New Britain herald., 1927-05-09
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

l DeIlH StTlhcS udFTttl OlSQI while bathing with party at Ocea Town, N. J. At the Hotel Majusaca where they had been guests. an in quiry is begun. after a doctor. per functorily examining him on tn beach, pronounces him dead. Folsoms companions had beel Roger Neville. Mrs. Helen Barnab. and Carmelita Naldon. It is estab lished that Folsom, just before hi death, had been standing next t' Ned Barron, known as the coppe king.
 | Folsom's sister, Anastasia, is sen l for in New York. Then the startlin: announcement is made that Poison water. Ross, his valet, is questioned but no light is shed on the mystery Anastasia Folsom. eccentric ano masterful, takes command. She ! questions Ned Barron and his wife { and Titus Riggs and Robin Sears , listening, believes she already en. !. tertail,s suspicious.
 ! NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER XIV | Riggs and Robin Sears thought deeply. and were suddenly brought to attention hy the decided tones of Miss Folsom, as she said Well. then. I'll ask you. Mir Barron, and you, Nr Sears, to go with me at once to the office and give your depositious.'
 It was clear from the glance of the speaker that she meant Croy- don Sears and not his son.
 But Robin. eager for the oppor- tunify of seeing the investigation carried on, said, quickly, Come on. dad I'm going with you"
 ".tnd l. of course" Tite Riggs added, which left only Madeline Barron and Angelica Fair behind.
 You girls better go mp 10 your rooms" Barron said. glancing at his wife. Run along Maddy, and take Angel with you.'
 T will. Ned. Come to us there .iS SDoll dS sou Sttll S''t away.
 Miss Folsom seemed 10 marshal her crowd along the way. and led them to Room J, where already a crowd was besiesing the door.
 Tite Riggs and Robin Sears fell behind and tho elder man said. Sister is certainly on the war path! shouldn't care to be the villain Of the piece if she is hunt ing him down."
 NO. And she will hunt him down and convict him before she is through
 "Bnt she can't do that all on her own" Riggs returned. "The judge and jury will have some- thing to say"
 Young Sears smiled. i've been reading Alice in Wonderland to the Barron kiddy." he said. "and sister reminds me much of one of the jingles:
 "1ll be judge, I'll be jury
 Said cunning old Fury,
 I'll try the whole cause and
 condemn you to death"
 Somehow Miss Folsom seems to me very like cunning old Fury"
 "Ycs, that just expresses her. I'm much interested to see what she makes out of inc mystery"
 They entered Room J to find ii almost filled with would-be wit nosses.
 It was amazing to see how many people had suddenly bcthought themselves Of knowledge they pos sess"d concerning the behavior of Garrett Folsom while in bathing the day before.
 Detective Jepson and the hotel detective. Dixon. were at their wits end to decide which ones were important to be listened to and which should be summarily dismissed with scant attention.
 Men and women both. nearly all with an air of mysterious knowl- edge. thronged the place and more or less insistently tried to pour forth ths1r stories.
 Tite Riggs was deeply interest ed, and found himself a place near the interlocutors. where he might get the drift of the examinations going on.
 He was surprised at the delft handling of the crowd by the ex- perienced Jepson. whose knowl- edge of the value of testimony en- abled him to dismiss many with few words. and hold others while he put leading questions to them.
 But, after all, little was told of any real help to the investigation.
 Most of the reports were merely from thase who had seen Garrett