New Britain herald., 1926-09-14
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 aSog with the murder of Myra Heath and the disappearance of her husband Perry.
 l House guests of the Hoaths are Lawrence Inman. heir to Myra1 fortune, and Bunny Moore. boauti- fCl. Vivacious, 10 whom suspicion points because of her strange ac- 1 tions.
 Myra Heath never used rouge. never wore colors, yet when her body was found she was heavily rouged. She had a mania for collect | ing glass and it was a rare old bot tie from her collection that the murderer used to kill her. Candles l were burning at her head and feet; | nearby was q card marked, The Work of Perry Heath"
 The strange thing about Heath's | disappearance is that inc windows and doors were locked on the inside the night before and were found that way in the morning. Finger prints of Bunny Moore and lnman ! were found on the bottle.
 At the Country club inc murder is discussed by Sam Anderson, | Heath's rival for the club presi- dency; Al Cunningham. who is try i ing to solve inc crime. and others. Todhuntcr Back, nephew of Mrs, 1 Prentiss and in love with Bunny, believes Heath also may have been | murdered.
 Bunny IS amazed to get a phone l call from. Heath. He calls her again, saying Inman is guilty. Bunny fants under a grilFing by Detective Mott. Inman confides to Buck that he saw Bunny ascending the stairs after the murder. and Mott ques- tions all the servants and tells them 10 keep silent
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 1 "Now. Carter" Mott went on, tell mo anything you may know about the relations of your cm- blowers. Be frank, for, as l forbid you people to repeat this talk. SO can promise you that l shall moi TO- peat it, except to the officers of the law"'
 Well, sir, as ladies' maid 10 both Mrs. Heath and Miss Moore, oI course, couldn't help seeing how things went. Mrs. Heath, she was terribly in love with Mir. lnman. Mr. Heath, he knew it, and they had hot words about it. now and then.'
 Did you hear them?"
 Tn part, sir. Sometimes MT. Heath would come in while Mrs. Heath was dressing, and he'd bid me go in the next room and shut the door. Then I'd do so. but if they raised their voices as they some times did. I couldn't help hearing that they were quarrelling about Mr. Inman, even though l couldn't , hear all they said. But never men toned it, not even to the others down here. I know my place, and I've been maid to grand ladies that had bigger secrets than Mrs. Heath had"
 ''she had no big secrets, then?"
 Not what I'd call such. She liked Mir. Inman and he adOred her, but they were cousins-though distant ones-and she had right to be friendly"
 Did Mir. Heath urge her 10 use rouge and that sort of thing
 "They all did that. Yes. he would come. to her dressing room ana laughingly try to put some on her face. But she just said, No in that way she had. and he'd stop. Thcn' Miss Bunny, she was always at her to use color, and Mir. Inman, ne was. too. l. was sort of househoio joke, you sec.'
 "I see. Then. Carter, any one oi those three m.<it have applied that paint to her face after the poor iany was dead"
 They might, sir.
 "Or you might nave done it your self?'
 why, of course I could do II SIT but I didn't. l was up in my ped' asleep" .,
 "she was" broke in the cook. l heard her snoring when went down to look after Katie
 well. we're not suspecting you i Carter" Mott said. "we'Vc no req son to. You surely had no motive i and no opportunity to kill your . mistress
 "Tbe saints forbid." said Garter, 1. feryenty. "I can tell you something else . si,." Emma said. not unwilling to . take the limelight again.
 "All right, go ahead, Emma .
 Mott began to think he was get ting some sidelights, if not very cru i cial statements.
 Well. long about twelve o'clock 1. I thought I heard Katie comm III. . When I have to wait on her comm i in. I'm terrible wakeful. Most every l week she makes me let her in when 1 it's her night out
 Why do you do it?" ]
 "Oh, we all like Katie Emma gave an affectionate glance at the pretty parlor-maid. And she's got her young man, you know, and II a pity she should have 10 come Tn at eleven o'clock, and him such inc feller!" ~,
 It was clear 10 be seen that the state of keeping company had raised Katie to an eminence where she commanded the favors of the ether servants.
 And so," Emma went on, Il stay awake like, to let her in, Tor Mrs' Heath gave her an awful dresslh- down once when she caught her comin' in late Then, as l was lls- tenin' for Katie. l heard voices downstairs. I thought the ta1nliy had all gone to bed. and l was thinkin- of burglars"
 "Yes, you was." sneered Mrs Pierce. You was ct up with curl osity, and you was bound to see what you could
 "All right, then" said Emma, as sentingly, "anyway, l pushed open softly the upstairs door to the front naalye5 over the D1nlS- 1