Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31

tire family was asleep-this may b
stated as fact--a passer-by noticed
that no lights were burning in thu
Smith residence and looking at hi
watch observed that 1t was ,12:02 am
The watch had been newly repaired
and was running evenly and smoothly
and was running still on the following
day with equal smoothness.
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An hour later the situation In thu
household seems to have been some.
thing as follows: The family were still
asleep, Mr.. and Mrs Smith In twin beds
in the front room: the little girls in the
top side room; Willie in the other side
room, and the servant in the back
There is no evidence to show that any
one in the house was awake or moving
as between l am. and 2 pm.
At 2 am. Mr.. Smith, who was never
heavy sleeper, seems to have rolled
over in bed. There is no reason to sup
pose, however, that he rolled far. OF
that he was not able to roll back again
Mrs. Smith appears to have walked up
for a moment and said. whats the
matter?" Smith answered, Nothing
i lust rolled over In bed" Mrs. Smith
said. oh" perhaps "Ah.. She noticed
that the luminous clock indicated the
time as 2:l0 am. Allowing that the
clock was about 10 minutes fast. this
would fix the time approximately at
2 am.
At 8 am. the family were still
asleep, There is no ground for sup
posing that they had done anything
but sleep from 2 to am. A
milkman. starting on his round at :
saw no lights in the house. The front
door was closed, and to all appearances
had not been in any way tempered with
The milkman did not notice any broken
panes Of glass The man, however, was
short-sighted. was new to his route, and
came from Bobcaygeon, Ontario.
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At 4 all the Smiths were asleep.
At S the Smiths were all sleeping.
The hour this time can be definitely
fixed because a town clock within no
great distance from John street struck D,
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At 7 o'clock, however, things took an
entirely different turn. Smith. always
a light sleeper and an early riser, rose
and dressed himself He seems to have
put on all his clothes in their customary
order. For the next half hour Smiths
movements can be traced with some
thing like accuracy. He seems to nave
gone into the bathroom q a.m), taken
a bath 17:01 to 1908 ann. shaved him
self with safety, razor, leaving distinct
fingerprints both on the handle OF the
razor and on the bureau in the BATH
room. At 1924 he seems to have gone
down to the front door and taken In
the newspaper. This, however, was q
regular and customary matter. A fur
mace man of the neighborhood passing
by said, Good morning" to Smith,
and Immediately verified the time at
7:24. Smith appears to have answered
either Good morning" or Good day,
or something Of the sort.
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At 7:30 Frieda, the Finn, came down
apparently fully dressed) into the kit
chen and began to prepare breakfast.
To do this, she put water (cold water)
into the kettle and set 1t on the gas
range. After which she set about pre-
pairing the meal, which appears to have
consisted of oatmeal, porridge. bacon
and eggs. There was no indication OF
poison, or any POISONOUS lneieotene Ia
any of the food.
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At 7:35 Mrs Smith rose and proceed.
ed to call and dress the children. All
three got up.
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At 8 the family breakfaSted. and AZ
80, or perhaps, S:3l-certainly not
later than 8:32-Smith left TO go down-
town to his Office and the three children
accompanied him, starting on their
way to school.
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Smith seems to have got to his Of
flee all right The children got TO
school. The Finn washed up the break.
fast things, and Mrs. Smith settled
down in the parlor to read a mystery
story. $3.50,