Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-22

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n;aoI,. ohnm, hor foot and tried tn close
hor orosg,'
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..nb wclI tho cves of corpsc arc
usuoIlv staring wide and when they
arn n,oro ,Iits IiLo those It's safe
Lo, ,hot ,o,rchodr triod to close them"
ox,lainod pauI bulf arologcticaIly.
Thor ho ho,t still lower over the body.
Tho two Older mon watched him in
.iIorco forbcoriuv to iutprrInt his OK
o,,i,o,;o, by ory advice of their own,
A. lonctb ho sot hack ou his heels
and lnoknd nm at them.
~ oon., n,oLc il ont he admitted
frankie "Tbis is surcIy unique
r,urdorcr you have ,tccrcd me up
ayaipst chief He kills tho woman.
nnts the revolver in hcr hand. to try to
save himself from suspiciou. and then.
an almost womapish sentimental pity
tokos rossess;or of him Knowing that
hoe ikoIv IN no discovered at anv mo-
mont. he stsys long enough to close her
c,ce arrange hcr skirt about her ankles
and even places ono of her hands across
bcr hroast covering the wound"
chief Rurke looked a triHc discon-
cortcd and tho coroner laughed.
Tho chief thought that. in falling.
her elbow might have struck the edge
,f that chair there beside her. and
lher arm been flung across her breast.
but tr;cd tn show him how unlikely
that theory was. In such a case. reflex
action would have made the hand slip
1imrlv Of the breast to the floor. No.
tho nppcr arm wa. resting on the floor
wben the forearm was raised and
nrosyo. ocross the bodv." pr. Craven
shaw explained I'm glad that point
did NOT escane vou."
,,you have examined the revolver,
o;rs'' paul turned to the chief.
.,yos ono shot has been fred from
II " the latter responded. she must
have boor killed immediately after her
return from the Red Cross ball at the
Iedvords
SO that is where she had been. +"
popl nodded i've seen her name in
tho naners q lot. of course, in connec-
tion with society and war work and
that sort of thing. She had time to
toLc bor cloak off and Law il over that
| rbair-bv the way, have YOU examined
itq''
.Tho cloak? Yes. No evidence
tberp
Nevertheless Papl pickcd IN the lux :
: urious fur trimmed garment and looked
,t both ,ides of il closely before re -
. nlaciro il with slight shrug as Of
: acnuipscence He turned again to the
cororor and remarked.
There doesn't seem to be very much
hlood Doctor
"%o hut the revolver is Of small
o,,ihor ,rd tho ,ad1 NAV have been
-, :, ~ Crorsnshav renlied
All th.. of course will bc determined
= ., tho ar,onsr thought myself that
y .ok,kIx soaLad nm into thn rup -