The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-26
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THE STORY so FAR
SANDY MCNEIL, in love with life.
marries BEN ,MURlLL0. a rich Italian
10 please her impoyerlshed family ~
ranny by Murlllo and frequent guar.
refs follow. A son dies at birth. BOB
MCNEIL. her uncle aids in nlans' for
SANDY and her mother TO take trip
70 Honolulu. There she meets RA-
M -. de- s.'e h5 I've -
JUDITH MOORE. Il cousin tens Sandy
love Is everything. Sandy leaves Mu,
milo and accepts the kindly attentions of
Ramon, whose home she shares. When
her mother dies she leaves Ramon and
goes TO live with =, her cousin. Judith.
Judith loves. introduces his friend,
FAL HUME. a doctor, t. Judith. he
himself falls IN lq T, with sandy SAND who
Judith heart broken Sandy meets RAJ
mon Worth. who has returned from the
80 They p'an to run away together.
The day before. Sandy goes to Ramon
Office at his urgent request. He shoots
sandy and commits suicide. Sandy is
taken to Hal Hume.s shack when 1t IL
learned tndt her name s e9Hia n WIN a
fore detectives who learn that he was
az Ramon 2ltiee on the gay or{ OF the the
part IN the shooting, he is taken to ian
and INDICTED for murder: When Judith
what she knows Of the affair and thus
viudicate Douglas.
CHAPTER CYL.
lie wouldn't talk. lie refused to
say one word in his own defense. He
had no witnesses.
Andhthey were proving he was in
the room His fingerprints We're
there. THAT blood stained handker-
chief was his. He was seen enter
ing Worth's office on the night, per.
haps at the very hour Ramon died,
The second day of the people,
case against Douglas Keith charged
with murder.
Judith stood in the kitchen of the
little hunting shack her eyes Bills
tered as they drank up these ac-
counts Of the trial in the evening
papers,
And you were sweeping a neigh
boring room when you heard some
one shaking the knob or Ramon
Worth's door,"
The janitress. a sharp featured
woman about 40, was on 'the stand.
Yes, sir"
You came to investigate and
found a young man in a brown suit
inpationetly waiting? You're positive
the defendant is the man you saw"
"Yes--he's the man I saw.
Tell what happened"
lie waited there. lie shook the
knob. Then he raped hard, like
this, with his knuckles. After quite
while the door was opened. He
went in lie spoke to someone. 1
heard him say, Good God" Some
one answered. 1t was woman s
voice. The door closed l then
went TO 4 room in another corridor.
/ paid no more attention. When 1
looked again the lights were out. I
supposed they'd gone. 1t was II
o'clock. l quit then. l didn't
chance to enter Mr.. Worth's office. I
didn't see anything further"
What time was it when you saw
him enter that room?"
About a quarter Of eleven"
label Cowan, architect, was called.
You have the Office adjoining
that formerly occupied by Ramon
Worth?"
Yes
Did YOU happen to be in this
Office on the evening of Monday,
February ninth?"
Il was there from 11.o'clock until
T."
You're certain it was the Monday
night in question:"
"Certain. On this date I returned
from Fresno and was leaving in the
morning for Humboldt. 1 went to
my Office for some plans. I arrived
there just about II and remained
until l."
Did you hear any sound-any
voices-any indication Of a scuffle;
any shot fired III this adjoining
room?"
Il did not. heard no sound at
ALL"
Would you have heard such
sounds had they occurred?"
yes. positively. There door
between the two offices. Even faint
sounds are audible"
w nat makes you positive that n
shot fred in this room would have
been heard by your"
AN experiment was tried to pro 70
this
The architect told of this On the
Saturday following Ramon's death
q police officer fred a 90 in the
room. All doors and windows were
closed. The report Of the pistol was
shockingly lound as heard in the adj
joining room. g.
And no such sound was heard