The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-03-02

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proaehsl With al The caution of beeo'
thought, entering ths bloek thrsaGA a
o0cs building o. tAe next strsst. sDao-
ing the area door With . Dass-ksy. -
ing into the house by the baseosot
door at the rear.
Ugh! hate to touch It," said Ro-
salie, dra wing her skirts away non
the wreckaGe of The cellar. Ia gia1
l wore my old clothes. Guess Ars-
Moore never kept this place any -
well-an' with this dust an your n
tidy cops. Martin McGss. it's Just seaA-
dalous now. Well, come on!" Aad -
she dragged her police escort through
Aoor after aoor. rooa after roon-a&
arst . superficial survey and thsa .
minute search.
A they came to Captain HanskA's
room. Inspector AcGes stopped snA
made oration.
You can sss." he said. that It was
an inside Job. Beginning On the roof.
there's NO way TO enter except BY tAo
hatch which goes down isto the luo-
Der room. On account Of the Ore regs-
lations. the hatch couldn't b locked.
but It was closed Inside BY bolt. That
hadn't been moakeysd with. In fact.
the dirt around the edges showed that
the hatch hadn't been opened for .
long time"
And the are sscaps:" asked Rosa.
lie. pursuing her brows with conesntrs-
tion.
Runs. from the lumber room
straight down. Passes 1t the third
floor the windows Of Captain Hanska's
room. The corrssponding room on the
second floor IL vacant. No one entered
by the basement. either. Windows and
doors all bolted inside and showed 10
signs Of being tampered with. You
see. 1t was this Wade fellow. or an In.
side job. And while we're talking about
locks"-hers Martin MCGEE opened
Captain Hanska's door and stood with
foot ON either side OF the threshold
this u little pieos Of evidence I've
figured out myself. Notice. he had q
spring lock. Mrs. Moore says he put
1t on himself That Indicates he was
afraid Of somebody-Wads, probably.
Him being so particular ON that point,
1t was only natural he should keep 1t
locked when hs was aslsep Now. look
here"
This was an inside" spring lock Of
the ordinary pattern. 1t could b
controlled from without only by the
key. Within. however. WAS knob and
4 button by which one could turn back
the catch and render 1t temporarily
useless ~ 4 lock. well. now" said
MCGEE. the catch was back whsn they
found the body. and the door wasn't
locked At ALL II he'd been alive after
Wade left him, he wouldn't have gone
to sleep without seeing that his door
was locked. Ny idea 10. he turned the
knob and shut the catch back when he
let Wade in-the way . person does
with = spring lock. Anyhow" con-
cluded MCGEE. "it's = suspicious fact"
Very" said Rosalie: and McGes
did not catch the Aatness In her tone.
But anyone who got on to that IRE
escape, one way or another, could have
entered Hanska's room by the window,
couldn't he?"
YES" said Inspector McGeo. "if
Hanskas 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 say they had to open the catches
to get tho sashes up"
"Stu6y 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 Rosalie L.
Grange. dimpling on him. Il guess
we'll, 1 guess before We do anything
else we'll 20 over everything in that
ROOM
They entered. The bed was a. Rosa
lie had seen it on the night of the
tragedy-the sheets and quilts turned
back as though one had risen quietly
and naturally. 1t was to the bed that
Rosalie turned her first attention. At
the foot Of the white counterpane, her
eyes stopped-stopped and rested.
ITS spotted" she said almost under
her breath.
Inspector McGee looked also.
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