The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-08-24
'sThe Allison Pearls"
BY Edward n. Hurlbut
Copyright, Paget Newspaper Service.

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had recognized her.
Winkeppner had refused to
make a statement; the Lamont
woman had preserved silence;
Jeanne was still historical, but
still denying; Carol was an insou-
cient and insulting as before. The
arrest of the Lamont woman had
served the police with material to
defeat his habeas corpus petition,
and he was still In the tanks.
Such, then, was the situation on
the stage during the afternoon of
the second day of the Allison rob-
berry.
II was in the early part of the
afternoon before Miss Cadogan
would receive flanagan, after that
suave gentleman had been driven
to the point of peremptoriness in
talking with her mother.
81 will give you any help | cam"
the girl said.
why did you visit Mrs. Pernau
last night?"
81 thought she might know
something about the couple saw
near Mr.. Masters and Miss ALI
son."
"You thought she was the wom-
an in the Juliet costume, did you
not?"
We'll, yes, I did"
Before you knew from the
morning papers that Mrs. Pernau
was a noted thief, what made you
suspicious of herr"
81 cannot say didn't like
her."
Because Winkeppner had been
paying attention to her?"
Yes" she replied.
You would be quite ready to
swear that this woman and her es-
cort were the only persons in the
immediate vicinity of the group at
the time of the buckle episode?"
asked flanagan.
II would dislike to be forced
into a position of notoriety, but |
would so swear"
II don't see any reason why I
shouldn't spring the trap" unused
flanagan as he left. But l had
better take another whirl with Mr..
Raymond Winkeppner. 1t looks
simple-too simple"
Winkeppner was in mood
quite different from the supercil-
ious attitude of condescension he
had adopted toward flanagan on
their meeting the evening before.
"Sit down, flanagan" he said.
"Winkeppner, | want to ask you
once again: Did you have any rea-
son to suspect that that pearl was
on Masters?"
81 did not. When he made that
slurring remark about 1T could
have made no difference | simply
talked hastily from resentment,
didn't actually think, and don't
now, that he had a thing to do
with the affair any more than l
had"
why" asked flanagan, did
you, knowing that Mrs. Pernau
was standing very close to Miss
Allison, protect her by refusing to
corroborate Miss Cadogan's state
ment?
IF you will not answer my
question | will answer it for you"
said flanagan. And whatever your
reasons may have been for pro-
tecting Mrs. Pernau, as Mrs. Per
nau, these reasons cannot possibly
exist for protecting Alice Lamont,
sometimes called the Queen of
Diamonds; particularly when you
realize that you were merely her
dupe. 1t is absolutely necessary
for the case l am making out
against this woman, and to COM
plete certain other necessary de-
tails in the work am engaged on,
that you should stand ready to
admit seeing this woman and her
escort lowering close to Miss AL
lison during the boot buckle in
cident," said flanagan. Even II
1t is necessary to explain why you
were protecting her."
"Why7" repeated Winkeppner,
family. What do you mean?"
81 mean," replied flanagan,
that you could have used few
hundred dollars of the wealthy
widows money. l mean that you
protected her, believing sincerely
that such a charming and wealthy
widow as Mrs. Pernau could by
no possibility have had a hand in
the thing. This Is what l mean:
that Mrs. Pernau, wealthy wom-
an seeking safe investments, was
to entrust her fortune, or a part
of 1t, to a proker of the high fl
nancial standing of Mr.. Raymond
Winkeppner, who was to profit in
strictly honorable manner by
the prestige he would get by
handling so much money"
With the Lamont woman and
Carol safe behind bars, Leslie be-
lieved he was not far froma solu-
ton. He held to the theory that
either Masters or Winkeppner or
possibly both were In some degree
entangled in the conspiracy for