The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-24
THE VANITY CASE"
A Tale of Mystery and Lone
BY CAROLYN WELLS
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- DEUIN HERE TODAY
IN Harbor Gardens, Long Island. in
and his WIFE, MYRE yea they PER Nere
T l'%SRESScEs 4 f&MAE guests distant rela.
tive Of Myra's and. aside from Perry.
n'f Benny GHSlNE heir MORE e9a young. golden.
M haired; vivacious. an old friend of
9 / Myra Heath was beautiful but cold.
S Hhe collected rare bits of glass. and her
aroused her artist husbands scorn.
s sSs PAP Perry 7, and Bunny MyTa ANNOUNCES
man, cutting her husband off Fhat
h1g at she gggarrels with Perry and al
Discovering Myra alone with Inman
ate that night. Perry orders Inman out
az the he hous1e by morning. but the, next
wifes body stretched on the studio. floor
Winsth csshn d burning at her head and
is dressed in gay colors, Near her is a
card Hns,h marked THE Work of Perry
her chershe Sfe MhsRy eq bottle N WEen w the
coroner comes Inman ana. Bunny are
Spestioas. MesnwGiIe,, 5 at the y Country
SITS the mmrder is tn topiE q G9
GSSf5}pps avg her ", sepheS% "s T9PahH Gh NFf3fR
yites Bunny to. stay at her house next
Buck at sight of her beauty, is her
Mrs Prentiss relates having seen mys-
ferrous lights appear and disappear, the
the inquest testimony brings out the fact
that Bunny Moore knew of the murder
e inform her The "o c gSn 70 then her asks
Emma, n one OF TIE matns' what at time u
of hn MN 1nr ED1Y1a
~ was half past one-that she looked
at the clock in the pantry.
"A fine-time of night for a young
woman to be getting home" ex
claimed the coroner, but, remember.
ing that the derelictions of the Heath
servants were not his immediatehcon.
Germ. he went on with his inquiries
did you, Emma, see anything un
usual about the house at that timer
mo, sir, but wasn't in this part
of the house. The maids rooms are
IN an ell at the back"
Il see. And you went straight
back to your room?"
Eyes, sir, as soon as I had locked
the door after Katie"
Every well. And Katie, what did
you do, on your return?"
Il stayed downstairs a moment, Or
two, and then I went to my room"
what did you stay down for?"
II went to the icebox, to get some
thing to eat" Katie blushed a little,
but spoke candidly.
"Katie's always eatin," Herrick
murmured, with a tolerant smile.
And then you went up to bed?"
Yes, sir, 1 did"
"And saw nothing unusual, nor
anybody about?"
Katie hesitated for a bit, and then,
suddenly jerking up her head, she
said, mo, sir" in a loud, clear voice.
"You are sure?" the coroner urged,
for he had a feeling she was not
telling the truth.
Sure" she replied, firmly, and Os-
born dropped the query, and led her
to tell of her finding the dead woman
in the studio.
This recital was just as she had
told it to him before, and the jurors
listened eagerly to the details of the
and the strange presence Of the writ
ten card and the burning candles.
1.-THE candles were just about to
go out?" asked Osborn.
Almost ready to. sir" agreed
Katie. "They burned a bit longer
eft al IIory.i11,
came in. But they flickered out in
a few moments"
The other servants were ques
toned, but no further or more def
mite light was thrown on the mys
terry of the murder or on the dis
of Perry Heath.
Carter, the ladies' maid, was the
last to be interrogated.
Also. she was the only one of the
staff who showed real distress or
grief. The others seemed a stony
hearted lot, but Carter, her eyes red
with weeping, truly grieved for the
mistress she had loved and cared
for.
Asked what she knew of Myra's
last hours, she said:
II dressed Mrs. Heath for dinner
last evening. She was a bit fussy
about her clothes, as she often was.
I tried three gowns before she was
suited. Then, when I brought that
white georgette, she said, Yes,
that's the very thing, Carter. I'll
wear that So, put it on her, and
she said, laughing like, They're all
at me to wear a touch of color.
S'pose wear some red beads? But
I could see she didn't mean it, and
I held up two necklaces for her
choice, one a string Of crystal beads
and one Of pearls. And she chose
the pearls, and I ciasped them
round her neck and she looked
beautiful"
Z "She didn't use rouge or POWDER"
IA dash Of powder, yes, sir. But
not rouge-oh, no, never"
Have you seen her-this morn
ing?"
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