New Britain herald., 1924-08-11
MURDER READS LIKE
 REAL MYSTERY PLAY
Man Killed, Hint OI Burglar and
 Strange Woman
RELATIVE BADLY NAMED
somer,ilie, Mass, Has Unusual Case - Mysterious Woman, Arrested, Adds To Inoertainty--cutiing tic- tim Himself Acts Peculiarly,

! 0pNittNlllrt lf killing of Da "ss slFsrt, by a rsNolverpF0,-- '1t.3-y s,'. the malmins !. ! asfag t,-,! 1'. lThierry, his broIn4- ." f'"!3aJu, followed by a fail down stairs, ,..,-
 a burglar who disappeared. or q bal that whirred through darkened rooml and Of q bob.haired woman outside the house where these things occur, red who seoffed al the theory that burglars were responsible, were sle- ments in the continued investigation by state and city police today
 While the officials were working on the burglar theory. they said their minds were open to other conditions that might have caused the events of Friday night,
 Died Without Struggle
 It was established that Noble died without a struggle in the vestibule of the home of his father-in-law. Will liam O. Thierry. where he had lived since the death of his wife two months ago. He had been shot as he entered the front door. his keys still In hand. The bullet. apparently .45 calibre. was found in the woodwork of the door.
 No Injuries Found
 Dr. Thierry, hacked by knife, was said at the Massachusetts general hos pital to have suffered no other injur- les. He told physicians he was sure his skull was fractured and that he had suffered rupture of the stomach In his struggle with the burglar who had previously killed Noble. An op- eration for such stomach condition was performed. but physicians said today they found no rupture, and an x-ray examination revealed no frac- ture. There were a few bruises caus- ed apparently by his fall from the head of the stairs in the rear of the first floor of the house, to the cellar below, where he was found by his father, who gave the alarm.
 Knife and Gun Gone.
 Examination of three revolvers found in the Thierry home developed none from which the bullet that killed Noble might have been fired, it was said. A pen knife found near Dr. tThterry m the cellar similarly could not have caused his wounds. The use by the mysteriously assailant of different weapons on the two men, and the lack of trace of either of these weapons, and of any sign of a signal of a struggle were matters of special interest to the investiga- tors.
 Woman Is Held.
 The bob haired woman, found by the police, who kept her identity se- cret, said when she scoffed at the | burglary theory she meant only that | she was in front of the house when | he shot was fired, saw no one leave, and so was certain no burglar was in- volved. Another neighbor reported al- 50 that she was at her back door, heard the shot, saw no one leave, and leard no struggle or cries. A small oag with eilverware in it was found n one room. The elder Thierry told he police he believed g. burglar was responsible for all that happened. lis son had been awakened by bat, le said, heard noise down stairs md going down to investigate en- 'ountered the prowler. or providers.
 Many Possibilities.
 Official inquiry covered wide ange of possibilities Medical Exam ner George B. McGrath of Suffolk called into the case as an ex- 'ert said 1t was not inconsistent with he fact that Dr. Thierry's wound were self-inflicted. MT. Thierry, the der, said his son and son-in-law had 'een the best of friends, mentioning hat Dr. Thierry was the beneficiary Inder Noble's life insurance policy. his was understood to be for s7,500. l