The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-23

door
 T think I-Il be going" he said. -But I'm interested in what your physician will find Mir. Coroner. Will you be at home tonight Lester ?s'
 sYes. I expect to be- I answered.
 You're still at the Marathon ?'s
 Yes. I said: ..suits IA = ..Perhaps I'll drop around to see yoI1', he said. And moment later we heard the door close behind him as Parks let him out. sGodfrevss good man. said Gold berger. but he's too romantic. Take this case Here's 8 man kills himself. and Godfrey wants us to believe that death resulted from scratch on the hand Why, there's no poison on earth would ki1l a man as quick as that. for he munt have dropped dead before he could get out of the room to summon help If it was prussfc acid he swal- lowed it's
 How do you explain the address on the card. MT. Goidbergers. asked.
 My theory is that this fellow really had some business with MT. vantine- Probably he wanted to borrow some uaoney-or ask for help. and then while he was waiting he suddenly gave. the thing up and killed himself The ads dress has no bearing whatever. that i can see. on the question of suicide. And Isil say this. MT. Lester, if this isn't suicide Heres the ambulance"
 The hearers entered with the stretch CT. placed the body omit and carried it away. tsoidberger paused to gather ID the articles he had taken from the dead mans pockets.
 s.You gentlemen will have to give your testimony at the iuqhest,'' he said, ESQ will Parks and Rogers. It will be day after tomorrow, probably at 10 o'clock, but I'll notify you Of the hours
 'svery well.' I said; we'll be there '' and Goldberger bAde us goodby and left the house. s.And now added to vantine. T must be getting back to. the office. They'll be asking the police to look for me next. Man alive"-and I glanced at my watch-.it's after o'clockr'
 "Too late for the office,'' said Van tine. Better come upstairs and have a drink. Besides. I want to talk with you.''
 At least I'll let them know I'm still alive, said, and I called up the of fee and allayed any anxiety that may have been felt there concerning me. must admit that it did not seem acute. "Tell me, Lester. 2 said Vantine. and he looked at me earnestly, do you think that poor devil came in here just to get chance to kill himself quietly ?" .'No, I don't,' said
 s.rhen what did he come in for?' q think Goldberger's theory a pret- ty good one-that he had heard Of you as as generous fellow and came in here
  suddenly gave it up''-
 .sAnd killed himselfy' yantine com pleted.
 I hesitated. was astonished to find at the back of my mind growing doubt.
 asee here. Lester vantine demand ed, eff he didn't kill himself, what happened to him ?''f Heaven only knows" I answered l in despair. I've been asking myself | the same question without finding a reasonable answer to 1t. But if any body can see through it Jim Godfrey l can.'
 vantine seemed deeply perturbed. 'Tell me. Lester.'' he said, ..do you believe. that theory of Godfrey y's-that 1 that insignificant wound on the hand caused death?' 1, asked myself the same question l before I answered. ''Yes, do," I said finally.
 Lester. have a queer feeling that | the business which brought this man l here in some way concerned the Boule cabinet was telling you about. Per haps it belonged to him.
 Hardly I protested. recalling his shabby appearance
 looking at his card that some such l thought occurred to me. It was for that reason told Parks to ask him to | wait.''
 Its possible. of course,'' I admit ted. But that wouldn't explain his excitement. And that reminds me- I added, q haven't sent off that cable"
 @Any time tonight will do. 1t will be delivered in the morning. But you
 haven't seen the cabinet yet Come down and look at it. l He led the way down the stair.
 Parks met us in the lower hall.
 There's a delegation of reporters they've got to see you.'' vantine made movement of impa- tience
 s.TeiI them. he said '.that I posi- lively refuse to see them or to allow
 my servants to see them Let them l get their information from the police" ssVerv we'll sir-,' aaid Parks and turn