New Britain herald., 1930-04-24
Tragedy in Village Solved By a FIunch of Clever Detective
The Voice

"fThe Palace was rCmodclc1 stable down in Greenwich Village, dcne into three floors and four tiny apartments to a floor,
 All Of the apartments were O. .cupied. or had been until Earl Harrington, the artist. discovered that his model did not respond 70 lis urgent and frequent telephone calls.
 Investigation by the authorities showed that his model, Mabel Lawrence, had been dead at least two days. The discovery was made on Tuesday forenoon. The medical examiner found the beau tiful girl had died from poison. ,s Analysis showed traces Of cyanide z in a highball glass, along with traces of liquor.
 There was no known reason fo" Mabel Lawrence to end her lft. She made good income from her :, posing, had many friends and al ways seemed jolly and happy.
 The usual investigation turned up that Edgar Harper, one of Nh tels friends. had called on her on Monday night.
 Nonsense, ehe girl had been dead ar least a day on Monday evening, |" the doctor declared.
 Harper was brought 10 Headquar- ters and questioned
 Sure l called on her Monday night" Harper said. 'L was there from eight until eleven. We had q couple of drinks and just sat around and talked. Miss Lawrence was apparently well and happg when I left tler at eleven"
 Have you key to her apart ment?" he was asked.
 "Of course, 1 haven't - Miss Lawrence wasn't that sort of q srl. What are you trying to do, biacken her character? Why is it that you police always begin look ing for something immoral :n every case like this? ,"
 Harper was decidedly angry.
 Because" irawled the officer
  crimes as this there is uouallv something immoral connected with it. directly or indirectly"
 The medical examiner was al the questioning.
 Look here, Harper if you were i1 her quarters Monday night you were with a dead woman-there' 5 no doubt about it. none in the least" he said, sharply.
 T was there and she was alive that's fact and your claim IS only theory, after all--' os It's an undisputed scientific fact and every doctor in the land will back me up. The girl hat been dead twenty-four to thirty hours on Monday evening" Yo1 went back to hide some traces of .something.'
 |, Harper denied it.
 " You were seen leaving her door" he was reminded.
 "I don't doubt it. saw the Proctor girl in the hall. She has rooms across the hall"
 Said Good Night.'
 The Proctor girl was sent for,
 Yes. I saw Ed Harper leaving Mabers door at about eleven on Monday night" Miss Proctor de- clared.
 - Did he seem nervous when he saw you?"
 Not at all. He spoke 10 me anI smiled, but before that l saw him with Mabels door just ajar and heard her as plainly as could be when she said, Good night, Ed see you at Etta's party"
 The medical examiner was al most too astounded for words H denied that it could be true Miss Proctor declared that she knew Mabei Iawrence's voice and he shrill laugh and that she heard tfa voice and the laugh from the part ly opened doorway as Harper bid the girl good night.
 "Etta," it was explained, was Harper's married sister.
 Detective Kellogg had Hstcne ] 10 all of this and said nothing ..t all.
 Harper was released.
 Two days later Harper was ar rested for poisoning the Lawrence girl,
 He didn't poison her although he admitted" that hc did, but tlc