The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-02

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'Of course it does not fit into
your theory Dundee agreed, "for
'Swallow-tail Sammy's' avenging
brother could not have known of its
existence. but there is one thing
about that secret shelf and its pivot
door which I don't believe you can
afford to forget, Captainl"
"Yeah?" Strawn snarled.
Yeah! I refer, of course, TO
the complete absence of finger
prints on the door and on the shelf
ITSELF CarTaway didn't even find
Mia Selim's fingerprints.
Since Mia would have had no
earthly reason for carefully wiping
off her fingerprints after she re-
moved the papers she burned on
Friday night, it's a dead sure fact
that some one else who had no
legitimate business to do. 50, touched
that pivoting panel and shelf, and
carefully removed all traces that he
had done sol
And" he continued grimly-
until I find out who that some che
who was, I, for one, won't consider
the case solved"
Fifteen minutes later Dundee
was sitting at Penny Grains desk
in her Office of the district attor-
ney's suite, replacing the receiver
upon the telephone hook, after hav-
ing put in a call for Sanderson,
who still was in Chicago keeping
vigil at the bedside of his mother.
Did you find out anything new
when you questioned the crowd this
morning?" Penny asked. Besides
The fact that Polly and Give got
married this morning, l mean.
Il wasn't surprised when I read
about the wedding in the extra.
It's exactly like Polly to make up
her mind suddenly, after putting
Give off for a year"
$50 it was Polly who held back"
Dundee said to himself. Aloud:
mo, 1 didn't learn much new,
Penny. You're most excellent and
accurate reporter. But there
were one or two things that came
out. For instance, I got Drake to
admit to me, in private, that Mia
did give him an explanation as to
where she got the $4,000"
"Yes?", Penny prompted eagerly.
Drake says" Dundee answered
dryly, "that Mia told him it was
back alimony,' which she had sue
ceeded in collecting from her for
mer husband. Unfortunately, she
did not say who or where the mys-
ferrous husband is"
q
"DOOF!" scored Penny. Don't
a you see? She just said that
to satisfy Johnnys curiosity. After
all, it was the most plausible ex-
PLANTATION of how a grass widow got
hold Of lot of money"
$50 plausible that Mr.. Drake may
have thought of it himself" Dun
dee reflected silently. Aloud, he
continued his report to the gin who
had been of so much help to him;
Among the other minor things that
came out this morning, and which
the papers did not report, was the
fact that Janet Raymond tried to
commit suicide by drinking shoe
polish.
fortunately her father discov-
cred what she had done almost as
soon as she had swallowed the
stuff, and made her take ipecac
and then sent for the doctor"
ooh, poor Ianet!" Penny groaned.
"She must have been terribly in
love with Dexter Sprague, though
what she saw in him"
Dundee made no comment, but
continued with his information:
Another minor development was
that Tracey Miles admitted he and
Flora had quarTeled over Sprague
after all of you left, and that Flora
took two sleeping tablets to make
sure of nights rest"
"She's been awfully unstrung
ever since Nita's murder" Penny
defended her friend. "She told us
all Monday night at Feter's that
the doctor had prescribed sleeping
medicine.
Nov, you look here, Bonnie
Dundee!" she cried out sharply,
answering an enignatic smile on
the detectives face, eff you think
Flora Miles killed Mia Selim and
Dexter Sprague, because she was in
love with Dexter and suspected he
was Nita's lover because of that
silly note"
whoa, PENNY" Dundee checked
her. I'm not thinking exactly
that. But I've just remembered
something that had seemed of no
Importance to me before"
"And what's that, Mr.. Smart
Aleck?" Penny demanded furiously.
Before 1 answer that question,
will you let me do a little theoriz-
ing?" Dundee suggested gently.
LET us suppose that Flora Miles
was not in love with Sprague, but
that she was being blacknailed by
Nita for some scandal Mia had