The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-02-18

| D6Sdu u CAREFUL Hezarcn or the room
using his electric torch to fEsuu,in
every Swallowed corner Godfrey dc
voted himself 20 a similar search. bu
both were without result Then God
frey made q minute inspection Of tn
injured hand. while Goldberger leekes
on with Ill concealed impatience. an,
finally Godfrey moved toward tn
| door.
| Il think I'll be going" he said ~Bu
I'm interested In what your physician
will find. ME- Coroner. Win You be a
home tonight, Lester?"
Yes. expect TO be-" answered.
You're still at the MarathenT'
YES" said: "suft IA"
Perhaps I'll drop around TO se,
ycu," he said And a moment late,
| we heard the door close behind him az
/ Parks let him out
'-Gedfrey's good man." said Gold.
/ berger, but he's toe romantic. Take
| this case. Here's a man kills himself
and Godfrey wants Us to believe that
| death resulted from a scratch on the
| hand. why. there's no poison on eart,
would kill a man as quick as that. for
he must have dropped dead before he
could get out Of the room to summon
help. II it was prussic acid he swal-
lowed It"
How do you explain the address on
the card. Mr.. Goldberger?" asked.
MY theory is that this fellow really
had some business with Mr.. Vantine.
Probably he wanted to bsrrow some
money or ask for help. and then while
hn hn
thing up and killed himself. The ad-
dress has no bearing whatever. that I
can see. on the question of suicide.
And III say this. Mr.. Lester, IL this
isn't suicide Here's the ambulance"
The b<Arers entered with the stretch
er, placed the body en- it and carried
it away. Goldberger paused 20 gather
up the articles he had taken from the
dead mans pockets.
You gentlemen will have to give
your testimony at the inquest" he
said; $50 will Parks and Rogers. It
will be day after tomorrow, probably
at 10 o'clock, but III notify you OF the
hour
VERY weN," said; wen be there"
and Goldberger babe us goodby and
left the house. And now" / added
to Vantine, 81 must be getting back to
the Office They'll be asking the police
to look for me next. Man aliye"-and
1 glanced at my watch-"it's after 4
o'clockr'
''Teo late for the Office" said Van
tine. Better come upstairs and have
a drink Besides, / want to talk with
you"
AT least I'll let them know I'm still
alive said, and l 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" said Yantine. and
he looked at me earnestly, do you
think that poor devil came In here just
to get chance TO kill himself Quietiy?"
mo, / don't" 1 said.
"Then what did he come in forF
II think GoIdberger's theory pref
ty good one-that he had heard OF you
as q generous fellow and came in here
to ask help and while he was waiting
suddenly gave it up
"And killed HIMSELF" Vantine coma
pIeted.
hesitated. was astonished to find
at the back OF my mind a growing
doubt
"See here, Lester" vantine demand
ed. ''if he didn't kill himself, what
happened to htm?'
"Heaven only knows" 1 answered
in despair I've been asking myself
the same question without finding O
reasonable answer to it. But II any
bedy can see through it Jim Godfrey
can"
'HTell me, Lester" he said, do you
believe that theory of Godfrey's-that |
that insignificant wound on the hand |
cauSed deathY'
/ asked myself the same question |
before / answered
Yes, do" said finally.
Lester, have a queer feeling that |
the business which brought this man |
here in sctne way concerned the BouIe |
cabinet was telling you about Per
haps it belonged to him."
Hardly" 1 protested, recalling his
shabby appearance
AT any rate L renemD0r as / was
looking at his card that some such
thought occurred to me It was for
that reason told Parks to ask him TO
wait"
TITS possible. of course" admit
ted. ~But that wouldn't explain his
excitement. And that reminds me-" I
added, II haven't sent of that cable"
Amy time tonight Will do. 1t win
be delivered in the morning. But Won
haven't seen the cabinet yet Come
down and look at It :"
He led the way down the stair.
Parks met US in the lower hail
There's a delegation OF reporters
outside, SIR" he said 'cThey say
they've got to see you"
vantine made a movement OF impa-