Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-25

1Dk Ut the portrait upon 900, cls,l The
hug, spulI, uf canvas was blank ,N.
.pt fur SOME numbers s,Dvl,d 900
.nl,,,d Goa the upper .u'J hand corner
and small cross bon r"d paint % htU,
.,luw ga, center to. SOME minutes
,h,sc ,uiEmaur rhuH.t..s or,uu,I
close attention u' the sergeant. then
%, turned ou .br mst OF 'H, lights and
lvtt tine studio. guug directly to o..
outer hal without o. sr,.uu glance iu
ward Do, houIur uHi bedroom.
lap puu' seated upon the lowest
tor of ,E. staircase, ra~. hastily aud
saluted. rsi2aE
conc off tuy boys cam, uu, siI- ~
ind out .p.u .hu Nglt Boo chat studiu.
hut ! liked D. with him o., remarked
D'd you 'mi Jh, answer tu what was
UsrlnI N.u sergeant
'li I've found ln. answer tp what
An, mszhng mr uoanc" me replied.
I've stumbled 600 e bigger mystery
.p, and hhch'r one
~. found ,t headquarters that Craig
lad tlrDtd, turned BOO bie report and
Oh, .hirt wus awaiting his own ap.
p'auUrr with lii,uueealod mrucuc,
"Nhot un y.l thm,g' tbr ,hi,'
asked
AS to tho identify ul th, murderer
ir lI'.y asked. cautiously I'm
utr certain that several u..n. who
might con,,naby hal, klIvd Mrs
Nanc did not do d. and shat let. 900,
lut tor tn, mom,ut However iuu, b.
Ipou myself iu Co. little unofficial n.
vcstiguuug-"
cor course That what expected
sou tn do the chirf interrupted lgur
ly. The medical examiner hau. u,.
.nuvd tho autopsy vet naturally but
rom his account 81 the allaIr ls well a-
hc o. ports ol th, buy, from %, local
re,nut and EuNl, and Caig. 90 m
pears that the \Juc woman WAS shot
Stone visitor. suuu uru $50, know
well, and that "a, had uu m,moniin
4 tho attack. There's uUc queer point
ihuut th, murder that thr press is
bound % pomcc ,p ana play up b.g
nd yea can't a.c amy explanation
! thought perhaps you Nigh, hay,
,omc idea.
What is that. sire" Uury touD was
suil,luss
There wctr uu powder marks uu "a,
Numtu's sWvrh and on. medical ca
immcr Uys th1i thu shot mus' have
lOon fired from distance o. several
,e,t 40 lrast
IN, chief pau-,d Now. according /,
8ul,'s report Professor soni,unv,
rat,d that when Won AND hc heard th1
sound oi the shot aud opened his du,I
co. heard GEL 'st,ps 600 tine sairs."
Sergeant Barry smiled
The professor and have a slight
hiiDIruD, cod opinion about th. di.ec
uuu 81 the sound OF ihu~c Footsteps
bee hylioN,. that tht, Wen. coming uu
while I 1m uuit. a- certain that h,,
wen, descending b, g,id. However
that's not Jhr malu roint YU a,
VIOng th.uk sir though u.t n th,
.ly sou wsu That steep en- ~, s,pirs
500 everything tn dn with b.. murder"
What e. The ,l.,t 7nuuI from h,
ulir
"liJs guyuu, given sou description
yr' of the portrait which Miriam Van,
was painting when she met hpr death
ir''N asked Barry
"Oniy that % D. picture of Mrs
rh,oJur. Nanslulrt--'
Coming down staircase" Iaut
ui,h,d 9TH, THIRD STEP OF THE
TAlES j. iu.l ,r u level with the att
/ -ts breast as RIO, sal on stool hcfor,
I hr easel and thor, IS bullet hole n
/ %, canvas Miriam Van, was sho
through "a, heart Dos som,ou, on th,
H'h.. sijE ol the portllitr'
VII
Dor n moment the ch.rf SCENTED about
4 Cd explode with the mingled emotion,
which consumed him. The n'Nt ho ,inl
acS in his chair and raised his poN,.
ul hands. o. i,t them fsll with shu
lr,u his desk
bullet h,lr through ths ruiaIt"
! Is. exclaimed And none 90 those no
.r.,lut nltuut diUks. NOT even th.
/ rrdi.al examiner h.sn~,lf had ewes Z,
+ .,, Boz The reporters would have snuk,I
II OFT and had a fine laugh Uu thD 90.
. artW-nt BE- % hadn't been Ger you
. iuhu"
n. woman dciiIrrat.l. .d.sIr.l. .I
eIs of h,l fHrm,I Hd.nufI .HI-. DO,
h,s s.cr,t to hidc.- sid Eau .um
Int luf certain that 3D. previous t..-
fN Nas nut hrfe1l iu suuD U shiu,
with her life. Tn, shot which killed hcl
va, n,' The first o. b. involvcsl IN hci
I destiny
The rihh,n dried flowers. hro. an,
/ BE- hair and thr i.strt -wht. Z euppos.