Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-11-27

manu. DIeEeu Httic or nothing III the
way OF Information. having Oily heard
Of their masters death when they
-eached the house AT six-thirty Chat
morning They did moi live in the
louse as Barry did. and consequently
\ knew nothing of the tragedy until the
'alet Informed them on their arrival
/ An Office hoy and two clerks from
our downtown Office brought TO light
40 new facts beyond stating that Mr.
Nhitmore appeared in excellent
spirits when he had left the o.Iice at
four-thirty the day before. The only
yisito7s he had received were three or
-four OF his clients. and Mr. Jack
Marion | was barely able TO repress
| my start OF surprise AZ this. for con-
Guided IL must have been at THAI time
he midnight appointment was made
Jack took the stand soon after. His
was mainly the story Of his own and
ais family's friendship with the law
! yer. He explained his presence in
| Whitmore's Office by saying he had
gone there for some advice on mat
/ ters concerning a company that he
was saeing. II was quite true. he was
| sueing a company for damages TO him
! self and car when, the company's
truck carelessly coiided with him in a
crowded district. But | happened to
know that all matters inf that par
ticular case had been settled satisfac-
torily, Jack being always kept con-
stantlyi in touch with The progress.
| Besides, the entire matter had been
/ turned completely over TO me, and it
would have been to me. instead OF to
! my partner. that Jack would have
| come had any details arisen.
Where were you last night?'
Coroner Richards asked, more in or
| der to allow himself time to consider
than that he had any suspicion of the
witness.
Still retaining a self-control which
amazed me, Marion answered that he
had remained at the club until shortly
before twelve, playing cards with GER
tain Of his friends, whose names he
gave. On his way home something
happened to the machinery OF his car
which caused him to leave it in
garage and to walk the rest OF the,
way Me arrived at bis house, he said
at nearly a.quarter to sone.ss &.
His manner was so calm, his words
so frank, that he was dismissed with
out further questioning, though an Of
ficer. was detailed 70 verify. both his
ctfNfS
from his club, Mr. Marion had been
there all evening from nsne untN al
most Twelve playing bridge with sev-
oraI roll-kliown business men FEom
the garage came the cofroboratioh of
his lbaeakdown. With must have oc-
CURED. according to tho man on duty,
between midnight and half-past
twelve. The mechanic had been so
busy that. he had not looked at the
clock until twenis-fiye minutes to opc,.
and Mr.. Marion had been goncs.for
some time.
AS the jury consulted, | caught
Jacks eye in which detected CLEAN
OF triumph. as if he were daring me to
prove anything detrimental to him.
smiled reassuringly.
"Good work." | soliloquizcd; good
work! Yes. / suppose you did get
homo about a quarter to one. 1t isn't
more than five minutes walk from
here, and if you took the street-car--
yes. il would just be about that time"
From his club to our house was not
more than ten minutes ride, while the
garage az which he had left his ear
was but two blocks. away Conse-
quentiy. il was probable that Marion
did exactly what he told the coroner.
and also kept his appointment with
Whitmore. A little fast walking
would get him home at the hour he
stated. having given him fifteen or
twenty Minutes in our. library. %lIl
that admitted. ii did ot\bring nae any
nearer to knowing swhat he wished of
my partner at the midnight interview.
| determined upon a little private in
vestigation of my own; not that even
suspected the boy of crime, but-well,
il could do no harm to play the detec-
tive. and it might prove successful
for me.
The jury. after careful elaboration,
returned the usual verdict in mys-
FERROUS cases: death by a dagger in
the hands of a person or persons I'M
known Strong as was the circum-
stantial evidence they believed they
had against Barry, i. was not suffi-
Client to warrant arrest, at least for
the present. So with a feeling of sat
isfaction, took my leave OF the coro-
ner and retired to the quiet of my lit
tie Office to avoid the newspaper re-
porters who were DESTROYS of inter-
viewing me. | felt very tired as
sank into a comfortable chair by the
window and looked out upon the
white-topped houses and snow-cover-
ed ground. 4
The inquest had lasted for what
seemed ages though ii was now but
shortly after one. Oddly enough
vas not hungry. ] only wanted to
smoke quietly and unintcrruptedly
away from the questions of the re-