The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-02

About the only information the police were at
first able to develop was the fact that the murderer
must have entered the room from the fire escape.
Therc did not seem to be the slightest evidence as
to the identity of the intruder. The bottle which
contained the traces of chloroform bore a label,
however, and detectives working on the case
traced it to a druggist in Newark.
This man stated that he had sold the drug TO
a Mrs. Kane, and gave her address|in New York
city to them. 9
Meanwhile police working in the city had be-
come suspicious of Paul Geidel, q bellbOy, who
had been discharged from the ~Iroquois a few days
previously. When they learned that he was liv-
ing in a room which he rented in Mrs. Kane's
apartment their suspicions-were strengthened, but
there was as yet nothing on which to hold the boy.
He had not been seen by anyone on the premises
where the crime was committed since his dis
charge: still, certain information which came to
the hand of George S. Dougherty, at that time
deputy police commissioner in charge of the de-
tective bureau, led him strongly to believe that
'Geidel was the murderer.
The deputy commissioner himself, together
with Detectives Thomas Van Twister and Domi-
nick Reilly, went to the apartments of Mrs. Kane,
a pretty woman, who earned a living as hair
dresser. AS they entered Mrs. Kane's sitting
room Geidel and Patrick McGrane, another bell
boy, were sitting with her.
Dougherty told Mrs. Kane that he wished to
speak to her alone on an important matter. The
other men said nothing, but two of them went into
adjoining rooms, each with one of the two boys.
They each attempted to question their custodian,
but he would not speak, not even admitting that
he was a detective, although the youths must have
known it, and this silence multiplied their fears.
Mrs. Kane in a very frank manner admitted
that she had bought the chloroform and said that
she used it in the treatment of hair.
"Have you still got that bottle of chloroform in
the houseT' asked Dougherty,
"No," she said sit has gone"
UXVhara 81 oSEad v,Ouuhartv. Mrs Knna ot first
h~esitated, but by adroit questioning the commits
sioner learned from her that it had disappeared
from the shelf in the bathroom. After learning
all that he cared to Dougherty produced the bot
tie.
"Was that yours?" he asked.
Mrs. Kane said that it was and became very
much alarmed. The detective treasured her. AN
I want you to Co." said Dougherty, sis to answer
my questions again, just the way you have this
time"
Then he sent for McGrane, who was in the
next room with Geidel. After a few unimportant
Questions he said to McGrane: "Now, all I want
you to do is to sit here quietly. Don't say a
word, and If Geidel looks at you make no sign
or sound unless you want to get into trouble
yourself"
McGrane, thoroughly frightened, took his place
on a chair the detective offered to him.
Stepping to the table, Dougherty turned down
the oil lamp, which had a red shade. Then he
drew the curtains, shutting out the twilight,
which heightened the effect of the red-shaded
lamp. Every bit of furniture was placed by the
detective so that the effect he was striving for
would be enhanced. No stage director could have
exercised greater care in the arrangement Of de-
tails,
He sent for Geidel. Reilly came In with him.
The bellboy was seated In a chair which directly
faced the door to the bathroom, where Dougherty
had already replaced the empty bottle of chloro-
form.
Mrs. Kane" said Dougherty, did you purchase
a bottle Of chloroform from a druggist in Newark
about ten days 'agoT"
"Yes," said the woman.
why did you get it8"
81 use 1t In dressing hair" Mrs. Kane replied.
"Did Paul know that you had this drug?"
"Yes. he did," admitted Mrs. Kane, who was so
seated that the light from the lamp shone on her
head and features, making them the most dis
tinctive things in the room, and Geidel seemed
unable to take his eyes from her face. He smiled
with a certain amount Of bravado as the ques-
tioning continued.
did Paul ever say anything about the drug?
What were his words? r.
Mrs. Kane looked imploringly at Geidel, but
either she did not dare not to answer or her wish
to tell the truth was stronger than her sympathy
for the boy.
'He asked me II there was enough chloroform