The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
Can you solve this case Of
THE UNKNOWN WOMAN.

The man in the adjoining apart
ment had heard a suppressed little
scream when she had opened the
door, following the heavy footsteps
which approached her room. But
IL had not been repeated, so he dis
missed the matter from his mind.
It was not until the next morn
ing that the janitor noticed that
the door was ajar, and saw her
body where 1t had been flung into
q corner of the room.
When Harvey Hunt had finished
his examination of the room the
following points were listed in his
notebook:
-choked to death. Throat bruised.
Brnises most intense around to-
ward back of neck on either side.
Bruise on arm just below elbow.
reaching all the way around
Electric candles on boudoirstable
center of the south wall of room
smashed. apparently by design.
Nothing else on boudoir table dis
turbed- other light lit.
Numerous hairs from brown fur
on tapestry chair, southeast cor.
ner. Only furs victim has are
black.
Door in east wall at corner of
south wall. Window, to street, in
center of north wall"
In cooperation with a finger
print expert from police headquar-
ters, Hunt had made a. thorough
search for fingerprints, but found
none from which satisfactory i'm
pressions could be taken, except
those of the murdered woman her
self.
For the rest. the woman was un-
known to any of the occupants of
other apartments in the building,
all Of whom had lived there for a
year or more and had clear records.
She was a newcomer, having rent ed
the room only a couple Of days be-
fore she was killed. She gave the
name of Mrs. Sadie Jones. The
apartment house was not one of
those which boast a hallboy or an
elevator. and nobody had seen her
visitor enter or leave the building
well. Hunt, I'll be hanged IL I
can see any clue but the brown fur
hairs" said Detective Quigley. of
headquarters. Il can't see anything
TO do but hunt for a man with a
brown fur coat. That looks to me
like a pretty big order when you
consider we don't know whether
Mrs Jones was using her right
name or not. where she came from,
what her business Is, or who her
friends and acquaintances are. We
know she was choked to death, so
the murderer probably is a man.
No woman could choke another to
death without more struggle than
there are signs of here"
Yes" replied Hunt The heavy
footsteps in the hall also back up
the theory that 1t was a man, as
well as numerous other things"
He pausced a moment thoughtfully,
then continued: But 1 wouldn't
say. ouigley, that we can draw no
further deductions than that. Sup
pose We reconstruct the crime this
way:
The man who killed her was GER
tainly wen known to her, and she
was in great fear of him. He was a
heavy, powerfully built man. a man
Of quick decision and action, but
not always a clear thinker in an
emergency, probably due to a vio-
lent temper which sometimes gets
a little out Of control. Further
more. I'm inclined to think that in
the third floor front room of the
house directly opposite, you will
md that there lives. or did live, a
man who knows who he Is. who Is
his enemy. and who probably is a
crimknal I would suggest that we
look Tor him. think he's a coward.
too I
-For the love of Mikei" calculated
ouisisy. How do you dope all that
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