The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-10

VI Hio euiei, where ne was surprised at being confronted by one of the guid- Ing spirits of the city's banking and commercial activities-Mr. Howard Kendall. Only within the week had the name come to occupy an unenyiable notoriety In the newspapers and the puphc mind, by reason of its close as- soclation with a particularly atrocious murder
 foilowing an annual custom, the hendals and most of their establish ment nad gone to their summer home, near Harbor Springs. Michigan. Dur Ing these summertime hegiras their Lake Shore mansion was left in charge or tha houSekeeper. a middle-aged widow of education and refinement, "no had long been trusted servant or the Kendall menage; as matter of iact' Exr position was more like a member of the family than of merely servant. This lady's name was Mrs. Nonstahcs Fleuroy-or Connie" as she was affectionately called by mem bers of the family.
 Feilx Hazard immediately surmised the object of the millionaire's visit.
 Early in the morning of Thursday. August 21, Mrs. Fleuroy's lifeless body was found by a grocer's solicitor and other tradesmen at the Lake Shore nome. They had reasons for believing her to be in the house, and when re- peated ringing of the door bell and a nnal recourse to the telephone elicited no response, they were filled with alarm. After some debate one of the party assumed the responsibility of forcing an entrance to investigate
 Their apprehensions were amply justified Mrs. Fleuroy was discovered lying quite dead and cold at the foot of the principal staircase, clad only in a nightrobe, over which she had thrown kimona and pair of com fortable mules"
 That she had been the victim of brutal murder the most cursory glance was sufficient to determine. Upon the noor near the body was found bronze statuette, replica of the familiar Winged Victory" which was perhaps twenty inche@ in height and very heavy. It manifestly had been snatched from it's pedestal and used with deadly purpose, as clots of blood and wisps of the dead woman's hair were yet clinging to it, as we'll as the bruised and battered condition of the body itself mutely testified
 Discoveries began to crop up at the n nj nc of hn ton to inculpate MT. Kendal's nephew, Howard Gentry, young man of twen- ty-six.
 That so many tradesmen chanced to be present at a time when the house was ostensibly closed was accounted for by the proprietor of neighbor- hood delicatessen, whose statement was corroborated by the others.
 On the previous day Wednesday, MT. Fleuroy had received a letter from Mir Kendall announcing that his nephew, Howard Gentry, had returned to America after a long sojourn >Nroad, and was expected to arrive
 Chicago on the day the letter came her hands. She was instructed to
 ,en the house, prepare a specified luite of rooms for Towards entertain ment and notify the tradesmen that the family would curtail their vacation end follow shortly.
 This letter was found in Mrs. Fleu- Toy's room.
 It also contained two other details of interest, which the housekeeper did not confide to the tradesmen, namely that Howard would make him self known through the medium of a letter written to him by Mir. Kendall, the obvious inference being that Mrs Fleuroy personally did not know the young man.
 The second detail was found in a postscript appended by a feminine aand, presumably Margaret kendal's, who was twenty-two and the million aires only child. It averred that How ards engagement to a Miss Gladys Rutherford, whom he had met abroad, had been announced, and that he had returned to America in contemplation of the wedding.
 Several sheets of the letter to young Gentry from his uncle were discovered in the bedroom occupied by him at least a part of the fatal night. This vas the letter that served to iden- &ify the young man to Mrs. Fleuroy. It was unquestionably written in the millionaire's characteristic hand, sug- getting that there was no typewriter convenient.
 Numerous references and allusions contained therein made it clear that uncle and nephew had carried on a correspondence continuing over a con siderable period of time. But the most significant feature, aside from the presence of the letter itself, was an assertion to the effect that $20,000 had been placed in the library safe-and there the sheet broke off, the remain ing page or pages being missing.
 And then, on top of this accumula-