The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-12-24
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uFGIN uERT TO-DAY
Douglas kaEnnr ts found shot EHra
TEH heart tn che early rNrn.uk uu tAr
Erer 20 the Euu room 90 ENpHr 81
Acres his Ions Island home, stand
ing over tho dead man. pistol lu
band. h. AairH.w FINLEY. IHTWrE
sweetheart ~ NaFpora wife. Nancy
fRs Turner EaNugra uaEae, stands
nE the light switch. Pm 5 wuurnE
NaurF spErAFs. "a H.Er=taura ana trrn
rrrd NrFH'e Kent. Nancy hrntheE.
.Ers fu trHW thH soaEh side 90 the
WON. And then Ezra Goddard.
end oE Finley Miss Matte kaF
war.s sister, and Ulhtrs enter uEHN
nEr scene nrfrEtIEe nahhfns heads
fHa police Invest gatlHu An autopsy
rrF ea's that EhEnHr was being ENzr
rrmaueailg poisoned with artentr
L#HnVI kaN nur, son uf Douglas Ray
nor by first marriage, comes Ca claim
DTS father estate FINLEY and or
VILE Kent are talking when Goddard
and Detective hahhira approach
them. The enc most benefited bF
inc death ~ the victim .s Mrs Ray
NOW go ~ MtriI TtiE STORY
shes NOT benefited az ail" said
Ouy, cooliy, she's practically cut
Oft"
she didn't know that until after
the deed was done. returned Dob
bins. "aud I don't mean financially
only Mrs RayuCr was exceedingly
unhappy with her husband she bad
tried for some time 90 take his ltr
ty administering a SLOW, cumulative
poison Not succeeding and urged
ON by the rrappearange 81 her former
sutton. which. I admit. made the at
ttude % her husband harder to bear.
Mrs. Raynor became desperate and
ended her bondage. FOR &c was bond
agr. by shooting her tyuaur
aEut you accuse me % the shoot.
ing" said Finley, ~Only ms finger
prints were found on The revolver,
I'm told"
THAT was a clever stunt ut your,
SIR Finley and the detective looked
az him with a sort of Eruiglng al.
miratiun, II believe sou picked ny
that pistol. Just as yol say you did
and I believe that you had seen who
had dropped it-vho fired Il. as we'll
and 20 save her YOU were quick
wittod enough to whip out your hand,
kcrchicf and polish or all finger
marks except your own. II was an
ingenious dodge, and II worked-ln
that Il eliminated the prints ol Mrs,
Raynor's fingers. But you can't get
ahead Of me. Alr Finlay-I'm onto
your little games.
The astpuudsd. even crestfallsn.
look. which Malcolm Finley was not
quito quick enough 10 hide. seemed
TO corrob1ratg the opinions or the Dc,
tectiyc.
"Cut il out. Dobblus. said orvilIo
Kent, stcruly. perhaps you have
some reason 20 suspect my sister ot
giving tablets OK some sort 10 Mr..
Raynor. but you have no evidence 10
warrant such a suspicion ns you are
now suggesting. Ny sister was ont
ON the west terrace 40 the time that
shot was fired
Now, now, Mr. Kent. how do you
know thats You. Yourself. were
down on the bridge a good GOO yards
away and you know nothing Of the
situation except by hearsay--''
Wen. there's ~ truth In the state
rlrnt that my sister shot
'Oh. shut up. Kent. said Ezra
Goddard. impauently we know
your love and loyalty for your sister
prompts all this defense OF her. but
It doesn't get Us anywhere"
We'll. were going 70 get some
where, declared Dobblns. and
mighty quick. too. I'll take up tho
poisoning business first. We have
everything 70 prove that--cxcept
Airt Rayuor' own confession-whlch
we can hardly expect
Whats your proof" demanded
Kent.
I'VE have found four different peo-
pie who saw Mrs. Raynor furtively
slip something into her husbands tea
or coffee cups. we have found a book
on pols0ns concealed In her bookcase.
and VIC have found tablets hidden in
3 vase In her bedroom which, when
analysed. were found 70 be arsenic
Add TO this the symptoms OF arscnI
cal poisoning observed In Mr Rayuor
FOR some time before he died. and
state, II you can. any flaw in my rea~
soninE from these facts that Mrs
Rayuor poisoned her husband"
Granting ali that. Malcolm Fin
ley said. you've no real case against
Mrs. Raynor. Douglas Raynor was
not killed BY poison, he was shot;
and your connection Of Mrs. Raynor
with that shooting Is a Pigment Of
Your imagination. was on the spot
within a minute after the shot was
fired-I know Mrs. Raynor was out
on the west terrace-I viii swear
Save your perjury until you are
called on for II, Mr. Finley" and
Dobbins looked at him gravsly.
II haven't perjured myself yet
save your advice until do. But
here's another thing. Mr. Dobbins.
All you say regarding Mrs. Raynor
might apply equally to somebody else.
As to the shooting, IL would be Just
as logical to suspect Miss Turner.
say for she was nearer tho spot
where Mr.. Raynor fell than his wife
was You sag I wiped flnRerprints
from that weapon. May they not
have been those OF the nurse?"
She had no motive-Mrs. Raynor
had.
Motive ls good deal, but II isn't
everything" Finley persist d.
Again, as to the tablets. Suppose
Mrs. Raynor was giving her husband
simple tablets-soda or something
and suppose someone else. say dis
gruntled servant, was administering
the poison. Then wouldn't the most
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