The Indianapolis times., 1927-01-21

wealthy kALPH CLONY; % .@Ts WIS
mSTFed Vo 5efqEa RI IAN iEe S
Immediately Cherry dlssRppefiars Pre- eiNI leaving ba
GSd G9se fSr Sot her 20 sister oa with the yMedg
Cherry's elopement with CHRIS WILEY
becomes known. News of the murder ls
She knows of Cherry's marriage. -
Cherry has been engaged several umes
9pse she tEifd t9 run aTriSd aTfyd TrtR tra1eg
and and BOB HATHAWAY, Faiths fianco
ane GherPPg hnsPge%d admits mi s that Cluny attempted
to force the marriage. but protests her
innocence. x,, .,.,.
he knew that Cluny had willed much
Who S,'' drew up the will, testifieso that
whether or not she married him.
The coroner's jury releases Cherry
but Immediately she aGd neT hgis9aihdt 9iaiaict
FSisR Is tyriSgs EHen RSS tsIs her whom AT
he employed. thinks circumstances are
against Cherry and suggests plea o.
self-defense as the best chance OF her
Peculiar footprints and bit of torn
strap suggest that the. murderer mignt
be cripple. but this evidence Is not
Cherry is indicted fer hrst-degree
murder
DR.. Atkins was waiting for them
in the foyer of the big hospital build
ing. All his boyish briskness had
left him; he looked stricken, per-
sonally grieved and, ,curiously apollo
getic. He went straight to Faith
t. - 49, odl ;,,,raeeio,, fhat 4
he would have liked to put his head
down on her broad motherly young
shoulders and cry, like a hurt child.
"I want to tell you how-it hap
pened," he spoke in a low, almost
pleading voice. "We'd taken every
precaution to keep her from hearing
anything about Cher-Mrs. Wiley. ]
don't want you to think, Mr.. Lane, y
he turned to Faiths father and laid
a trembling hand on his shoulder
that anyone in the hospital was to
blame"
Then she found out" Jim Lane
said DULY, drawing a shaking
guarded hand across his eyes. Mar
tha died knowing about Cherry"
"What I want to know is how she
found OUT" Junior clustered angrily
as an outlet for his grief. 'Whc
spilled the beans-I mean, who went
and blabbed to her? I'll kill him
I'm afraid you can't, Long" DR.
Atkins spoke with sorrowing re
spect, not with impatience. "It was
woman patient who accidentally
gave the whole thing away. She's
a wheel chair patient, been here fol
two years, and she's given a good
deal of freedom, as the chronics
always are. Her husband-thougf
Of course we didn't know all this till
later-came to see her and brought
copy of the extra carrying the
news of Cherry's indictment"
He flushed as his small, grief
stricken audience WINGED at his
words.
"He gave his wife the paper with
out mentioning the-the Cluny case
In fact. the paper was folded. He
stuck it through the arm of hel
wheel chair and hurried away to his
dinner. Mrs. Jones-that's the wo
mans name-wheeled herself dowr
the third floor corridor past youl
mothers room" He was speaking
to Faith again, holding her hand il
tight grip, but glancing occasion
ally at Bob Hathaway's set, white
face.
MRS. Lane was sitting propped III
in bed, with her tray before her, eat
ing her supper"
Where was the nurse?" Jim Lane
demanded harshly. I thought W.
was paying enough to-"
1.-THE nurse had stepped across th'
hall to the chart room to record Mrs
Lanes pulse and temperature, takeI
Just before her supper tray arrived
You can't blame the nurse. Lane.
tell you. 1t was an accident. No on
was to blame"
"Please go on. DIR. Atkins" Faitl
urged him compassionately. "I'n
sure no one can really be blamed
Poor Mother" Her voice broke, AM
she bit her lip to keep it from
trembling.
His hearers nodded, their eye
tense.
''Mrs. Lane called to Mrs. Jos
and Mrs. Jost wheeled herself int
the room. glad of a chance for
chat She's a sociable old lady, an
really does lot of good, cheerin
up the bedridden patients. Mrs. Lar
caught sight of the paper and aske