The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-08
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MRS. PRENTISS sees lights
mysteri0usly appear and disap-
pear in the HEATH household
next door one night, and the next
day HarbOr Gardens, Long =
Island, 10 sgog with the murder
Of MYRA HEATH and the dis.
appearance Of her husband,
PERRY.
House guests Of the Heaths
are LAWRENCE lNMAN, heir |
20 Myra's fortune, and BUNNY
Moore, vivaciOds, gOIde n.
haired, to whom suspicion points
because Of her refusal to answer
qucsti0ns.
Myra Heath was peculiar. She
never used cosmetics, never wore
COlOrs. She had 4 mania for col.
Letting glass. and Il was q rare
old whiskey bottle from her COL
lection that the murdeFers used
to kill her. Candles were burn.
Ing 1t her head and feet and
nearby WAS . card marked, "Thc
Work Of Perry Heath" Strang.
est Of oil, she was heavily made
~ WIN GOWBce
The peculiar thing about
neath's disappearance IL that all
the windows and doors had been
locked on the inside the night
before and were found that way
In the morning. Finger prints
Ut Bunny Moore and lnman were
found on the bottle.
At the Country Club. the muir
der 10 discussed by SAM An
DERSON. Heath's rival for the
club presidency: Al CUNNING
HAM, who Is trying 10 solve the
crime. and others. Some believe
Heath the murderer. Anderson
disagrees. TODHUNTER BUCK,
nephew Of Mrs. Prentiss and in
love with Bunny, suggests 10
Csnnlmgham that Heath also
may have been mardered.
bunny 10 amazed to get Z
phone call from Heath. He calls
her again. saying lnman Is
guilty. Bunny faints under 4
grilling BY Detective Mott. Ia
man confides To Back that he
saw Bunny ascending the stairs
after the murder, and Mott Ques-
lions al the servants. Katie, I
maid. tells Of seeing = man leav-
Ing the grounds the night Of the
murder. Mott 10 inclined to
think Bunny is guilty.
Cunningham gets . note from
Anderson and goes to his house
where Perry Heath suddenly APP
pears out Of the night and be-
gins to talk.
Andersen invites Cunningham
to his house and there, while
waiting for his host. Cunning
ham e suddenly confronted by
Perry Hcath, who disappears xs
mystcriOusly ~ he had appeared.
Shortly afteYward Anderson
comes In and he upbraids Cum
ningham for not OBTAINING
Heath.
Todhunter Buek, <Ao is in love
with Bunny, L.. witness to a
nocturnal meeting between the
rirl and Heath. He tries to get
Bunny TO explain and when she
refuses he calls in his friend.
Steve Truitt, = famous detective.
Bunny tells Truitt she had gone
downstairs the night Of the nsur-
der and seen Myra Heath, not yet
cold in death, and lnman peep
Ing from behind . curtain.
NOW co ON WITH THE STOI
CHAPTER XIII
Mrs. Prentiss and her nephe
came home from the funeral. fu
Of that newsy gossip always e
gendered by such occasions.
"Good boy, Truitt!" Todd cried, I
seeing his friend. "You're the 0
still. see. And YOU
scraped acquaintance with our l9tt
lady. here. That's all to the good"
Have you been shown 70 20
room! Did they make you comfol
able Z"
Mrs. Prentiss hovered about like
hen, and though she got !
definite answers to her question
she gathered that her servants h'
dene their duty by the new guest.
mo-" said Tod. in answer to
query from Bunny. Heath didu
how up. didn't expect he woul
ysw. | say. Steve, Whatever you d
y plan to do. you'd better get bus,
For Mott has fire in his eye, an
le's coming over here
"When :! Bunny asked.