The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-12-05


look, which Malcolm Finley was not
quite quick enough to hide, seemed
to corroborate the opinions OF the de
tective.
"Cut it out. Dobbins.' said OrviIle
Kent, sternly; perhaps you have
some reason 10 suspect my sister Of
giving tablets Of some sort to Nr.
Raynor. but you have no evidence to
warrant such 4 suspicion as you are
now suggesting, My sister was out
on the west terrace at the time that
shot was fred"
Now, now. Mr. Kent. how do you
know that? You. yourself. Were
down on the bridge a good three hun
dred yards away and You know
nothing Of the situation except by
hearsay-"
well. there's TO truth in the
statement that my sister shot"
"Oh, shut up. Kent" said Ezra
/ Goddard, impauently. We know
your love and loyalty for your Sis
ter prompts all this defense of her.
but il doesn't get US anywhere"
Wen, we're going to get some
/ where. declared Dobb.ns, "and
mighty quick. too. IN take up the
poisoning business first. We have
everything 10 prove that-exlept
Mrs. Raynor's own confession
which we can hardly expect"
What's your proof?" demanded
Kent.
We have found four different PEG
/ pie who saw Mrs. Raynor furtively
slip something into her husbands
/ tea or coffee cups. we have found
book on poisons concealed In her
/ bookcase, and we have found tablets
! hidden IN vase in her bedroom
I which, when analysed, we found 10
ne arsenic. Add TO this the symp-
/ toms Of arsenical poisoning observed
in ". Raynor for some time before
he died and state II you can. any
flaw in my reasoning from these
facts that Mrs. Raynor poisoned her
husband.
Granting all that" Malcolm Fin
ley SAID. you've no real case against
Mrs R-ynor. Douglas Raynor was
not killed by poison. he was shot.
and your connection Of Mrs. Rayuor
with that shooting is tiGIuert OF
YOUR imagination. was on the spot
within a minute after the shot was
fred know Mrs Raynor was out
on the west terrace VIII swear
Save your perjury until YOU are
.rEf4ad
Dobbins looked n him gravely.
4 haven't peijured myself yet
save your advice until I 10. But
here's another thing. Mr.. D0hbins.
All YOU say regarding Mrs Baynor
might apply equally to somebody
else. AS TO the shooting. it would
20 just as logical 10 suspect Miss
Turner. say. for she was nearer the
spot where Mr. Raynor fell than his
wife was. You say l wiped finger
prints from that weapon. May they
NOT have been those Of the nursee"
she had no mot.ve-Mcs. Rayuor
had"
Motive IS a good deal. but it
isn't everything" Finley persisted
Again. as 20 the tablets. Suppose
Mrs. R8ynor was giving her husband
simple tabiets-soda or something
and suppose some one else. say a
disgruntleI servant. was administer
ing tho poison Then wouldn't the
most likely thing be- for the po.soner
20 plant the poison in "a vase in
/ Airs. Raynor's room
Look here. Mr. Finley. you're TO-
/ maDcing altogether too much l
haven't time for such balGerIash If
( YOU. or anybody else. has any facts
/ TO communicate to me. 20 ahead. but
otherwise. 7 must 20 on with my
proceedings against Mrs. Rayuor
If she is really innocent. il must
come out-if she is gu!lty-.t must
be shown Justice must bee done
In the meantime, NAn Raynor. at
her wits end as To what course 70
pursue. was walking in the Italian
garden. As she paced the flower-bor-
dered walks. she Indrveled at the de--
olate position IN which she found
. herself
Her brother loved her-but. after
all Orry seemed 10 her more like a
child than source of help or
strength. Malcolm Finley loved her
but just now he was the last one
to apply 20.
Miss RayOr was weather vane.
Now she seemed fond Of Nan. and
resented her suspicious Of her. and
the next minute she would be vote
ing the same suspicious herself.
As Nan walked along, her hands
clasped behind her. her eyes cast
down, she was Joined by Grimshaw
Cannon.
She had never liked the old man.
but al her husbands especial com
mand she had always been courte-
Gus 10 him. She had never under
stood the link that bound these two
lily assorted natures, but she could
not HELM seeing there was one. For,
/; occa sionaIly. Cannon would come up
70 the house ard he closeted an hour
or 50 with Raynor. after which ep.-
sode Raynor would be unusually
harsh to Nan. Ply this she knew
that the relations between the two
mon were not amicable. for it was
always after Raynor had had an
unpleasant interview with somebody
else, that he vented his irritability
on his wife
And so. in accordance with her
usual habit. Nan nodded a greeting
TO Cannon and said a pleasant good
morning.
| You know, Mrs. Raynor." he he
/ gan abruptly. I know a lot about
/ your husband"
Il suppose so. Mr.. Cannon"
He was a hard man, maam, a