Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-07

to his own carclcssneSs.
"How's the lady?" he asked rcmorscfuDy.
The detective told him. The taxmsn
groaned In horror.
WHO was she?" demanded the detective.
The taximan shook his head. Never saw
her in my life BEFORE" be stated. He mar.
rated the circumstances Of his engagement
by Rosa.
The detective was quick witted. He saw
a connection between the victim Of the sccl-
dent and the woman wanted for the Hill.
cres. killing. so In the morning. employees
Of the Longridge Hotel definitely identified
the body Of Rosa as the missing Mrs. Car
ver"
jenkins, arriving at his office at nine. was
greeted by the detective. He listened atten'
lively to the mans story. He nodded ar
proyingly.
Good work, Wilson," he said.
A reporter from the afternoon paper vas
waiting to see him. He ordered that the
man be admitted.
The morning paper. pro administration.
had contained long account Of the nnyster.
GUS killing and had wound up with the state
ment that the police were showing remark
able efficiency.
jenkins smiled as he read this. There had
been neither efficiency nor ineffciency shown
as yet. But now. this information brought
by Wilson clarified the case. There rE
nained to be found the letter that had BEEN
written to him by the dead man. but that
would merely explain, probably. the motive
for the crime And that was not nearly
SO important as the identity OF the slayer.
And that identity, Jenkins believed. hal
been discovered. The woman was deeinS
Hillstown when she had been killed. 1t was
known that she had been excited at learning
tat her husband had left tie hotel OK
course, there was something puzzling In the
fact that Carver" had made. apparently.
an engagement to meet q woman at Hill
crest, and that his wife. who patiently hal
been there and killed him. should have bean
excited at his departure from the hotel.
Still, Jenkins reasoned. they had intended
TO 20 together but for some cause the man
had decided to 90 by himself. leaving the
woman to follow later. Tho letter written
by the dead man might clear up this gap tn
his reasoning.
And that letter would soon be found Half
do Al men had been searching for II since
dawn. They were, according to report
upon his desk, climbing trees. looking in thA
branches. They'd find it. And be-
cause a crowd Of amateur searchers would
hinder the police IL the existence Of the let
ter were made known. nothing had been
given to the newspaper men t',>ut 1t. The
waiter had been instructed to keep silent
and Jenkins was quite sure that he would
obey.
So, feeling that with the identihcation OF
Rosa the department had good nights
record, he smiled upon the representative OF
tbs evening paper. Personally. they w--s
friendly, although politically opposed.
Anything new on the Hiilcrest murder.
chief?" asked the reporter.
"You can't bawl us out this afternoon.
Kennedy" said Jenkins. Anything newt
Well, something. We've found the woman
who killed Carver"
The reporter was a sportsman; he coulS
appreciate the dexterity Of = foeman.
Mice W; he commented. How'd ~
do it?"
jenkins told him. The reporter nodded,
Anything on the motive!' asksd.
"Not yet" jenkins admitted. But WI
hope to learn something"
Tho reporter nodded again. But yea
can't prove that this woman killed the man.
he objected.
"Its circumstantial; I'll conceds tn&ts
said jenkins. But pretty good At that
I'm say it u.s." the reporter congratulate
him. Much obliged, Chief"
jenkins srinned. Don't mention it. Ken
nedy."
IAN right, I won't" smiled the news
paper man.
There was something mockng in his
smile, something that made jenkins vaguely
uneasy. Did the man know anything that
was not known to the police? Mentally hs
began reviewing the case as it had progressed
thus far.
He had an excellent brain. And he had
not been thinking five minutes before he
began to see, not the one haw in his rea-
soning--the stranSeness Of the fact that, il
Carver" were planning to have luncheon
with his wife, he had not driven to the Inn
with her-but several others. For opposi-
ton sharpened his wits.
The case, with the Identification Of the
body Of Mrs. Carver" had seemed SO sim.
pie that he had been content with what had
been DONE But the mockins smile Of Ken.
nedy made his brain. lulled into eontentm
awaken.
MRS. Carver" had been killed in an aeci.
dent to her taxi. But she had ridden away