Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-13
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At a house party at Garden steps.
tor, ewner q the house, 17c6:: bot uksGJf
her temper on her social seciessry,
Anita Frayne, in the course Of Q bridge
game. Anita leaves the game and her
e,assj r taken n,e BY P HSn 9s,, st ~ s,1 NE: J.
her aunt's temper.
Darlington takes Count Charlier. q
fstusteo = walk in The eo9:eEvetory.
rel. ' as, !sissn e sssrH sss '1 erGsr. a Sosh
girls to leave the house; She then pre-
maid, who shows resentment. Her jew
els, Of great value, are left on her dress
su nes 9 Sssn ns ss Z sad S.s Mis- ! f s:;r, Il sss
dead. The body is seated before the
Dressing table Creased in . handsome
he fnds that Miss Darlington has been
killed by a heavy blow on the back of
the head. A fantastic toy paper snake
which Pauline had earlier noticed on
the. floor is obliterated. Anita is appar-
entity anxious, to insinuate that Pauline
tons death was due to 1oison, the blow
on the head apparently havtng\ been in
nicted after death.
called : IL ts 3: ]s05 T''s.:. 'negsss ines, shows p:a''1 s,e. L
agitation but does not ihcriminate her
self or anyone else. Estelle, the maid.
Is also called and questioned regarding
Miss C%arrington's room. Questioning of
Gray Havtland fails to throw any light
on the crime. .
a thrilling story: While eavesdroppins
at Miss C~arrington's door,, she heard
voices. miss Darlington was telling
someone. she said. that TOMORROW all
s1mse the woman was talking ts the
%whereupon Anita declared she. saw
Pauline come from the room shortly
left the dead woman's chamber.
. Count Charlier denied that he was in
the the room ROOM H. Il als g. DECLARED that nt,h he 20
him ten thousand dollars in u: $. bonds.
Mrs. rockingham again related the
story of SCENIC a burglar leave the
Darlington home. The suggestion OF
ants was made. She denied going to
Stephen illsley said he law MRS. Froth-
I,af;nm S on the stairway shd inside inside the the Gar,
she had gone to the veranda and later
stepped inside to look AT the tapestries.
The detective returns and declares that
the glove found on Miss C~arrington's
body belonged to the cbunt. w%hereupon
the latter admits it. The jury returns
a verdict. but does not fix the guilt.
IL asked, however, that Charlier be kept
under. surveillance.
Detective Hardy announces to the
little, group the next day that the count
has been arrested. Anita declares he
is %fnnocsnt. Hardy thinks he hs impli-
Gated in some way. Anita and Paulpe
again quarrel over q their respective
Stories. In the meantime a cableEram
is received from Carr, delegating all
business to 'Haviland. =
Hardy and Havitand talk things over.
The latter declares Miss Darlington
was talking to herself when Anita heard
remarks in the room. He also declared
Hardy admits that the case Is too much
for him. He suggests that Fleming
Stone be called in, n Haviland prom
a iEss 30; TO cable Carr for permission to
Having received the authority, Havi-
land retained Fleming Stone. and hte
great detective arrived on the scene a
week after the murder. Because Of the
blackjack. he figured that a burglar
was implicated. with the family. he
discussed events leading up to and fol-
lowing the murder. - .