Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-15
"Pfints?" / said. half daxedly.

4.
"Yessir. I photographed q lot o.
finger prints in both houses. an the
headquarters people fixed ,em up for
me, m4gnerfied 'em. you know, an
printed 'em on little cards, an as you
can see. they're all the same" !
glanced at The Nsheaf Of the
them to scrutinize.
Il got those prints from all sorts Of
places" Ftbsy went on: "Ofr Of the
glass bottles and things in the bath
rooms and of Of the hair brushes and
such things, an off Of the envelopes
OF letters, an of the chairbacks an
any polished wood surfaces, an I got
lots, Of 'em in both houses. an the
police people picked out the best an
cleanest an fixed 'em up, an there
you aro!"
They seemed to think this settled
the matter. But I would not be con-
WINGED. OF course, I'd been told dog
ems OF times that no two people in the
world have finger prints alike. but
that didn't mean q thing to me. 1t
might be, I told them, that vicky Van
n Ruth Schuyler. were friends. that
Ruth had withheld this fact. and
No. said Stone, mot friends, but
identical-the same woman. And.
listen to this. Mrs. Schuyler heard US
say this evening that Fibsy could
photograph the brushes and such
things over here to get Miss Van AL
lens finger prints, ana what does she
do? She sends Ttbbetts ove to- scrub
and wipe of those same brushes, also
the mirrors, chairbacks and all such
possible evidence. A hopeless task
for the woman couldn't eradicate all
the prints in the house. And, also, It
was too late. for Fibsy had already
done his camera work"
How do you know she did all
that?" and I glowered at the detec-
tive.
because Flbsy just told me he
found evidences Of this cleaning up,
and. too, because Mrs. Schuyler pur-
posely kept u over there longer than
we intended to stay. You know how,
when we proposed to say goodnight,
she urged us to stay longer. That was
to give her maid more time for the
work. Now. Mr.. Calhoun, so on with
your objections to our conclusions. 1t
helps u theory to nswer your re-
futations."
Her letters" I mumbled, scarce
able to formulate my teeming
thoughts. "Vicky Van sent a letter to
Ruth Schuyler"
"Of course. she did. Wrote it her
self. with her left hand. and mailed
it to her other personality. in order
to make the police give up the
search. And. too. the letter from Miss
Van Allen, found in Randolph Schuy-
ten and placed there by Mrs. Schuy-
Ter for us to find"
IMPOSSIBLE" l. cried. IT won't AL
low these libels. You'll be saying next
band!"
"she did" asserted Fleming Stone.
gravely. She did kill him. in her
character as Vicky Van. Don't you see
it all? Schuyler came here as Somers.
his own wife in disguise. Or. he may
have suspected it. and may have come
to verify his suspicion Any way,
when she saw and recognized him.
whether he knew her OF not, she
lured him out to the dining room and
stabbed him with the caterers knife"
"Never!" I said. I Was not rantinE
now l was stunned by the revelations
that were coming so thick and fast
I couldn't believe and yet ! couldn',
doubt. OF one thing I was certain, I
would defend Ruth Schuyler to the
end of time. I would defend her
against Vicky Van-why, il Ruth was
Vicky Van-where was this MOL to
end! I couldn't think coherently. But
II suddenly realized that what they
told me was true. 1 realized that all
along there were things about Ruth
that had reminded me Of Vicky. 1 had
never put this into words, never had
really sensed it. but I saw now, look
ing back, that they had much in7com-
Appearance! All, I hadn't yet
thought of that. -
Why" I exclaimed, "ths two are
not in the least alike, physieAlly!"
miss Van Allen wore a black wig"
"a mostly cleverly constructed one,
and she rouged her cheeks. penciled
her, eyelashes and Redeemed her lips