The Green Forest tribune., 1916-12-01

About the only information the police were at first able to develop the fact that the murderer must have entered the room from the fire escape There 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 the case traced it to a druggist in Newark.
 This man stated that he had sold the drug to Mrs. Kane and gave her address in New York city to them.
 Meanwhile police working in the city had be- come suspicious of Paul Gedel, beIlbOy, who had been discharged from the Iroquois a few days previously. When they learned that he liv ing in a room which he rented in Mrs. Kanes apartment their suspicious were strengthened but there was as yet nothing which to hold the boy. He had not been by anyone the premises where the crime was committed since his dis charge: still, certain information which came to the hand of George $. Dougherty, at that time deputy police commissioner in charge of the de- tectye bureau, led him strongly to believe that Geidel the murderer. sa The deputy commissioner himself, .., ... her with Detectives Thomas Van Twistes 'hallt. t;ani- Ga prefy He woman S who ne appr find S smooth dresser t s9t4ey of tsa ,aa, 'd 26:3 JOs 1nslcher of Berry'';llA < McGrerryyille watere,, R 'zs come legal befments er sd with its deep Wtl 1 s w1ane tha1of the t2Wns.aW speak to her alone on important matter. The other 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 very frank manner admitted that she had bought the chloroforn and said that she used it in the treatment of hair.
 "Have you still got that bottle of chloroform in the house?" asked DOugherty
 "No" she said; "it has gone"
 "Where?" asked .5ougherty. Mrs Kane at first hesitated, but by adroit questioning the commis- 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 and became very much alarmed. The detective reassured her. "All want you to do," said Dougherty, "is 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 word and if Geidel looks at you make no sign sound unless you want to get into trouble yourSelf.'
 MeGrane, 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 red shade. Then he drew the curtains, shutting out the twilight which heightened the effect of the red-shaded lamp. Every bit of furniture placed by the detective that the effect he 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 belboy 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 q bottle of chloroform from druggist in Newark about ten days ago?'
 ''Yes" said the woman.
 "Why did you get it?"
 q use it 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 certain amount of bravado the ques- tOning continued.
 Did Paul ever say anything about the drug? What his words?'
 Mrs. Kane looked imploringy at Geidel, but either she did not dare not to or her wish to tell the truth stronger than her sympathy for the boy
 'He asked me if there enough choroform