The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-01
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tndJ tNe WOODWORK mad Deen re-
Gently wiped.
The second window in the room.
which was closed. showed a slight
accumulation Of coal dust on the sill.
II was obvious that an open win
dow would have collected greater
amount Of dust had it not been re-
moved And the removal was too
thorough to 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?"
No the hotel man said but
that coesnt mean much, I've had
to warn the boy and his sister time
and again about leaving their doors
unlocked"
We'll, 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
mad died a suicides death or been
the victim of a fatal accident.
But the police preferred to keep
their theory to themselves. They
did not want to put the murderer,
if such there really was in the case,
on guard.
A man was sent in haste to the
funeral directors establishment
and arrived before Harold'S clothing
had been removed. A minute in
spection of his belongings was made
and all metal or hard objects taken
for possible fngerprint clews.
CHORTLY thereafter all doubt
- that Harold had met violent
death al the hands of an assassin
vanished from the minds Of those
who learned that on the boys silver
belt buckle was clear thumbprint
that did not belong to the belts
dead owner.
The funeral director was sum-
moned and avoWed that no one had
touched the belt in his establish
ment, to the best Of his knowledge.
To avoid working on misleading
cIew the police obtained thumb
prints of all persons who might
have touched the belt after the trag-
edy. None corresponded with the
print on the belt.
The man who left that thumb
print was the last man to see young
Judson alive" Inspector Markeson
said in assigning men from the
homicide squad to the case.
1T looks like tough job, boys,
but I want you to clear it up. Good
luck to you
The investigation Immediately
centered in and around the JudSon
hotel. 1t was not long before Huck
knew that the hotel servants and
employees we're being questioned in
regard to Harold's habits and asSo-
ciateS.
Word was brought to him by one
Of his own henchmen, the waiter
who was on duty for room service
during what he called the milk
wagon watch
The information was more casual
than it would have been had the
man known what the police be-
lieved. His orders from Huck had
been to see that as little was known
of Harold's attendance at his poker
parties in the hotel as possible.
Thought you'd want to know that
a couple of John Laws are pussy
footin' around for dope of the kid,
sir" he said, having been trained by
Huck not to forget that he was a
waiter serving a guest.
Huck asked a few questions and
convinced himself that the police
we're still on false trail With
every one saying the boy had killed
himself, it was but natural the po-
lice should seek for a motive. Huck
was not worried.
But he knew that Mr. DazeI had
received a cable from Amos JudSon
saying he was flying from London
! to Cherbourg to catch the first boat
sailing from that port to New York
This was common knowledge about
the hotel. Huck had no difficulty in
| learning of it. It served to heighten
his determination to carry out his
plans as quickly as possible.
LIE sent urgent messages to Pa
II mela, asking to see her. She
did not answer. For the time being
Huck was as entirely outside her
world as though he'd never known
her. Even the flowers he showered
upon her brought no word of &C
acknowledgement
Apparently she was plunged into
grief, but Huck knew that a num-
Der Of her friends had been ad-
mitted to her rooms, which she had
not left since the tragedy, and he
suspected that she was not SC
crushed as her seclusion would in
! dictate.