The Washington times., 1919-01-30
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they contained were scattered IN
disorder about the room; the frst
object Of the mufderers had been to
lay hands on the unfortunate Amer
leans Jewels.
They were certainly people OF
good taste. II they had neglected
articles OF no value. they had taken
care to cut the old lace from Mrs.
Tankery's evening gowns and had
not left behind several valuable
trinkets which she had purchased
since her arrival In Paris
poor womAn!" murmured Madame
Armelin, 'T had warned her that It
was imprudent to keep 50 many
valuable things in her possession;
we never ought to tempt people, no
matter how trusting we may bs!''
At this moment NJ Clarhart, the
head OF the detective bureau. ar
rived, accompanied BY a legal ply
sician and followed by employees OF
NJ. Bertillon, with their apparatus
for taking the anger prints left BY
the villains.
The crime is signed" he said.
after an instant's examination; cit
was committed BY professionals
who are not experimenting. Every
thing has been planned in advance
and admirably executed"
He added: "The American lady
was sound asleep when, during the
night, the assassins came from out
side by a way that is yet to be dis
covered, cut out one Of the window
panes with q diamond, passed an
arm through the opening and slid
back the window fastening, then
they had nothing more to DO except
to enter the room.
without the least pause they
rushed to the bed, whose exact posi-
tion they knew, and by q we'll
aimed blow Of a poniard. one OK
them severed the unfortunate wom-
ans carotid artery before she had
time to utter q single cry, bespat-
tering the sheets with a trail OF
blood"
Had she then mechanically taken
a few steps to fall in the middle OF
the room? Or had the murderers
laid their victims corpse there In
order-not knowing where she was
in the habit OF hiding her Jewels
TO be able to search the mattresses
more conveniently
At any rate, it was not surprising
that, the story below being Unoc-
cupied at night, the duh sound Of
the fall OF q body on q carpet should
have wakened no one.
These frst Investigations having
been rapidly made, while the com
missary was busy in searching out
side for the way by which the
criminals had succeeded in reaching
Mrs. Tankery's window, the chief
Of the detective bureau, leaving
the physician and tho employees OF
the anthropometrieal bureau to
work in the room. was engaged in
questioning Madame ArmeIin's
servants
The latter could give no useful
Information. They occupied rooms
on the ground floor, almost in the
basement, adjoining the kitchen, the
office, and the linen room. They
had gone to bed as usual, about Il
o'clock. when their work was over,
and had heard nothing suspicious.
These servants, moreover, were
trustworthy people who had been a
long time In the service OF the head
OF the Family House. So any COM
plicity on their part could at once
be eliminated.
Besides, the magistrates very
positive belief was that the crime
had not been committed by indi-
viduals associated in any way with
the family boarding house, but
rather by the rufhans who are al
ways on the watch for a profitable
job and lie in wait for foreigners
whom they suppose to be rich, in
the hope OF finding some day an
opportunity to rob them.
But who?
Since Mrs. Tankeryis arrival in
Paris she had received no visitors,
all her afternoons were spent driv-
ing in the Bois de BouIogne or IN
going through the great shops.
The cabman who drove her was an
excellent man who had been for
twenty-five years in the service OF
the same employer: it was improb-
able to believe that he had played,
in this crime, the part OF instigatOr.
Now, let US take up your board
ers," said the magistrate, address,
ing Nine. Armeline, for whom he
had sent to meet him IN the hotel
office. "How many have your
There are three left. as my reg
lister shows" she answered. First.
Senior Domingo Lopez ."
Then. at the officials questioning
look, she continued:
"a Guatemalan general who has
bsen in Paris six MONTHS brag-
gsrt--a great tallIer-but an excel
lent man at heart. incapable, I am
sure, OF committing the smallest
crime. He was with US when We
discovered Mrs. Tankery's body. 1t
made him fairly i'll ="
Aud the others?"
"A friend whom 1 have known
since nv Childhood an old man