The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-02-06


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preached WITH III the eaasioa Nj fore,
Thought, entering the block tAFpSsA ~
pisrs buli3lng On she merit ssrsat. ep@z%
iag tha ar@a door wlsA ! raas-key. -
inE sntp tho hoass by tAe hAsesaeat
door as the rear.
~ugAs l hate tn touch II : raid R1r
ssais. drawing her skirta array from
the wFeekags of the selisf. 'ism glad
I wore my aid elothes, 0aess Mra.
Moore nsver kept this place any too
weilan' with this dust IN ypar nm.
tidy cops. Martia Mcslee. it's just scam
dAioas now. Well. come on." And 80
she dragged her pellee asccrt through
door after door, rnom agses roosa-~as
hrst q superficial sarvey and then q
minute search.
As they came 20 Captain Hanska's
room. Inspector Meties stopped and
made orasion,
"You c&r See" be said. that II was
an inside Job Regtnning on the rocf.
there's no way to eater except BY the
hatch which goes down into the hzna-
her room. On account OF the hre regn-
lations, the hatch couldnt be locked.
but I, was elosed inside by bolt. That
hadn't been monkeyed with In fact,
the dirt around the edses showed that
the hatch hadn't been opened for .
long time"
And the Are escape" asked Rosa
lie. pursuing her brows with coneentra-
ton.
"Rnns from the lumber room
straight down. Passes at the third
floor the windows of Captain Hanska's
room. The corresponding room on the
second noor 10 vacant. No one entared
by The basement. either, Windows and
doors all kolted inside and showed no
signs of being tempered With. Yoa
zee. II was this Wade fellow. or N In.
side Job. And while we're talking about
locks"--hers Martin MCGEE opened
Captain Hanska's door and stood with
q foot on either side OF the threshold
this Ia = little piscs u evidence I've
figured out myself. Notice. he had .
spring lock. Mrs. Moore says hs pat
It on himself That indicates he was
afraid OF somebody~-Wade., probably.
Him being 20 particular on that point.
It was only natural he shoaid keep II
locked when he was asleep. Now. look
here" ;.
This was an inside spring lock Of
the ordinary pattern. It could be
controlled from without only by the
key, Within, however, was knob and
a button by which ono could turn back
the catch and render It temporarily
useless as a lock We'll, now" said
MCGEE. "the catch was back when they
found the body, and the door wasn't
locked ut all II he'd been alive after
Wade left him. no wouldn't have gone
to sleep without seeing that his door
was locked, Ny idea In, he turned the
knob and shut the catch back when he
let Wade in--the way person does
with spring lock. Anyhow" con.
claded MCGEE, Its q suspicious fact"
Very" said Resale: and MeGee
did not catch the natness In her tone.
But anyone who got on to that IRE
escape, one way or another. could have
entered Hanskas room BY the window.
couldn't hey'
Yes" said Inspector Mc0ce. II
Hanska's window was open. But the
windows were closed when they found
the body, Most OF the witnesses say
that. They remember because when
this Mira, Moore tainted those girls
opened both windows to give her air.
They say they had to open the catches
to get the sashes up"
"stuny muggy night. an both win
dows cioaed---an' him an American"
Well. there's nothing particularly
strange about that, II theref" said In
spector Mc(sea., ..-,
mot to you!" replied Resale -
Grange. dimpiing on him, Il Euess--
well. guess before we DO anything
else we'll 20 over everything In that
room
They entered. The bed was a. RoaA
lie had seen II on the night Of the
tragedy--the sheets and quilts turned
back az though one had risen quietly
and naturally II was to the bed that
Resale turned her FIRST attention At
the foot Of the white counterpart. her
eyes stoppet-stopped and rested
its SPOTTED" she said almost under
her breath.
Inspector Niece looked also.
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