The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-25
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, office the pint flask was at her own
lips, and she was drinking deep.
"Gawd! needed that" she
breathed, as she passed the remain
der of the liquor to Ruth Lester.
so Baby-face beat you at your own
game, did she, Big Boy?"
''It--looks like it," McMann adj
mitted, and began to read aloud
from the first of the four sheets of
| tipping that he held in his not quite
steady hand:
Martha Manning, in the guise
of Lefty Miller, a cleaning woman,
| killed Henry P. Borden. My rea-
sons for this conclusion are:
q. The hands of Lefty Miller
and Martha Manning are identical.
When Lefty Miller was telling Mr..
McMann her story. I observed a
yellow stain upon the nail and first
joint of the index finger of her
right hand When Martha Manning
was being interviewed by Mr. Nc
Mann, I observed the same stain,
and knew that it had been made by
nicotine. In all other respects also
the hands of tine two apparently
different women we're identical.
"2. Lefty Miller wears glasses ha-
bitually. Martha Manning was not
wearing glasses today or when she
called twice upon Mr.. Hayward, and
apparently had no need for them
when Mr.. Hayward gave her insur-
ance literature to read in his pres
ence.
"Yet across the base of Martha
Manning's nose was a small inden-
tation, such as is made by the wear
ing of spectacles.
''3. Martha Manning was undoubt-
edly in this building on Friday eve
ming, when Jake Bailey was here
with Mr.. Borden, leaving a few
minutes after through the main
entrance.
"Yet, according to Mrs. Pellow, in
charge of the cleaning women, only
cleaning women passed through the
lobby of the Starbridge building be-
tween 9 and CPS Friday night.
Therefore, Martha Manning must
have been a cleaning woman.
Being cleaning woman, she
possessed q passkey, which per-
mitted her free access TO all Offices,
but only Lefty Miller, since she
cleans Mr.. Hayward's Offices, could
have been familiar with his Offices
and known of the automatic in his
desk.
"And only a cleaning woman en-
ployed on this floor could have
entered and left offices on this floor
on Saturday without having been
noticed and asked on Monday to
give an account of her movements.
Repeated questionings of tenants
on the floor Saturday afternoon and
of elevator operators have failed
to give any evidence Of visitors in
the corridor or in Mr.. Hayward's
corridor, not already questioned by
the police.
sd. According 70 the manager of
the Acropolis hotel and other en-
ployes whom I questioned today,
Martha Manning, during the last
three weeks, has been absent from
the hotel on week days, except Sat
urday, from $3.50 in the afternoon
until $50 at night.
"On Saturdays she has not been
in the hotel between a 11:45 and
4:3O. Three weeks ago-the Monday
following Christmas day, Lefty Mil
Ter began her work as a cleaning
woman IN the Starbridge building.
Her hours are 4 to 9 each evening,
except Saturday, when they are
from IL to A."
THE detective paused to shift the
L sheets in his hand so that the
second page of single-spaced tipping
should be uppermost, but Ruth
Lester interrupted:
"The rest is just a connected story
of the entire case, but please don't
read any more now. She's coming
to-
st guess I've read enough" Nc
Mann admitted heavily. $50 you
win the $4,000, Miss Lester! Well
my hats off to you!"
ST told you I'd give you half"
Ruth reminded him. But, oh, let's
not talk of money now. Let
ty! Letty!" she called softly, her
lips almost brushing the deathly
pale face against her breast-the
thin, lined face that had only need