The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-01-23

q plRin.clothes man from the precinct
detective force keeping 1t under watch
and ward.
To this house came Captain McGee
and Rosalie lie Grange. They ap.
preached with all the caution OF fore
thought, entering the block through an
Office building on the next street, open.
ing the area door with a pass.key. 60
ing into the house by the basement
door at the rear
Ugh! / hate to touch it," said Ro-
sale, drawing her skirts away from
the wreckage of the cellar. Pm glad
| | wore my old clothes. Guess Mrs.
Moore never kept this place any too
/ well--an' with this dust an your I'M
tidy cops, Martin MCGEE, it's Just scan
dalous now. Well, come on" And 80
she dragged her police escort through
/ floor after floor, room after room-at
first q superficial survey and then a
minute search.
| AZ they came to Captain Hanskas
room, Inspector Niece stopped and
made Grafton.
You can see," he said, that It was
/ an inside job. Beginning on the roof,
there's no way to enter except by the
hatch which goes down into the lum-
Der room. on account OF the fire regu-
latons, the hatch couldn't be locked,
but it was closed inside by bolt That
hadn't been monkeyed with. In fact,
the dirt around the edges showed that
the hatch hadn't been opened for a
long time"
And the fire escape?" asked Rosa
lie. pursing'her brows with concentra-
ton
Runs from the lumber room
straight down. Passes ut the third
floor the windows of Captain Haneka's
room The corresponding room on the
second floor IL vacant. No one entered
by the basement either. Windows and
doors all bolted inside and showed no
signs Of being tempered with. You
see, Il was this Wade fellow. or an In
side job. And while we're talking about
locks"-here Martin Niece opened
Captain HaBska's door and stood with
foot on either side of the threshold
this is a little piece of evidence I've
figured out myself. Notice, he had a
spring lock. Mrs. Moore says he put
It on himself That indicates he was
afraid OF somebody--Wade. probably.
Him being so particular on that point,
1t was only natural he should keep /.
locked when he was asleep. Now, look
here"
This was an inside" spring lock Of
tho ordinary pattern. II could be
controlled from without only by the
key, Within, however, was 4 knob and
a button by which one could turn back
the catch and render 1t temporarily
useless as lock We'll, now" said
MCGEE, the catch was back when they
found the body. and the door wasnt
locked at all. II he'd been alive after
Wade left him, he wouldn't have gore
to sleep without seeing that his doc.
WAS locked. My idea Is, he turned the
knob and shut the catch back when b:
let Wade in-the way u person dec.
with p spring lock. Anyhow" con.
cluded McGee, ITS suspicious fact"
Very" said Resale; and McGee
did not catch the fairness In her tone.
But anyone who got on to that fire
escape, one way or another, could have
entered Hanska's room by the window,
couldn't he?"
Yes said Inspector MCGEE. If
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 Mrs. Moore tainted those girls
opened both windows TO give her air.
They cay they had TO open the catches
to get the sashes up"
"Stuffy muggy night. an both win
dows closed-an' him an American"
We'll, there's nothing particularly
strange about that is there?" said In.
spector McGee.
Not to you!" replied Resale lie
Grange. dlmplng on him. Il guess
well, guess before we do anything
else we'll go over everything in that
room"
They entered The bed was as Rosa
lie had seen II on the night OF the
sheets and quilts turned
back as though one had risen quietly
and naturally. 1t was to the bed that
Rosale turned her first attention. At
the foot OF the white counterpart, her
eyes topped-stopped and rested.
It's spotted" she eaid almost under
her breath.
Inspector MCGEE looked also.
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