New Britain herald., 1924-10-18

that 1t Is exactly eight minutes after eleven.p That's right Dobbins said. with satisfied glance at his own timepiece. 'Where were you at five minutes before seven, Miss Turner?" l
 Tn the pantry"
 And you, Miss Raynor?"
 Tn my boudoir -- as I've told you"
 You, Mir. Finley?"
 "On the east veranda."
 "Mr. Kent?"
 Between the brook at the foot of the hill and this house"
 "Mr. Goddard ?"
 "In my bedroom"
 Mrs, Raynor?"
 Mans face was very white and her voice faltered as she said, "on the west terrace"
 "Rut," and Miss Turner spoke with cold 'clearness, T saw you. Mrs. Raynor, just going out of the sun parlor as turned on the light"
 Just coming in--you mean" cried Orville Kent.
 No" Mis- Turner declared, Just going out--and hurriedly. She came back, moment later, and acted surprised at--at what she already knew"
 You're mistaken" said Finley. in a quiet way. Your own sur prise at the fearful scene the sud den light showed you dazed your eyes as well as your brain, and you couldn't tell just what you did see"
 Indeed could!" Miss Turner spoke with decided asperity. But I will admit I don't know which of you it was that killed him. Only MT. Dobbins 1t must have been one or the other. and they both know It."
 q think Miss Turner should be warned" putt in Goddard's stern NOlCe, lHdt ole lS uHniSe " aS- cuse any one so definitely of what she cannot prove. AS nearly as can learn, the scene which Mir. Dobbins so earnestly desired to have reconstructed includes some five or six individuals --any one of whom might have shot MT. Rayror - be- side the possibility of his having shot himself. Therefore. Miss Tur- ner, for your own good, let mo ad- wise you to say less and think more"
 After I have thought more -- can say a good deal more,' was the significant response to this. and then Miss Turner was called back by the doctors.
 "A valuable witness, that nurse" and Detective Dobbins nodded his head in satisfaction. The way she knew the time, now: there's effici- ency for you there's reliability for you. We'll learn a lot from that woman when the time comes for her further revelation"
 But don't forget, Mir Robbins" Goddard warned him, that Miss Turner, so far, is just as open to suspicion as any one else. Don't forget that although MT. Finley was at the eastt door. and Mrs, Ray nor at the west one, yet they may have been attracted by the sound of a shot that was fired by some one who was at either the north of the south door,
 But Mir Kent came in at the south door"
 That was later, Mir. Dobbins. It is quite possible that an intruder from outside came in at the south door, fired the shot that killed Mir. Raynor, and disappeared again, be- fore Mir. Kentt reached the house at all"
 "In that case you would have seen him running away, MT. Kent?" the detective interrogatcd.
 Not in the dusk" returned Or vile Kentt, thoughtfully. "l am sure as l make out the time of the shoot ing. he woud have had time to get away before I came to the south door. It was too dark to see man if he desired not to be seen - l mean by that, if he kept to the shadow of the shrubbery. A man walking straight away from the south door l should probably have seen, but not one who sulked fur lively away as, of course, ] had no thought of looking for any such person."
 Every one present except the de- tective seemed relieved at the sug- gestion of an intruder from the out side. Goddard followed 1t up.
 As you can clearly see, Mf. Dob- bins the probability of an intrusion by an outsider As too strong to be neglected. trust, therefore. you will thoroughly investigate 1t before accusing, without sufficient evidence, any member of the household"
 Evidence will he forthcoming Mfr. Goddard. We have as yet scarce Iy begun to look for it. Testimony comes first, and we have discovered much already. The hme of the shot is accurately fixed by Miss Turner at five minutes before seven"
 "Is her unsupported testimony to to implicitly relied upon, Mir. Dob-. |. bins?"
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