The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-26
BY EARL Sparkling
Times Stan Writer
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TITS no good, old man."
Il What, Doc?"
This thing Of trying to make
me into a detective. You'll have
Steve Donahue and Tom Martin
razing me every time meet them
on a case"
Chief Norris was resting just
now in his library, that COM
fortably numbered place where he
writes such thrillers as THE
Bactericidal Action Of Lymph Ia
ken From the Thoractic Duct Of
the Dog" and Ceases in Which
the Bacillus Aerogenes Capsulates
Was Isolated"
ut reminds me- he said, "of
what that detective said on the
Louise Lawson case"
What did he say, Doc?"
you remember the case? In
February, 1924, wasn't it? They
found her lying in bed, bound up,
with tape over her mouth. T. SIM
pie case of robbery. Didn't intend
to kill her. She smothered to
death.
Professionals, though, old man.
Christopher Colombo, they didn't
care whether she smothered or
not. They didn't get much. There
wasn't much to get.
ffNIyI0ARa rraf f1aro fhn TN1oon
was full of detectives. I couldn't
get into the bedroom. So I
stopped in the living room. There
was a vase of beautiful red roses
on the table. I said, Where did
these come from?'
This detective, he said, Aha.
You're beginning to sleuth, Doc
I said, Sure, I am. There are
so many detectives already here
can't get in"
TINE chief pondered a moment.
Il Its a real question how
far doctor should delve into de-
tective work. He don't view
things the same way as the horni-
eide squad. Sometimes we see
things others might miss. Some
times We can be Of help"
The Louise Lawson case by natu-
raj association brought up the
murder of Dot King (also known
as Dorothy Keenan,, found dead
in her New York apartment on
March 49, 1923.
Another butterfly" said Doc
Norris. I'VE might have done
something with that case if we
had gotten it sooner. Her death
was reported to police some six
hours before this office was
notified.
Cassassa CDR. Charles b. Cas-
sassa, assistant medical examiner)
got there late in the afternoon.
He noticed right away something
was wrong. He has eyes like an
eagle, old man. An excellent OBJ
server. He calls me. I hurried up
there as quickly as possible.
How any policeman could have
thought it natural death, I don't
know. We should have been mott
fed hours before.
There was chloroform bot
tie at the foot of the bed. Her
lips were burned with chloroform.
I've never seen a body twisted
into such a tortuous position, old
man.
Her arm was bent up behind
her back almost to the neck, a
hammerlock. Her body was bent
over on the side and her face had
been almost buried in the pillow.
She was big, strong woman.
"You remember a Philadelphia
millionaire had been paying her
expenses, had given her something
like $4,000 in jewelry. He had
been with her the night before,
hadn't left until 2 in the morning.
"DUT he didn't kill her. He
ID wouldn't have had the
strength, old man. He was too
small. 1t took a big strong man
to bend that woman into the posi-
ton we found her.
'She put up a real fight. We
might have solved that case if we
had been called sooner. When
we got there it was too late to de-
termine the time of death.