The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-01-05

mat VIII su MIa FINLEY WISE
I1plSd 40 um goulrmpi5ttyvN. You
an. uuesrtain because you want Co
ha You arr uncertain OF what %
sas rather than az 20 hat you saw,
You ara trylug 20 think what VIII De-
byN FOR Alra EaynoF'u interests
-Arc you a clairvoyant Mr. WiseF'
I Finley asked
.No. q D. not necessary 10 be that
20 rad your attitude
MY attitude b more sincere than
you think Finley spoke angrtly
NOV. Il have no reason 20 speak
oth,r than tho truth. Bm Il l. not
surprising that cannot remember
clels.y the details or the Scne
riat Is perfectly true, Yet the
drt5ils sou do remember arc some
Whgs contradictory, The lights
tia he'd on. sou glanced first and
naturally az the shocking sight %
Mt. Rayuor's body on the floor With
tho llght on you could see this plain,
I ly-aould even soc that he was cyi,
IDENTIFY dead. or AZ least. seriously
llnlun,d j. this not So
"I4E"
"A,d you looked al the revolver
IN yosr hand
I I dtre say suppose so-yss,
/ am suite I ala"
/ ''rhan. your glance turned toWau'
the doa- where Mrs, Raynor stood Pc
Yes q
/ yet. .after tho motion you took Of
Mr.. Ray;nor, amer tho look You gave
\ Chc weat on sou held IN your hand
after thA e appraising Eiancss you
state thas your eyes were 10 blinded
/ by the sud Ion light you could not SEQ
AIRS. Rayn ar clearly"
Malcolm Finley looked chAEr.ned.
and then. In manly fashion he ac-
espted the situation.
Il fear J. spoke hastily, Mr. Wise
. Now, can only SAY. thatl agree thai
after the attention paid 20 thI
sight % Air. Raynor, and 20 the go
yolysr. whics l saw quite clearly 1
could rot hare bean daEzled By tho
light. But y hen said that 49,
Z thought Il WA 40. Nov, ! VIII cor.
rect /, by sa,sng that ! must have
been dazrd rather than dAzzlea. and
dassd - stunned almost, by the
I shock OF the evident tragedy. and
because OF my bswildercd senses
/ ala not sec ciea,y-dennitely rather,
the exact position or attitude Of Mr-
Raynnr as she steod IN tho doorway
yet Il seems probable that you
should sec the ihiy "a vol az that
YOU shouk $40 isi other scenes you
speak OF. You nottcsd Miss Turner
j Eyes. sin, stood. her hand sian on
the light EVitch. Srr face Mortified
and behind her c.snc Mia Haynor
equally ugiatcd
You saom 10 have nos!ced these
two ladies mach more definitely than
you observed Mrs Ratpor Why was
THAR
u cannot tell you Malcolm Fin,
ley aid. With dignity.
"wm you tell me-. Wise aid. turn
ing 20 Nan. 'whc Their you were leay.
ing or entering tho room when the
lights appearedf"
II don't know"
"Try to think 1T may mean a
great deal"
4 can't tiIink-f cant remember"
You were sitting on the terrace
when you heard the shotG-'
Yea"
You rose AZ once and walked
toward the sun pAsiors"
Yes"
Mrs Raynof. then M you had
been sitting In tlIs dusk, your eyes
Z, were accustomed 10 it-nof ms u you
had como from a liShtcd room--Shsn
you reached The west door Of the sun
parlor. was tho door opsng
What did you sec"
Nothing alarIninx--at first"
But you saw
Nancy looked az him. her eyes
wide with horror. yet full OF unccr-
thinty.
You say" the ipezora6la blue
eyes looked steadily at her.
II saw" she spoke bka one hyp-
notified, then she seemed fairly 20
wrench her own sazs away from the
detectives IA she cried cat, II won't
tell you what I saw
Let her alone" said a soft little
voice. and tho girl. ZlzL glided 20
Mans side. sank In low seat beside
her. and took her hand.
AS to incidental matters" the
detective said, speaking on as II with.
out interruption, whose was the
revolver"
1T belonged 20 my brother" Miss
Matte said. eagerly. glad 20 take a
part in this enthralllng conversation.
wise looked NJ her with interest.
Where did he keep it7''
Right IN tho table drawer IN the
sun parlor."
who knew the revolver was IN
that drawer7'
Everybody in the house" Miss
Rnynor replied.
"Flngerprlntsr'
None were found on Il except
mime Malcolm Finley volunteered.
1--WE been told you wiped IL with
your handkerchief. Mr.. Finley. even
whiled you were dazzled by tho sud.
den light and dazed by tho shock OF
the tragedy"
Yes. did Il unthinklngly-"
you did not do II unthinking1y,"
the detective said. You did II pur-
posely - 10 remove fingerprints -
either your own or nnothor'sl WIN
you say which7"
IF / say which. ! shall certainly
say my own-for I have no reason
20 ustss,acf INV ono olaa''
did you shoot Mr.. Raynor7"
II am not obliged 20 answer that
question, as you well know, Mr..
Wise"
And you prefer not to do so7"
Now, as TO the mark Of the over.
shoe on the floor" The detective
seemed to Jump from one subject TO
another easily. who saw it?'' Il
II did" Miss Raynor vouchsafcd.