Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-11

LES, He's hidden 1t under 'pe
"Y s.,,,ub in his suite and Grayson
i bathtuU ID identified It. The old
cane down % o. kill himself rather than
I ice disgrace. 80, .,r,"
"hnd n'9 cane the inspector replied.
ne nsS rines true, though; he says
HIS s,Init s.ITit sleep with what was on his
be couluSS no went out and walked the
mind anIu uS hasn't any clear recollection
streets. be wandered and he didn't
ol o., IAN ,ny one he knew VINO couLo ha .es'ihs i,s
ns'b q. him, 5 but in about two N, ho9rs nS ny
,.n ,..nnrs himself at COLUMBUS @ S,rcie ,ha, nnt
ioaIT ious taxi home. He remembers remembers n .na'
.e., .. chauffeur was an ugly looking Gus 3,
,0e toesr with q deep scar on one si9e a Oh
iGmff, e. face and that ought to help. Come ,,
dovntovn tonGIrcw ossinst mS5nIp hilI' d" we "
80 Int S' when early Sunday morning NC
c.Dtv ps presented himself at the outer
Cs ~. Il the homicide bureau ne was was
oaIh u.s hv Martin, who, greeted MN Win
m'. ~ M. concealed jubilation., 1870.
hMoc hMS =, sir o. He corrected himself
b.isted acknowledgment OF Official
ID ,unsrs Ue,r in the possible hearing OF sn-
msan na,;nrs. but his eyes danced with ef-
pet,u,S, pe.son, "Who do you think is in
tv tS,re this minute, eloseted with the
ehiwa Die, roin,ed toward the inspectors
r,irse Office and McCnrty eyed the door
tiouyhtfully. 49,, o,.orvsd n, last "It
.,,,Ie't M,Ie't knock me Of my feet with sur
W.. u twas the Hildreth woman.
pr,"sSw r,"wbat. \ ii" Martin exploded. "You
..,,Sn't have heard! You must be in
S"" .,ss with the devil himself She
. az IN here not ten minutes ago and
caW .aas herself up; walked deliberately
,sSsSt sSt into our handsW
f's"1ii ~ , ,sTDectrd il, though not quite so
MrCarty remarked placidly.
'0V"; ,1you old fox! Martin grinned
.srorhure pulled a bonehead, too, last
.;.St didn't he? Who do you think
~ tsIlow was who croaked CrevelingT'
"I,m wasting no time wondering
vA,t fellow did it" McCarty returned
IN n trace OF impatience. Give the
;rsn,stor a buzz and see will he let
ma in on that little conference in
thsreT"
awaiting MS uTTlNul hhu hS eh'"'Sa '"'
inner sanctum to find two women there
one standing and facing the inspector
across his desk and the other huddled
on A chair in the corner. smiling into
her handkerchief. ,
II do not want that she should be
blamed" the first woman was saying IN
Mr mild, gentle voice. 1T was only
reat kindness that she showed In
bIdins me, for you see, sir, she believed
Inspector Druet nodded briefly to his
coutrere and the woman turned her
great. blue eyes slowly upon McCarty
With O start Of recognition.
"Who are you?" The inspector
turned to the huddled figure in the cor
rer.
"Ada Hopkins" The hand holding
the handkerchief fell to her lap, dis
closing a small. pinchcd, delicatelJ
withered face. I'm seamstress, out
By Ii. day, and ] have the fat under
Mrs. Hildreth's.-Mrs. Hills. mean
| rot sick and she took care Of m,
like an angel; nobody ever did anything
for me before in all my life. / knew
she was sad and in some kind of trou'
BE, but she never told me about i
and didn't like to ask; IL / didn'
mind my own business / never coult
have kept my customers for twent!
years, going from house to house.
Come, come" the inspector inter
rupted, Get down to cases, Miss Hop
kns, So you hid this woman whei
We were after her the other night, di'
youi"
YES, sir, and I'd do it again =
The little creature fared up suddenly
She never laid a finger on anybody
jewelry, and as for accusing Mr.. Hill
Of shooting that man--why. he wa
home from q little past IL o'clocl
Thursday night until nearly three il
the morning! That's what I've com
down here to tell you and don't car
what you do to ME for helping Mrs
Hill"
30 you knew she had skipped he
bail, did you?" askekd the inspector.
Not till Friday night, but
wouldn't huvO mado any difference t,
ne; she was no thief, no matter wha
lAat rich family said about her I'm
working extra nights. making q wed
alag dress for one of the girls In tn
ns!Jhborhood and ran out OF whit
sur thread on Thursday night. / wen
around to little shop on Third ave
hle mat l knew kept open late t,
Sel some more, and when came back
met Mr. Hill in the vestibule and W,
m.fed real pleasantly all the way up
What time was thls?"
twenty minutes after eleven b,
;ne CLOCK on my mantel when got bacl
nIo my own rooms" Miss Hopkin
responded promptly. Il know. be-
aus tsuse looked particular; l was tim
mIS myself on that dress and / knew
~ ~ laVe to work until near morning
tas us uoors and ceilings in that Lena
L.n mouse are MS thin as paper and
Isa'a Mr' Hill go into his fiat an,
ue SOUND OF their voices talking TO
sUuts while he tramped back an,
Orth' shaking my chandelier. I wa
sewing away so hard that | never real
4ea how late it was getting tin
nav mS MN go out again. 1t surprise,
' snu ! looked at the time to fin,
Swon was hVe minutes to three. pu
ST| SsJ : my sewing then and went j.
In,nnot "uS pause during which tn
WoEEctor WSEEeCtor eyes slowly met those o
svS;'Mty ,;'ty and what he read there brough
"kt S"nknt hush to his check.
HIN lou are prepared to swear tha
tims i'm. was wa, N MS rooms all during tn
Yes, sir.
~, how do you know that the ma,
E"O,nS "O Is charged with the murder O
uSene Ens". CreyeIing is the same man yor
HMSo vE nISt as lIiIdrcth and then a
' w. persisted the inspector,
nrin,aGm tp9m tn" pictures of him that wa
I'""d IN. M IN last nights papers, an,
S mornings, too; I'd swear to hin
"Wn.' She rctOrtcd with spirit.
"womt "WnHt happened Friday nightP"
in ,Io.I' MIc.I' | was busy putting sleeve
twoan m"l dress, sir, when along be
ES'm IiEc moo,', Twelve and one I heard a soun
reo, @ ryoP'e "oP going upstairs past my doc
Of ~; !, SOFT but ] didn't think anythin
Gt !" l. heard some one groaning, too
wo,t ' ! wouldn't open my door: neye