Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08

corpse was found was in the middle Of
bridge over deep stream. just when
the inquiry was concluding and the
corpse was about to be removed for the
post norton, the investigating officer
observed quite by chance that on the
decayed wooden parapet OF the bridge,
almost opposite to the spot where the
corpse lay, there was small but per-
fcctly fresh dent which appeared to
have been caused by q violent blow on
the upper edge of the parapet of
hard and angular object. He 1mme-
diately suspected that the dent had
some connection with the murder. Ac-
cordingly he determined to drag the
bed of the stream below the bridge,
when almost Immediately there was
picked up a strong cord about IA feet
long with a large stone at one end and
at the other q discharged pistol, the
barrel of which fitted exactly the bullet
extracted from the head of A. NJ. The
case was thus evidently one of suicide.
A. M. had hung the stone over the
parapet of the bridge and discharged
the pistol behind his ear. The moment
he fired he let go the pistol, which the
weight of the stone dragged over the
parapet into the water. Does
that answer your question, Sergeant?"
Heath stared at him with gaping eyes.
GU mean IlEl gun HCIit Oubi bilS
window the same like that guys gun
went over the BRIDGE"
There can be no doubt about 1t.
There was no other place for the gun
to go. The window, / learned from
Sproot. was open foot. and Ada stood
before the window when she shot her.
self. Returning firm Julia's room she
attached a cord to the revolver with
weight of some kind on the other end.
and hung the weight out of the window.
When her hand released the weapon 1t
was simply drawn over the sill and
disappeared in the drift of soft snow
on the balcony steps. And there is
where the Importance of the weather
came i'll. Ada's plan needed an I'M
usual amount of SNOW; and the night Of
November was ideal for her grlsly
purpose"
MY God. vance!" Markham's tone
was strained and unnatural. This
thing begins to sound more like fam
tastic nightmare than a reality"
Not only was 1t reality, Markham"
said Vance gravely. but 1t was an
actual duplication of reality 1t had all
been done before and duly recorded in
Gross treatise, with names, dates, and
details"
Hell! No wonder We couldn't find
the gun. Heath spoke with aWed ulS~
gust And what about the footprints,
Mr.. Vance? l suppose she faxed EN-
all"
Yes, Sergeant-with Gross minute
instructions and the footprint forgeries
of many famous criminals to guide her,
she faxed them. AS soon as 1t had
stopped showing that night, she slipped
down stairs, put on pair of Chester's
discarded galoshes. and walked to the
front gate and back. Then she hid the
galosl1es in the library"
Vance turned once more to Gross
manual.
There's everything here that one
could possibly want to know about the
making and detection of footprints. and
what is more to the point about the
manufacturing of footprints in shoes
too large for ones feet" Vance opened
the book and indicated passage. And
here at the end of the paragraph Gross
refers specifically to galoshes-a fact
which very likely gave Ada her inspira-
ton TO use Chester's overshoeS. She
was shrewd enough TO profit by the
suggestions In this passage"
And she was shrewd enough to
hoodwink all of us when We questioned
ner," commented Markham bitterly.
Continued in Tomorrow's Star)