New Britain herald., 1929-05-01

to the house physician.
The assistant manager and sew
eral other hotel attaches followed.
They found the body lying fac,
downward. But enough of the fea-
lures showed to make its identity
recognizable.
my God! It's Harold Judson."
Mr.. Dasel cried and went down on
his knees beside the body. He
reached out his hands.
Someone touched him on the
shoulder. Have to leave it as it is
for the medical examiner. sir. He's
done for"
MIR. Dazel sprang to his feet.
Call the police" he ordered his
assistant. And you. Cummings.
fetch some blankets."
That was all they could do.
The house physician arrived on
the scene shortly afterward and
pronounced the boy dead.
1t was dark. glorious sapphire
darkness. before the medical exam
liner gave permission for the body
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funeral directors establishment and
Pamela was not allowed to view it.
Up in Harold's room the hotel
detective and the police had been
making their Investigations. Moth
ing aroused their suspicious that
it was more than suicide case or
an accident until they came to their
scrutiny of the window.
Rather perfunctorily they went
over the floor, the Dashboard. the
window sill and the frames. Then.
suddenly, when they had finished
inspecting the woodwork their su-
perficial air vanished. They looked
at each other gravely-there were
three of them-and expressed
single opinion in single word.
Queer"
How could Harold have thrown
himself or fallen, from the window
without leaving a finger mark
there? In falling he would have
clutched at something. The curtains.
had he caught them, would have
been torn. And had his fingers
slipped from the woodwork the
marks would remain.
THAT just about settles the acct
dent theory" the house detective
said.
One of the men regarded the
window speculatively. Then he
stepped forward, threw II up, and
climbed to the sill where he
crouched AS though preparing to
throw himself out.
When he let himself down again
they all agreed that Harold could
hardly have jumped from the VIM
dow without touching the wood
work with his hands.
ITS a safe guess he didn't Slip
the third man remarked. looking at
the thick carpet under the WINDOW.
And it's just as safe to bet that
he didn't go out of that window on
his own power" he man who had
climbed to the sill declared emphat-
ically. Looks like murder. boys"
Their task became grim from
that moment. The room was
searched again but nothing to sup
port their theory was found except
the fact that In going over the win.
COW second time they could see
that the woodwork had been re.
Gently wiped. The second window
in the room. which was closed
showed slight accumulation Of
coal dust on the sill.
1t was obvious that an open win
dow would have collected a greater
amount of dust had it not been re-
moved. And the removal was too
thorough 10 have been done by the
dead boys clothing as he was sped
to his death.
How about the door," one Of the
officers asked Of the hotel detective.
did Flanagan find it locked when
he was put on guard? 2"
NO" the hotel man said, but
that doesn't mean much. I've had.
to warn the boy and his sister time
and again about leaving their doors
unlocked"
well we can't do anything more
here" the officer stated. Come on.
Bill. we'll make our report"
When the report was filed it es.
tablished a theory Of the case that
was In direct disagreement with the
popular belief that Harold Judson