Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-10

Undoubtedly. That part Of her story
wss true enough I'm inclined 10 thinA
that Rex heard the shot and hao a
vague idea Mrs. Greene hao fireo A.
Being rather close &c his mother tenn
Y>eran,eu;ally. he said nothing. Later
he y,,IceE his suspicious 10 Ada, ana
that confession gave her the idea Tor
killing h1Ys---or. rather, for perfectinS
me technic she had already decided on
for Rex would have been shot througn
the secret cupboard IN any event. bu'
Asa ROW saw way ot ESTABLISHING q
r,s~fact abb for the occasion; althouSh
even her idea of being actually with the
police when the shot was fired was not
original. In Gross chapter on a!iols
there Is much suggestive material along
that line
Heath sucked his teeth wonderinsly:
I'm ela6 don't run across many o.
her kind" he remarkec.
s'Sl,s was her fathers daughter. SAID
sSnce. But too much credit snoulo
xAa ess given her, sergeant she nae
nr;nte6 and 6iagramned suloe for
everything. There vas little Tor her Vo
do but follow instructions ana Keep 1eF
head And as for FeX's murder. don
forget that, although she vas actually
IN NFr. Narkhsm's Office at the time OF
ths shooting. she personally engineered
the entire coup. Think back. Sne re-
fused 10 let either you or Mr.. Markham
come 10 the house. and nsisteo upon
visiting the Office. once tnsre, Sne toLo
her story and suggested that Rex pe
summoned Immediately. She even went
e Fer as 70 plead with us to cali nm
by ohone. Then. when We had COM
n;ieS. she quickly informed US OF inc
mysterious diagram and offered TO tell
Rex exactly where she had hidden II, 50
he could bring it with him. AID we SAT-
there CALMLY. listening % her SEND Rex
n his Death Her actions at the Stock
Exchange should have given me a mint
hut 7 confess vas particularly nIiho
r-st morning She was IN a state OF
hizh nervous excitement; ano wnen sne
broke down and sob5ec on Mr.. Marx.
rams desk after he had told her Of
Rex's death, her tears were quite real
or1,v. they were not for Rex: they were
the reaction from That tNuF o4 teAiAA
tension.
Il begin 70 understand why no one
uusta!rs heard the shot. said Markham
THE revolver decorating IL the wall, as
Il were. would have been almost COM
nIetelv -rufHed. But why should Sproot
have heard il as distinctly downstairs
You remember there vas fireplace
In the living room directly beneath
Ada'-Chester once told US 1t was rare
IL lighted because it wouldn't oraw
properly-snd Sproot was n the buffers
pantry Just beyond. The sound OF tne
report went downward through the nue.
and. as a result, was nearo plainly Oh
the lower floor"
you said q minute ago. Mr.. Vance"
argued Heath. that Rex maybe Sus-
pected the old lady. Then why should
he have accused Won Blon the way
be did that day he had q Mt"
The accusation primarily, think.
vas a sort OF instructive effort TO drive
the idea Of Mrs Greene's guilt from
his own mind Then again. as Won
Blon explained, Rex was frightened
after YOU had questioned him about
the revolver. and wanted TO divert sus-
picicn from himself
Get on with the story OF Aoas
plot, Vance" This tine 1t was Marx
ham Who vas impatient.
The rest seems pretty OBVIOUS.
don't Y know. It was unquestionaoiy
Ada who was listening at the library
Soo- the afternoon we we're there. She
realized we had found the books and
rsloshes: and she lad to think last
81 when ne came out. she told US
the dramatic yarn CT having seen ner
mother walking. which was sneeE
ynoonshine She had run across those
hooks on paralysis, dye see, ana tnsy
hsd suggested TO her the posSloiiity OF
focusing suspicion on Mrs. Greene-tne
rl1ief ohiect OF her hate. 1t is prooaoiy
tr1le. as Won Blon said, that the two
hooks do not deal with actual nysteIicdl
narslysis and Sonanambuiism, put Iney
10 doubt contain references 70 tneSe
fvpes of paralysis. I rather tnlnS Aoe
had intended all along TO kill the oio
1ady last and have 1t appear as the
suicide of the murderer. But the pro-
posed examination by Cppenhsimer
changed all that. She learned CT the
Examination when she heard Won Bon
spurise Mrs. Greene Of 1t on MS morn
fr,g visit; and. having told US OF that
mythical midnight promenade, she
couldn't delay matters any longer. Inc
did lady had to die-before Open
feirner arrived. And half an hour later
Ada took the morphine. she reared
to give Mrs. Greene the strychnine al
once lest 1t appear suspicious
THAT'S where those books on poisons
come In. isn't 1t, Alr. Vance?" interJect-
81 Heath When Ada had decided TO
r1se poison on some Of the family, she
got all he dope she needed on the
subject outa the library"
Precisely. She herself took just
enough morphine TO render her u1-
conscious probably about two grains.
And 20 make sure she would get i'm
mediate assistance she devised the SIM
pie trick of having Sibelia's dog appear
70 give the alarm. incidentally, this