Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-10-28
other. Both men were killed by the

nature of the poison?" Hughes inquired.
Some variant of ~hydrocyanic acid.
l fancy-the odor indicates that; but
it must be about so times as deadly as
h~ydrocyanic acid is"
They wandered away into a discus
sion of possible variants, so technical
n besprinkled with abstruse words
n formula that 1 could not follow
them: Fre~ylinghuisen, of course, had
all this Sort of thing at his fingers
occupation and no doubt he had been
furnishing himself up, since this last
one, IN preparation for the inquest,
where he would naturally wish to
shine. l could see that he enjoyed dis
playing his knowledge before Hughes,
nigh standing. with an income greater
than Freylinghuisen's many times over,
no such expert knowledge of toXi-
cology as a %corOner's physician would
naturally possess.
n two detectives and the coroner
came back while the discussion was
stu IN progress and listened in silence
10 freyllnghuisan's statement of the
case. Grady's mahogany face told abb
solutely nothing of what was passing
IN his brain, but Simmonds was plain
~ beWlldered. 1t was evident from
ms look that nothing had been found
10 shed any light on the mystery and
now that his suicide theory had fallen
70 pieces he was completely at sea.
SO, suspected, was Grady, but he was
TOO self composed to betray it.
Inc coroner drew the two physicians
ASIDE and talked to them for a few mo-
ments in a low tone. Then he turned
to Grady.
.F'reylinghuisen thinks there is no
necessity for a p%ostmortem," he said.
Ihe symptoms are in every way
identical with those of the other man
VINO vas killed here this afternoon.
There can be no question that both
of them died from the same cause. He
IS ready to make his return to that eff
feet"
Very WELL" assented Grady. The
oooy can be turned Over to the rela-
tives, then"
There aren't any relatives" 1 said.
Al ieaSt, no near ones. Vantine was
the last of this branch of the family.
! aappen to know that our firm has
oeen named as his executors in his
Will. SO. If there is no objection, I'll
take charge of things"
very WE'LL, Mr.. Lester" said Grady
you know the provisions of the will?"
he asked.
Il do.
I'm the light of those provisions. do
you know of any one who would have
an interest in Vantine's death?"
,en AAay lell you the prOV1S-
ions" L said, after a moment. with
the exception of a few legacies to his
servants. his whole fortune is left to
the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
You have ye beer his attorney for
We have been his legal advisers for
many years."
Have You ever learned that he had
an enemy"
No" I answered instantly. $50 far
EARTH" es on
He was never married. 1 believer"
Was he ever. to your knowledge. in
Volved with a woman?"
NO" said again. II was astounded
wnen L heard Rogers story"
SO o a give us no hint as to
this woman's IDENTIFY"
fervor. Wv
Thank you, Mr.. Lester" and Grady
turned to simmonds. Il don't see that
here" he added. There's n thing.
though MI. Lester. 1 will have to ask
You to do. That is to keep all the serv-
anus mere until after the inquest. If
you think there is any doubt of your
ability to do that, we can, of course.
put them under arrest"
Oh. that isn't necessary" I broke in.
i Will be responsible for their appear
ance at the inquest"
IN nave to postpone it a day., said
Goldberger. II want Freylinghuisen to
make some tests tomorrow. Besides.
we've got to identify d'Aurelle and
these gentlemen seem to nave their
work cut out for them in finding this
Grady looked at Goldberger in a way
which indicated that he thought he was
talking too much. and the coroner
stopped abruptly. A moment later. ali
four men left the house.
Or: Hughes fingered for a last word.
The undertaken had better be called
at once" he said. 1T won't dc to de-
lay too long,"
l knew what he meant. Already the
face of h dead man was showing
certain ugly discolorations.
II can send him around on my way
home" he added. and 1 thanked him
for assuming this unpleasant duty.
AS the door closed behind him. I
to see Godfrey calmly descending.
:! came in a few minutes ago." he
explained. in answer to my
look. and have been CHANGING
around upstairs. Nothing there. How
did our friend Grady get along?'
Fairly we'll; but IL he guesses any,
thing. his face didn't show it,
cause there's nothing to show. He has
cultivated that sibylline look until
people think: he's a wonder. But he's
simply a STUPID ignoramus."
"Oh. come. Godfrey" I protested.
you're prejudiced. He went right to
the point. Do you know Rogers
storv?"
about the woman? Certainly.
Rogers told 1t to me before Grady ar
rived"
Well" I commented. you didn't
7 never do" he assented blandly.