Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-07

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II cannot understand about those
slippers, Sergeant Barry" she said.
"They're-they're soaking wet,
aren't they? 1 don't know how they
came to be here"
when did you wear them last?'
II couldn't say: not since 1 LEFT
Paris, anyway. They were fright
fully uncomfortable, and as soon as
l reached home l threw them out:
or at least 1 told Martha to do so. 1
cannot understand how they came
to be still here in the room and in
that condition. They must have
been worn out in the rain.'
Sergeant Barry" she murmured,
II am very i'll. Has the o per-
formed the autopsy yet? DO they
know how my cousin died?"
He paused for a moment. Should
he tell her the truth and let her
know how the evidence was piling
up against her?
Miss Laurel Tudor died from in
haling a noxious gas which caused
~suffocation and which we believe to
have been generated out in the ga
rage here" he said slowly. THAT
gas was in some way conveyed to
this room and administered to your
cousin
But how could hat be?" she
cried wildly. "Why was l not kill
ed, too? Oh, 1 understand now what
you mean about those slippers! You
think that l wore them out to the
garage last night in all that storm
and did this terrible thing! Why
could someone else not have thrown
them there under the bed. thinking
that they would not be discovered
until an opportunity came to dispose
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would l leave them where they
could be so readily found?"
why would anybody? ?" he coun-
tered swiftly. "Who else in this
household can yea your slippers,
Miss Tudor"
For an instant. as this irrefutable
fact confronted her, the girl stood
shring at him as though bereft of
her senses. When she spoke her
voice was carefully guarded.
II had not thought of that, SER
geant, but you are right, of course.
No one else in the family could have
worn them; but whether you believe
it or not, let me assure o that ]
did not wear them last night, or at
any time within the past two Or
three weeks, and l am utterly inno-
cent of any knowledge of my cousins
DEATH"
Il have brought nj accusation
against you. Miss Tudor" the de-
tective reminded her. You have
identified the slippers as your for
mer property, and though they are
wet and stained you assert that
you nave not nae them on in weeks.
That is the situation as it stands,
and L do not propose to annoy you
with further questioning. l am sorry
that you are i'll. Did you speak of it
to DIR. Green or the coroner?"
mo. 1t is nothing. My head felt
queer and congested. and l discov-
cred after the excitement had died
down a little that it ached violent
ly." She hesitated. live had
odd fits of dizziness, too, but l am
sure they will pass away presently"
go and rest, by all means, Miss
Tudor" Barry held the door open
for her to pass him.
He stuck the little slippers, all wet
and muddy as they were, into his
hip pockets and descended the stairs
to find the sheriff still in consulta-
ton with the bereaved mistress of
the house, while the professor was
walking up and down on the porch,
evidently awaiting the others pleas
ure to depart.
professor, there is something ]
am anxious to find out about" Barry
began. What effect would carbon
monoxide have upon one who had
been only rendered insensible by 1t.
or had merely received a Whit of it,
Headache, dizziness and nausea
are the immediate results If the vic
tim revives,' Professor Semyonov
responded. "Rest and fresh air will
work their own cure in a short
timer