South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-29

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~IiaIo, Do;rioai" drawlsd DUFF
"Afternoo7:" aaid the Scotland Yard Official
swi"s,ng roma. Glad to sec you,' Ne sddsc
quiety-'serJ glad indes1-in moro ~Ays
,haP one"
Gizd TO see you've made yourself comfort
soie." remarked Dun. eyetug the open cigarette
b.x and the contents OF toe small table with
C-psning smile.
I've been waiting Over ali hour" returned
sfs Acknowledgements. That CE,ocui2D OF
y0ucs swore he didn't know whsn 700 would
come back. But meant 10 hang cn some lit
. time longer just on the OfI-caa2cs"
Anything doing" inquired Ddf N casual
lcGe.
what do you make Of that Penbras# case?"
The officials tone was equally casual, but his
5rows. shot a keen glance It nc otier's i'm
cAssive face.
ave been sailing on the Breads" returned
DUN with yawn. Haven't seen 81 paper for
5sys Who or where IL PsT.hEEss" he
s-awled.
"Pembrass is the name OF a woman WHO was
t1ardered on Tuesday las, Ia 4 place called
little Horton, not far fTcn Allolston III Sur
bsy." returned Dornton. by every law az cir
eu7nstantiaI and direct eviGanc-. the guile ot
Ann, oil of CNFer1 prtf ~
MS. Pembars-is established, but
But what2
But we can't find Ann Bolt" said the official
Want me TO find herr" asked Dun VIII .
faint smile.
Dornton shook his head
She ought TO be traced easily enough, he
said. irrltably It's proved tks5 size came 10
London on Monday; we've enough evidence TO
hang her twice over p
why have you come to nief interrupted
Duff.
Because I took it for granted that you would
have heard OF the murder. and knowing that il
= q case after ycur own heart, WIS prepared
10 near YOU had formed a theory. from your
v.o6erful process of logical deduction. prov
log Ann Bolt as innocent IS You or j. said
Denton, with a slightly sarGonic smile.
Don't take things for granted. It's danger
Gus habit of yours. Dcrnton." Grawied DUFF.
lighting cigarette. And why is i case after
r-v own heart9" ne added incuiringiy.
ats so clear cut and dried from start %
finish. Ann Bolts guilt is 50 glaringly pslp-
able that knowing your methods, Ia bet ten
20 one you'd find some way of turning the
whole case upside down on principle"
What are the facts OF the case| asked
DUFF
briefly these Two DAYS ago-that is to
saw on Tuesday-Nfrs Pembrass, an elderly
woman OF eccentric habits, who lived alone
except for her companion. Ann Bolt. in an
isolated dilapidcted house on Little Horton
Common was poisoned somewhere about eight
o'clock ina the evening
THE discovery was made by a tradesman
who called on Wednesday morning about
eleven o'clock and noticed that the milk can
had not been taken indoors. nor the morning
papers-a most unusual proceeding Also the
back door was locked. and Mrs Pembrasss
dog was bowling and scratching frantfcally on
the inside 10 be let out.
''The tradesman went round 70 the front
door knocked and rang repeatedly then he
climbed on the sill OF the sitting room window
and looked through the lace curtains. There
he saw the woman half lying half sitting In
chair he realized instantly that she was
dead and Immediately gave the alarm.
The police broke in. accompanied by doc
tor who soon discovered that the woman had
taen poisoned by means OF dose OF cyanide.
administered in a bottle OF oatmeal stout. The
tottle"-
"Of the screw-stOpper variety" interrupted
Duff
Yes The bottle. half full. table
near the dead woman. also a tumber and the
remains of a light supper. There were unmis-
taxable traces Of the poison both IN the dregs
u the glass and in the stout IN the bottle.