Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-05
a Broken FRIENDSHIP

DIR. HOOD, local medical Examiner
ana coroner.
a Broken Friendship
I've taken Dir. Benkard's body
doHn to my own Office, ma'am, for OF
coutse you know thereIl have TO be
an autopsy" DR.. Hoods voice was
Blled with respectful sympathy. TITS
only a matter OF form, though. for
there isn't any doubt OF the direct
cause Of DEATH
Mrs. Cayley, In n straight black
r,own which accentuated the portly
lines Of her figure, leaned across the
library table and spoke in a choking
whisper.
you mean that wound on his
head. doctor?'
ut was a crushing blow which
fractured the skull at the base of
the brain like an egg SHELF and death
must have been instantaneous The
doctor took off his spectacles and
wiped them carefully. Il should
Judge from my first examination
that 1t took place eight or nine hours
ago, at midnight or little after
There Is no possibility OF an acci-
dent?" Her hands claspcd and I'M
clasped nervously.
None, Mrs. Cayiey. There was
nothing anywhere about the court
which could have caused such a
blow, and even IL the stone seats
and flower urns had not all been In
their exact positions, they are too
heavy for n single person to have
lifted any one of them. You had no
intimatlon of this until your maid
knocked at your door and told you
an hour ago."
Naturally not" She touched
her eyes with her handkerchief. II
left my poor brother In the best of
health and spirits when | retired.
and heard nothing during the
night"
What time did you retire. Mrs.
Cayley? ! am sorry to trouble you
with all these questions now, but a
representative of the city authori-
ties Is on his way here, and IL [
can give him as full an account as
possible of what has occurred and
Of the events OF last night as far as
YOU know them. 1t may save you
much annoyance" There was n
significant hint in the country
doctors voice that was not lost on
his yis-a- Wis, and she shuddered.
Il am more than anxious to give
the authorities any help In my power
If my brother was-was done TO
death. but | can scarcely realize it,
she mUrmurcd. "Hc was a man OF
to,,,nnr ava &c such many neonle
r,,,t ~, nat,,r,Il, ontoconistic
- r ,,'ar hn,rd - ,ry norsonai
ano,n,, of tis ccrtainlv Mona who
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w ,',,. roou, ~ few minutes mast
,h, ~, ,t1,,,' dnnghtc,. md
already rctired--and | was almost
Immediately followed by Miss Vera
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Sho nausea ne If overcome Inv ber
o,,,n,ions ord br Hood uoitcd for n
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,oI, me- Mr. C,ylnv overvtbipr that
honnoned M matter how trivial
trnrn thn moment nf his return ,
biJ no como nv train or in his car.
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thot NJ Inc who ,yos IN hnyn or-
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car for dinner. refer to Mr.. J.
Stoneham Lane my brothers closest
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