Tombstone epitaph., 1916-03-19

. pla,n-clothes man from the precinct detective force keeping 1t under watch and ward.
 To this house came Captain McGes and Rosalie Le 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. 90 ing into the house by the basement door at the rear.
 Ugh! hate to touch it" said Ro- salie. drawing her skirts away from the wreckage of the cellar. I'm glad wore my old clothes. Guess Mrs. Moore never kept this place any too well-an' with this dust an your un- tidy cops, Martin McGee. it's just scan dalous now. Well. come on!" And so she dragged her police escort through floor after floor. room after room-at
 first . superficial survey and then . minute search.
 As they came to Captain Hanska's room. Inspector McGee stopped and
 made oration.
 You can see." he said. that 1t 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-
 lations. 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 . | long time"
 And the fire escape?" asked Rosa lie. pursing her brows with concentra- ! ton.
 Runs from the lumber room | straight down. Passes at the third | floor the windows of Captain Hanska's room. The corresponding room or the
 second floor is vacant No one entered | by the basement, either. Windows and doors all bolted inside and showed no signs of being tempered with. You see, 1t was this Wade fellow. or an in- l side job. And while we're talking about i locks"-here Martin McGee opened | Captain Hanska's door and stood with | a foot on either side of the threshold this Is little piece Of evidence I've
 figured out myself Notice. he had a | spring lock Mrs. Moore says he put | 1t on himself. That indicates he was afraid of omebody-Wade. probably. | Him being so particular on that point. | it was only natural he should keep IL
 locked when he was asleep. Now. look | here"
 This was an Inside" spring lock of | controlled from without only by the | key. Within, however, was knob and
 Q button by which one could turn back | the catch and render 1t temporarily | useless as a lock. Well, now" said
 McGee. "the catch was back when they ] found the body, and the door wasn't
 locked at all. If he'd been alive after Wade left him. he wouldn't have gone i to sleep without seeing that his door
 was locked. My idea is, he turned the | knob and shut the catch back when he | let Wade in-the way a person does with a spring lock. Anyhow" con cluded McGee. its a suspicious fact Very" said Rosalie: and McGee { did not catch the fatness In her tone,
 But anyone who got on to that fire ] escape, one way or another, could have ! entered Hanskas room by the window ! couldn't he?"
 Yes" said Inspector McGee. "i!
 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 10 give her air
 They say they had to open the catches | to get the sashes up"
 "StuTy muggy night. an both win
 dows closed-an' him an American" ] Well. there's nothing particularly
 strange about that. Is there." said In ! spector McGee.
 Not 10 you." replied Rosalie L<
 Grange, dimpling on him. T guess well. I guess before We do anything
 else we'll go over everything in that
 room"
 They entered. The bed was as Rosa | lie had seen 1t on the night of the tragedy-the sheets and quilts turned back as though one had risen quietly and naturally. It was to the bed that Ilosalie turned her first attention. Al the foot of the white counterpane, hel
 eyes stopped-stopped and rested l It's spotted" she said almost under her breath.
 Inspector McGee looked also