Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
BY WOMAN'S WIT
By LOUISE HELEN GoODHUE
SYNOPSIS

ildn Lockwood. bachelor. lrho
occupies q house ia W'dshingfoP
nth Lcoaasd lEhlfmorc. for sir
gcGfs his lc0 partner, Is dlcGk-
ci.ed one SRouy morning ty
Barry. the UaIet. eho is much CO
cited. Foli0iring Barry doiCa-
stairs 10 the library, Lockwood
discovers Whitmore dead Ia a
huge armchair before the IRE a
dagger sticking in his back. Or.
Moods md the coroner are SUM-
Btoaed at once. and the physician
declares that Whitmore has been
dead for sir hours, since ono
O'Clock that morning, Killed by
one stroke Of the dagger. aud that
death could not hare been self
inflicted because the lcoHnd icds
Ia the dead mans back. The cor
oncr agrees Nth the physicidn's
Ucrdict and the lJrary is left nm
disturbed 10 diOait police inspcc-
tiou. Lockwood phones The home
o. AgRes Marion, his murdered
partacr's fancee, icith iChom he
too Is IN lovc' aud tens her father.
Detcctire Richmond arrireS and
his questioning ELECTS The. fact
that. the udlct, is an c.r-c0Hriet.
,cith d prison record for forging.
The dctcctire's QRefies make II dp-
parent that he suspects Barry Of
the crime. Lockwood Questions
Barry further and tcargs that
jack Marion. agnes brother, vis-
tied Whitmorc at midnight, short
~ before the crime 1odS commit
ted. he tells Barry not 10 ten
Gngthing Of this. as he fears JdcI;
lciU fail uadci' suspicion. The in
quest IS held. bit The circuns,dn-
tiaI eridence against Barry not
being Sufficient 10 cause an ar
rest. the usual uerdict Of "dccta
bg dagger in the hands Of q per-
aOn or persons aakn0WR." is
brought in. Aftcr the Inquest
Lockwood is Startlcd. by the Gp-
pedrdnce Of Jack Marion accom-
panied by beautiful lady. Miss
Carson. she desires TO Visit the
library 4chere the murder Occur
red. explaining that she is lcritiag
q book and tciShcS 10 use the
Whitm0re nlaricr as part other
plct Lockwood grants the desired
permission. Miss CdrS0n'S iRUeS-
tigatioaS lead TO the arrest Of JGcis
HdriOa as the murderer of WIT
more. L0ckHo0d calls on AgncS
and is aStOaiShed Gt the change IN
her. she tells him that she ioues
WhitBlore more n0lC that nc is
dead than before. Jack Mdrion
pefSaddes Lockwood TO become his
attorney. lie also tells Lockwood
that agnes Is Jaiiiag rapidly and
thdt the slightest shock aCiH kin
hes. Miss CarSvR phones Lock
rood aud makeS az eagdgemeat
(oc Dc;ecffre Eiehmond. Jack
Mdrioa and herself TO meet az his
rooms az 8 the followiag eue'Iing.
~ this mcefing Defeciirc Rich.
moad d;Sci0ses nc iact that Whit !
more 9eas saot stabbed 10 death, (
6gt thet pTgssic ocid. ottuttsiSter.
ca in On asknoaeit aaaaaer, caused
MS deaths L0ckGood discioscs The
fact fhe. Z Sssdu man piih gfag
mEStnclle rieitCa Whumorc abor,
It month before the murder and
told him mat some day nc ,coald
get him. WhhAorc Is called 10
sun Francisco by bnc OF his
cgesiS The aigh before tearing
nc calls upon agnes dtd is Cmd@-
cd at The chuagc Ia her. He bids
her goodbye, coHpinocd that he
lciIi RcUcr see her dlirc again. The
night before his return Lockwood
has riv.d dream Ia lchich Agncs
appears aad tells him that she
understands all note" The neat
Gag he rccciucS a telegram tcH.
ing of her death. S.