Evening star., 1922-03-23
LIES Of newspapers and innu-
- merable clippings from the
press bureaus Uttered Kenne-


press bureaus Uttered Kenne-
dy's desk In rank profusion
Kennedy himself was so deeply alb
sorbed that merely said good evening
as came In and had started to open
my mail. With an impatient sweep
Of his hand, however, he brushed the
whole mass Of newspapers into the
waste basket.
ut seems to me, Walter" he ex-
claimed in disgust, that this mys-
terry is considered insoluble for the
very reason which should make 1t
easy to solve-the extraordinary
character of Its features"
lnasmuch as he had opened the
subject, laid down the letter ! was
just why you made that remark.
Craig" / ventured. You're reading
ups on that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
"You are on the road to becoming
a detective yourself, Walter" he an
Your ability to add two units to two
other units and obtain four units Is
almost worthy of Inspector OConnor
You are right. and within a quarter
of an hour the district attorney OF
Westchester county will be here. He
telephoned me this afternoon and sent
an assistant with this mass of dope
l suppose he'll want it back" he add
ed. fishing the newspapers out Of the
basket again. But. with all due re-
spect to your profession. I'll say tha'
no one would ever get on speaking
terms with the solution Of the case
if he bad to depend solely on the
Mo-" 1 queried. rather nettled al
his tone.
No" he repeated emphatically
Here one Of the most popular girls
in the fashionable suburb OF wins
ton and one Of the leading younger
engaged to be married. are found
dead in the library Of the girls nome
the day before the ceremony. AND
now. week later. no oneA knows
whether it was an accident due &c
the fumes from the antique charcoa
brazier or whether 1t was 'douoie
suicide or suicide and murder or 8
double murder, or-or-why, the ex-
perts haven't even been able to agree
on whether they have discovered poi
son or not" he continued. grown
as excited as the city editor DID over
my first attempt as cub reporter: .
They haven't agreed on anythine
except that q the eye of what was
presumably. to have been. the nap.
piest day Of their lives two OF the
best known members OF the younger
set are found dead. while absolutely
no one. as far as is known. can oe
proved to have been near them with
in the time necessary to murder them
No wonder the coroner says IL II
simply a case Of asphyxiation. Nc
wonder the district attorney Is at nj:
wits end. You fellows have houndee
them with your hypotheses unIi
they can't see the facts straight iot
I,,$yo M
The door bell sounded insistently
and without waiting for an answe.
a tall, spare, loose-jointed fndiEidua
stalked in and laid green bag or
the table. l..
began brusquely. Il am District Al,
torney Whitney of Westchester.
see you have been reading up on the
case Quite right .,.
quite wrong" answered Craig
Let me introduce my frieno, Mr
Jameson of the Star. SIT Gown
way the newspapers have handled
this case. was about to tell him
as you came IN that l intended to
disregard everything that had oeei
printed, to start out with you as II
it were a fresh subject and get the
facts at first hand ,rst Lts sel; Geu us s hi 8,
hSWs4s was that Miss wainwright.
and Mr.. Tenipleton were dlscoVeree
Tkesdistrict attorney loosened the
cordsof the green bag and e, Ore" ou.
bundle of documents. III reae
You the affidavit of the maid who
DOCUMENTS nervously. You see
john Templeton had left his office
in New York early that afternoon
telling his father that he was going
Do Visit Miss Wainwright. ne
caught the three-twenty train, reach.
ed Williston all right. walked & TO 'nt nt
wainwright house. and, in spite o,
the hustle of preparation. for the
Wedding the next day. he spent tne
rest of the afternoon with MISS
Wainwright. That's where the mys-
tery begins. They had no visitors
At least the maid who answers tne
bell says they had none. she was s
busu with the rest of the family, ano
beueye the front door was moi
iocLed-we don't lock our doors ir
WiIIiston, except at night.
He had found the paper and pauseo
TO inapress these facts on our minos
"Mrs. Wainwright and Miss MARIA, s,
Wainwright. the sister, N.ainwr;eh, Were yeSt
wished to consult Laura about some,
thing. She summoned the maid ano
a. asked il Mr.. Templeton and MISS
wainwright were in the house. Inc
maid replied that She would see, ana
this is her affidavit. Ahem! I'll SKIP
Ing W T Knocked at the library door
twice, but Obtaining no answer
supposed they had gone out 1or
walk or perhaps a ride across coun
try. as they often did. l opened tne
door partly and looked In. There was
silence in the room, a strange. queer
silence. I opened the door further
and. looking toward the d'venpor,
In the corner, l saw Miss Laura ano
Mr.. Templeton in such an awkward
nosition, They looked as If they had
fallen asleep. His head was thrown
hack against the cushions of the dav-
! enport, and on his face was a mos,
awful look. 1t was discolored. side
ways, and on her face, too, was the
same terrible stare and the same dis
coloration. Their right hands were
tightly clasped.
aasSsF aasSea on Then me They 1hs nSo'd %ere dead
felt Siddy for a minute, but quickly
Recovered myself. and with a cry fol
help rushed to Mrs. Wainwright
room, shrieking that they were dead
MIS-, Wainwright tainted. Miss Mar
ian called the doctor on the telephone
and helped US restore her mother
She seemed perfectly cool in th<
tragedy, and do not know what we
servants should have done If she hac
not been there to direct u.s. The
house was frantic and Mr.. Vain
wright was not at home.
"I did not detect any odor wheT
I opened the library door. No glasses
toll n.