New Britain herald., 1927-10-14
THIS HAS HAPPENED


 Suspicion falls on Miss St. Clair. but Vance demonstrates by meas uremcnts at the scene of th" shooting that the murderer must have been approximately six feet tall. Pfyfe tells Markham that Leacock had once threatened to kill Alvin Benson. Major Benson admits having heard the threat, too. Leacock denies that he owned a Colt .45 and resents Narkham's S questions about Miss St. Clair. Markham begins to think Leacock guilty.
 NOW BEGIN TEE STORY
 What a, perfect ready-made set of notions you have, Markham Don't you know that an innocent man, when he comes under suspi- cion, is apt to be more nervous than a guilty one, who, to begin with, had enough nerve 10 commit the crime and secondly, realizes that any show of nervousness is regard ed as guilt by you lawyer chaps?
 "'My strength Is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure IS mere Sunday school pleasantly. Touch almost any innocent man on the shoulder and say You're arrest ed and his pupils will dilate, hell break out in a cold sweat, the blood will rush from his face, and he'll have tremors and dyspnoea.
 If he's a hysterique, or a cardiac neurotic, he'll probably collapse completely. It's the guilty person who, when thus accosted, lifts his eyebrows in bored surprise and says, You don't mean it. really,-- here have a cigar"
 "The hardened criminal may act as you say" Markham conceded; i but an honest man who's innocent doesn't go to pieces, even when ac- cused.'
 Vance shook his head hopelessly.
 "A1y dear fellow, Grille and Voo- noff might have lived in vain for 1 all of you. Manifestations of fear are the result of glandular secre- tons-nothing more. All they prove is that the persons thyroid : is undeveloped or that his adrenals are subnormal,
 "A man accused of crime, or , shown the bloody weapon Witf which it was committed, will eithel 1 smile serenely or scream. or have ! Mysteries, or faint or apepar disin- trested-accordine to his hormones and irrespective Of his guilt Yot theory, dye see, would be quite al right # everyone had the sam amount of the various internal sc. cretions.
 "But they haven't Really y'know. you shouldn't sen1 maI 10 the electric chair simply hCcans. he's deficient in cndocrinos, II isn' cricket
 Before Markham could rapl, Swackcr appeared at the door am said Heath had arrived.
 Tie sergeant beaming with sa' isfaction, fairly burst into the room For once he forgot to shake hands
 Well, it looks like we'd got ho} of something workable. I went f this Captain Leacock's apartment touse last night and heres tn straight of it: -Lcacock was q home the night of the thirtoenth al right; but shortly after midnish he went out. headed west--go' that and he didn't return till ahou quarter of one"
 "What about the haN-hoN's ori giral story" asked Markham. "Thnt's the best part of ii. Lea . cock had the boy fixed. Gave hin money to swear he hadn't left tn house that night. -- What do To' thing Of that, Mir MarEham@ Pre' " crndo--hrh? The kid loos cnad mp when I told him wa thinking of sending him up th river for doing the ioh himself."
 Heath laughed unrleasantlH And he won't spill anything | Lcacock, eithor."
 Markham raId"d his head sioWiA
 "What you teIl m.. Sergeant bear cut certain coacIusions I arrived a when I talked 'o Captain L0aeoe this morning, E.U pat a man o him when he left Aro, and Tn { got a report tonight Tomorro" ma soe this thing through. I'll get touch with you in tho morning, an if any-hing's to hc done. Non under stand, you'n have the handling It."
 When Hoat@had left us, Mark ham folded his hands hohiud h head and lnanod back ccn'en'oaly.
 T think I've got th" ansW"r' | said. The girl dn"d with Renso and returned 10 his hous" atlel yard. The captain, suspo"'irg n fact. went out found her there, an | ehOt RpnECO