Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-12
SYNOPSIS

3.n Tortv00d. a bachelor. rho
...ls n boRsc ia Washington
a yro8qrH WhtmOre. for sir
,., his lac parfHer, is dlodk-
,f one sBOicy morning by
,-., fte rqict. rho Is much err
.,5 FoHowiHg BarrB doica-
.,,..s IN me library. Lockwood
,..or,Js WhitmOre deed IN a
,.oe armchair bcfore the IRE a
t.oo,r qfictpg in his back. Or.
r..,ds and ne coroner are sum-
-oo,d m once. and me physician
,,,Isyss mat WhitmoTe has been
l..d fur sir hours. since one
.,.i,lt mt morning. killed bB
',troEc u me ddOgcr. and that
5,o1 couM MT hare been self
..e,,,gd because the cOHnd iods
y. Ur dcad mans back. The cor
..,r o0ffes rim the physicians
...d,cf and the HbrGrU is icft I'M
..su5bcd ~ GrGu police inSpec-
liam L0cLlro0d phones the home
!, loncs MdFi0n. his murdered
oa,iucrg fanccc. 1cifh ch0m he
,ooiS.iB lore and tells her father.
nllrrtire Richmond GrTiUcs and
lI, questioning cHcitS the fact
that me Udlct is an er-eOnUict,
,r,ib prison record for forging.
Tlc dciecirC's queries make IL dp-
,q,cni mat he suspects Barry Of
me crime. Lockwood questions
Eoryv further and learns that
het Marion. AgRcS' brother. els
ited Whffn0re at midnight. short
IN before me crime tCGS commit
fd ne tens Barry not 10 ten
ANYTHING NJ mis-. as ne tears Jack
,c,U raV uHdcr suspicion. The in
opcs is hcM. bit the circHnlStdR-
bol cridcnce against Barry not
beB0 SaffcicRt 10 cause an ar
,csf. me usual rerdict Of "dcdth
bga dGggcr ia the hands OF q per-
son or pcrfopS anknorR," is
lroughi in. After the inquest
Iociwood is startled. bp the Gp-
pca,ancc Of tack Marion accom-
pnnicd bB a beautiful lddB. Miss
Carson. she desires 10 ViSit the
HbtarU Whcre the murder occur
red. explaining mat she is rriting
book AMI riShcS 10 use the
WhtmOrc murder as part oJ her
p,ct Lockwood grants The desired
permission. Miss CdrSOn'S inpeS-
legations lead 10 the arrest OF Jack
Marion as the murderer Of Whit
more. Lockwood calls on Agnes
aad IS GStOHiSbcd al the change IN
hrr. She tets him that she l0pcS
Whtmore more nOW that he is
dead than before. Jack Marion
pcrMddcS Lockwood 10 become his
0u0rucR he also tcUS Lockwood
that Agnes is falling rapidly and
nat the slightest shock rill Kill
bcr. Miss Carson phones Lock-
W00l aud makes an engagement
0t DCfcctirc Richmond, Jdct
Marion and herself 10 meet al his
rooms al . me foIociag eUening.
AZ his meeting Detective Rich
mond djscl0ScS me fact that Whit
more tcaS not stabbed 10 death.
bet that pritSSic acid. administer
cI iB an HEkHOtrR manner. caused
ais dCdfh. Lockwood diSclOScS 'hP
'oG thet q NWaU man icith gtdp
mRSiache liSiiCd Wh.tmOre abort
@ month before the murder and
told him that some day he 9c0nld
gri hjM. Whitm0rt is called 10
NH FIGECiSc0 bB one Of his
clients. Thc night before ledring
hr calls upon Agnes and is dmGs-
a. 40 the change in her. He bids
ho g00d.bVC. convinced that he
rdl Hcrcr see her dlirC again. The
m1bt before his return Lockwood
has r.rid drcdm ia trhich Agnes
appears and tells him that she
understands al H0ic." The meet
Gag ~ receives telegram tell
'a9 of hcy death Upon his return
20 Washington Lockwood encoHH-
'uS A,SS Carson she tells him
That the man 81 mystery is found.
ht Is CLIFFORD ashton. irhO lcdS
'h11'cd bU Leonard Wbiimorc
f'aIA AGO. Misses Carson diIangeS
q" tatc III. ashton. DetccfiUe
R''tHond, JACK Marion ana Dr.
woods mCct iH LockWood's apart
"ca'A She then Informs them
That She has found the trWo Grim.
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