Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01

rugs taken up. There was no chance
that he would discover anything new
unless IL might be By deduction.
Wild Rose had reported TO him the
result OF her canvass Of the tenants.
Ono or two Of them she had missed. !.
but she had managed to sec all the
rest. Nothing Of importance had de-
veloped from these talks. Some {lid
not care to say anything. Others wanted
to gossip whole afternoon away, but
papers had told them. The single fact
that stood ont from her iaquiries was
that those who lived in the three apart.
tnents nearest to Number 12 had all
been out Of the house on the evening
Of tho 23d. The man who rented the
rooms next those OF Cunningham had
left for Chicago on the 22d and had
not yet returned to Denver.
Cole took in the easy chairs, the
draperies and tho soft rugs with an
appreciative eye. ''The Old boy bc.
lieved in solid comfort. You wouldn' 4
think TO look at this that he'd spent
years on bronc's back buckin' bliz.
yards. Some luxury. I'll say! Looks
like one o. them palaces Of the vamp
ladies' the movies show
Kirby. wasted. no time in searching
the apartment for evidence. What in :.
terested him were its entrances and Its
exits. its relation to adjoining rooms
and buildings. He had reason to believe
that, between o o'clock and half past
10 on the night Of the 23d. not less
than eight persons. in addition to Cum
ningham.. had been in the apartment
How had they all managed to get IN
and out without being seen by each
other?
Lane talked aloud. partly to clear his
own thought and partly to put the sit.
uation before his friend.
90 course don't know every ono
Of the eight was here. I'm guessin'
from facts l do know. maxim infer.
cnces, as you inicht say. 70 begin with,
! was among those present. So was
Rose: We don't need to guess any
about that
Cole. still almost increduious at the
mention OF Rose MS suspect. opened
his lips TO speak and closed them again
with no word uttered.
He was one Of those loyal souls who
can trust without asking for explana-
tons.
1.-THE lady Of the violet pcrfuine an
"At least she was--most prob'ly he
was. too. It's a cinch the Hulls wore
IN the rooms. They were scared stiff
when I saw 'em little later. They
lied on the witness stand 70 as to clear
themselves an get me into trouble in
their place. Olson backs up the cvi.
dcnce. lie good as told me he'd seer
Hull in my uncle's rooms. II he did
he must "a been present himself. Then
there's the Jap Horikawa. He'd beat
1t before the police went to his room
to arrest him nt daybrcak the mornin'
after the murder. How did he know
my uncle had been killed? It's not
likely any ono told him between half.
past 10 an half-past 8 the next
mOnin'. No. sir. He knew it because
his eyes had told him so."
'I'll say he did" agreed Sanborn.
Good enough. That makes eight Of
us that came an went. We don't need
to figure on Rose an me. I came by
fhc door an went by the fire cscapc.
She walked upstairs an down, too. The
violet lady an the man with her took
the stairs down. We know that. But
now about Hull an Olson an the Jan?
Here's another point. Say it was o 80
when Rose got here. MY uncle didn't
reach his rooms before 0 O'Clock. He
changed his shoes. put on E,nokin'