opening. Little by little the sweet
ness of Constance, as exploited by
Rosalie LIE Grange, made it's own way.
What had been a kind of horror of a
woman in her situation became pity
and sympathy.
AS for Betsy Barbara that
sprightly young person was popular
from the first. She took hold of the
Hanska Wade case as though its set
Element devolved upon her alone.
Within three days she had inter-
viewed every one in the house, from
Mrs Moore to Miss Estrilla, and had
formed a half-dozen theories, all
proving the innocence of Lawrence
Wade. 1t mattered not that Rosalie,
already her confidant, shattered all
these bubbles. Betsy-Barbara would
simply. interview her witness again,
and blow another. Constance was
her daily and hourly care.
shes bearing It," said Betsy-Bar-
bara, reporting to Rosalie LIE Grange,
"as expected she would. Me-Id be
CRYING on everybody's shoulder. She
does her crying alone-but it's telling
on her. AS for him-he's splendid.
just bully! That's the only way to
put it,"
1 leave to the newspapers the off,
cial events-"the developments" of
that week. Indeed, they reported few
essentials which we do not already
know. The inquest was over; the
body of Captain Hanska had trav-
eled the road of flesh to the crema-
tory; Lawrence Wade was held in
the Tombs without bail, to await ac-
ton of the grand jury. The evidence
against him was circumstantial but
strong. He had proposed marriage to
Mrs. Hanska. Both he and his at
torney tried to keep that out. when
Constance went on the stand they
lest. and she told the fact with a
simplicity which filed columns and
columns of space next morning. She
insisted that he never mentioned mar
rage after she told him her story.
Lawrence Wade, naturally. wanted a
divorce Captain Hanska had re-
fused. There was the motive, per-
feet, comprehensive. Wade and
Hanska had met twice before and
uuarreled both times. On the night
of the tragedy Lawrence Wade, car
rying a handbag had gone to Cap
tain Hanska's room at about 10
O'Clock The bag contained, among
other things, two knives.