Evening star., 1922-02-18

necessary to add that in the present
case We know precisely who"
3 At this point THE tension WAS SO
great that it snapped. Miss La Neige.
who WAS sitting beside me. had been
leaning forward invoiuntarily. Al
most. as If the words were wrung
from her she whispered hoarsely:
They put me UP to doing it: didn't
want to. But the affair had gone too
far. I couldn't see him lost before
my very eyes. I didn't want her to
, get him. The quickest way out was
and stop it. 1t was the only way I
could think OF to stop this thing be-
tween another mans wife and the
man loved better than my own hus-
band. God knows, Prof. Kennedy,
Calm yourself. madame" inter-
rupted Kennedy soothingly. Calm
yourself. What's doE. is done. The
1 truth must come .ut. Be calm.
Now" he continued, after the first
! storm of remorse lad spent itself
and We were all ou.wardly composed
again, 1--WE have s.. i'd n-.hing what
ever of the moss Iysterious feature
| of the case. the firing of the shot. The
murderer could have thrust the
weapon into the pocket or the folds
OF this coat'-here he drew forth the
automobile coat and held it aloft. dis
playing the bullet hole-"and he or
she q will not say which) could have
discharged the pistol unseen. BY re-
moving and secreting the weapon aft
| erward one very imporIant piece of
evidence would be suppressed. This
person could have used such citrtridec
4 as i have here, made with Smokeless
powder, and the coat would have con-
.cealed the flash of the shot very ef-
fectively. There would have been no
smoke. But neither this coat nor
even a heavy blanket would have
deadened the report of the shot.
What are We to think of that?
Only one thing. l have often Won
dered why the thing wasn't done be-
fore. In fact 1 have been waiting
for it to occur. There is an inveu-
tion that makes it almost possible to
strike man down with impunity in
broad daylight in any place where
there is sufficient noise to cover up a
click, slight 'pouf" and the whir
of the bullet in the air.
Il refer to this little device OF a
Hartford inventor. j place ii over the
muzzle of the .32-caliber revolver L
have so far been using-so. Now, Mr..
Jameson, If you will sit at that type
writer over there and write-anythinG
SO long as you keep the keys click
ing. The inspector will start that
imitation stock-ticker in the corner.
Now we are ready. / cover the pistol
with cloth. / defy any on in I,i!s
when / discharged the pistol. ] could
have shot any of you. and an out
slider not in the secret would never
have thought that j was the culprit.
To q certain extent, / have repro
duced the conditions under which
this shooting occurred.
AT once on being sure Of this fea-
ture OF the case l dispatched man 10
Hartford to see this inventor. The
man obtained from him a complete
l 1icf ~ oil he an n
| whom such devices had been sold.
The man also traced every sale Of
those dealers. He did not actually OBJ
tain the weapon. but If he is working
on schedule time according to agree
ment he is at this moment armed
with search warrant and is ran
sacking every possible place where
the person suspected of this crime
could have concealed his weapon.
For. one of the persons intimately
connected with this case purchased
not hong ago a silencer for q thirty
two-caliber revolver, and 1 presume
that that person carried the gun and
the silencer at the time of the murder
of Kerr Parker
Kennedy concluded in triumph. his
| voice high pitched. his eyes flashing.
| Yet to all outward appearance not
q heart beat was Quichened. Some
one in that room had an amazing
store of self-possession. The fear
fitted across my mind that even at
the last Kennedy was baked.
| Il had anticipated some such anti
climax" he continued after a moment.
! Il am prepared for it,"
He touched a bell, and the door TO
the next room opened. One OF Ken
nedy's graduate students stepped in.
You have the records, Whiting"
he asked
Yes, professor"
IT may say" said Kennedy. that
each of your chairs is wired under
the arm in such way as to betray
on on an appropriate indicator in III The
emotion. Though 1t may be concealed
from the eye. even of one like me
who stands facing you. such emotion
is nevertheless expressed by physical
is test thai is used frequently with
points of psychology. You needn't
| raise your arms from the chairs.
| all over now. What did they show.
whiting"
The student read what he had been
| noting in the next room. At the pro-
duction of the coat during the dem
| onstration Of the markings of the
bullet, Mrs. Parker had betrayed
!, great emotion, Mr.. Bruce had done
likewise. and nothing more than or
\ dinary emotion had been noted for
the rest of us. Miss La Neige's auto
| matte record during the tracing out
/, of the sending of the note to Parker
had been especially unfavorable to
her: Mr.. Bruce showed almost as
| much excitement: Mrs. Parker very
| little and Downey very little. 1t was
all set forth in curves drawn by self
recording pens on regular ruled pa
4 per. The student had merely noted
\ what took place in the lecture room
| as corresponding to these curves
"At the mention of the noiSeless
gun" said Kennedy, bending over the
| record, while the student pointed It
out to him and we leaned forward to
catch his words. ct find that the
| curves of Miss La Neige. Mrs. Parker
| and Mr.. Downey are only SO far from
normal as would be natural All of
| them were witnessing a thing for The
| first time with only curiosity and no
| fear. The curve made by Mr.. Bruce
| shows great agitation and
| ] heard a metallic click at my side
and turned hastily. 1t was Inspector
Barney O'Connor. who had stepped
out of the shadow with a pair of
/ handouts.
James Bruce. you are under ar
! rest" he said.
| There flashed OF my mind, and
| think on the mips. of some of the
1 others, a picture { another cleo
| tricaIly wired chA:A
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