Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-14

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WILL Wv lSS1 VI lNC 1IVu6oe HIlCus- OuJ HUKly
and disappointed with life. She sNreaks
her temper on her social. secretary.
Anita Frayne.. in the course Of q bridge
place is taken BY Pauline Stuart. Miss
C~arrington's niece, who fails to appease
her aunt's temper.
ca E4ns'ay the f:%s e e,sak' u e. and Mis-. :
French visitor with whom she 10 In
fatuated to walk in the conservatory.
On her return there are further quar-
Girls t. leave tho house: She then Pre-:
pares for bed, after scolding her French
maid VIII shows resentment. Her jew
els. Of great value. are left on her dress
The next morning Pauline goes to. her
eunts room; She inds Miss Darlington
dead. The body is seated before the
Oriental robe. and Jewels. Pauline sum
mons help. and when the doctor arrives
he nnds that Miss Darlington has been
XII d.. eX a heavy blow on the back Of
is coiled, around her neck. A. foot print
which Pauline had earlier noticed on
the, floor is obliterated. Anita is appar-
is the gamer from the tragedy.
Later. It develops. that Miss earring.
tons death was due to: poison, the blow
1 1iet tse a nssa APPARENTLY aes;S. having been = In
A. the coroners inquest Pauline i.
agitation but does not incrtminate her
Is also called and questioned regarding
bromide found in a glass Of milk IN
Miss Garrington,s room. Questioning Of
Anita; was then called; and she told
a thrilling story: While eavesdropping
s 1eie M1ss G%anis s. G%srr;n. door, x she .ts ssh5e
someone. she said. that tomorrow ell
ss99mnnetd the woman was talking to the
s %Ssreupon Pauline Anita ss ssoisaed the she 't sax
after l o'clock. Pauline denied this and
declared that Anita was the n who
left the dead woman's chamber.
Count Charlier denied that he was in
not. KNOW Know Nj s'S ea qeS,s;en .'e vii, Il l eft
him ten thousand dollars in U; s. bonds
Darlington CART 3 'e home. r 9eFe Suggestion !esHe '" 81
collusion between the count, and sery:
re ,veranda Of the carrinston home
Stephen Illsley said he saw Mrs. Froth-
ingham on the stairway inside the Car.
rington house. She, then. admitted that
stepped inside to look at the tapestries.
The detective returns and declares that
the glove found on Miss C%arrinston's
body belonged to the count; whereupon
SAS = CUNTS, D.. 80 IN july A~SAA iG
a verdict. but does not nix the guilt.
1t asked, however, that Charlier be kept
under surveillance.
little Rste sToSp th Ma nsyt day eSat the to eo ,ahs
has been arrested. Anita declares he
is innocent. Hardy thinks he is impli-
Gated in some way. Anita and Pauline
stories. In3the meantime a %cabiesram
is received from Carr, delesating all
business to Havi!and:
Hardy and Haviland talk things over,
was talking to herself when Anita heard
remarks in the room. He also declared
that the count was the murderer
Hardy admits that the case is too much
tor him. He suggests that Flemins
Stone be called in. and Haviland prom
ises to cable Carr for permission to
do so. 49,. ~ l.
land retained Fleming Stone. and hte
great detective arrived on the scene q
week after the murder. Because Of the
S!aski ,neile.t he f fW,tS thu that ':,s = SS!sl :,
discussed events leading up to and fol
lowing the murder. :a !
Stone made a thorough inspection 81
body was found: He seemed convinced
that the killing was done by an ordin-
airy burglar or thug. who was fright
j fnsa aw AZ a Ssfo H.r as s eenad 10 st tne sa ane
itarium to question Estelle. and to
| Hardy's surprise. the great detective Sc
cured an admission that a nan named
girl admitted letting him in n later
opening the door to get him out. She
said she. thought he had committed the
murder and to shield him she had lied.
CHAPTER Xn.-Condnued.
"She didn't drink that milk"
but you fixed it, thinking she
would?" %s4te .e&
Yes" =, ss -
That's all. Come on Hardy"
and somewhat unceremoniously,
Stone took leave. and made for the
nearest telephone station:
After that, matters whizzed. Stone
had called: the Police Headquarters
and asked that an officer be sent with
a warrant for the arrest of Bates.
How do you know where he is?''
asked Hardy, nearly bursting with
curiosity.
I'm not sure, but at least I know
where to start looking for him."
the way they had come.
Stone stopped at the. boarding
house he had noticed on the way to
the sanatorium. and rang the bell.
Sure, enough. Bates lived there and
Bates Wis fat home. -~' .N
At Stones first questions he broke
down and confessed to the assault
with the blackjack.
But I didn't kill herr" he cried,
"she was already, dead! Oh, my
God! can I ever forget those terrible.
staring eyes! The saints forgive me!
I was half crazy. There she was,
dead. and yet smiling and happy
looking! Oh. sir, what does 1t all
fnean?" E