American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-02-26

n,~.,n-clotbes man from the precinct
aatsct,ve force keeping it under wa'cn
and ward. uocas
and Rosalie lie Grange. Inc ap
nroached with all the caution Oh iol
sno',gbt entering the block through al
~moe building on the next street open
10 the area door with a pass-key' go
Ing into the house by the oasene
door at the rear.
"Ughl hate TO toucn It, aw
sale. drawing her skirts away
The wreckage Of the cellar. I'm siau
I wore my old clothes. Cues mls
Moore never kept this place Il wv
m,au-an with this dust an your un'
nav CONS Martin MCGEE, it's just scan
daIous now. Well, come on!" And so
sbe dragged her police escort through
aoor after floor, o after
arst a superficial survey and tne"
minute search.
As they came to Captain Hanska :
room. Inspector MCGEE stopped anu
made Grafton.
"you can see." he said, that IL was
an inside Job. Beginning on the rool'
there's no way to enter except py 'no
hatch which goes down into the ium-
her room. On account OF the nre resu
l%ations. the hatch couldn't be iockeu'
Int ii was closed inside by a bolt. lnae
hadn't been monkeyed with. In 1act,
the dirt around the edges showed tna'
the hatch hadn't been opened ior d
long time"
And the fire escape7" asked Rosa
lie. pursuing her brows with c~oncehtra-
ton.
"Runs from the lumber room
straight down. Passes at the thlru
floor the windows Of Captain Hanska >
room. The corresponding o on the
second fool is vacant. No entered
by the basement, either. Windows and
doors all bolted inside and showed nc
signs of being tempered with. You
see. 1t was this Wade fellow, or an In
I side lob. And while we're talking about
locks"-here Martin MCGEE opened
Captain Hanska's door and stood witt
b a foot on either side of the threshold
this is a little piece Of evidence I've
a figured out myself. Notice, he had {
e spring lock. Mrs. Moore says he pu'
it on himself. That indicates he wa'
g afraid Of somebody-Wade, probably
Him being so particular on that point
! it was only natural he should keep
u locked when he was asleep. Now, loo
here"
u This was an inside" spring lock o
. the ordinary pattern. 1t could D.
controlled from without only by tn
= key. Within, however, was a knob an
; a button by which one could turn bacI
{ the catch and render it temporary
. useless as a lock. well, now" sal
MCGEE, the catch was back when the
= found the body, and the door WASH
locked at all. If he'd been alive afte
: Wade left him, he wouldn't have gon
to sleep without seeing that his doc
n was locked. My idea is, he turned tn
- knob and shut the catch back when b
" let Wade in-the way a person doe
-, with a spring lock. Anyhow" co
- cluded MCGEE, tits a suspicious fact
Very" said Resale; and MEG,
did not catch the fairness in her ton
But anyone who got on to that fl
70 escape, one way or another, could hay
entered Hanska's room by the windo'
a. couldn't he?"
Yes" said Inspector MCGEE, "
lid Hanska's window was open. But Il
wv windows we're closed when they four
the body. Most of the witnesses So
IN. that. They remember because whe
nd this Mrs. Moore tainted those cir
I'D opened both windows to give her al
Mt. They say they had to open the catch,
it'll to get the sashes up"
rot "Stuffy muggy night, an both wi
dows closed-an' him an Americana!
he We'll, there's nothing particular
by strange about that, is there?" said
spector McGee.
TO- Not to you!" replied Rosalie I
Grange, dimpling on him. 81 guess.
well, l guess before we do anythir
mt else Wen go over everything in tn
ing room"
They entered. The bed was as Ros
80 lie had seen 1t on the night of II
tragedy-the sheets and quilts turn,
back as though n had risen quiet
'ee and naturally. 1t was to the bed tn
Rosalie turned her first attention.
the foot of the white counterpane. h
eyes stopped-stopped and rested.
Its spotted" she said almost ma
her breath.
"a Inspector MCGEE looked also