The Coolidge examiner., 1934-01-12


two weeks in the fall and the last
six weeks. For the rest of the year.
as | would find, he was supposed
to be home, anyhow"
De paused to light another ciga-
rette and take several puffs. When
Mr.. Warwick waited silently, with
out any comment be continued his
account
''The disadvantage of using RAN
dall's name for the trick was that
be had gone to the same college as
Stuart. And much worse. before
his ostensible transfer, he once
lived In the dorm at Aberdeen Of
which Jordan was monitor. After
the crime. that was bound to at
tract my attention to him-as In
deed happened. On the other hand.
IL enabled Mrs. Jordan when | In
terviewed her, to volunteer the
story of Ralph Buckley's grudge
against Stuart and the cause OF
their feud. That falsely set me
on Buckley's trail and involved me
In a tangle of circumstantial evil
dence. She also suggested. Mr..
Warwick, how he must have de-
frauded your officials here to be
admitted after his disgraceful dis
missal from Aberdeen. The fact
that she knew far more han any
ordinary student should about how
to falsify records and enter the uni
versity through them ought TO have
placed me upon my guard and made
me doubt her own bona fdes."
"Still she was scarcely at Phila-
delphia long enough to discover
Buckley had also registered; espe-
cially since she couldn't have been
acquainted with him. And that
would be her only cause for reveal
inL his enmity."
"As a matter of fact" RaLkin
stated, II told her of his presence
myself. At our first meeting, as /
recall, she casually mentioned his
quarrel with Stuart; then, when !
let the fact slip she was shrewd
enough to turn 1t to her own advan-
tage. Her story supplied him with
a motive for the murder and cast
suspicion on him." He hesitated,
refiectively. Looking back. | real
lie now why she extracted my prom
Ise that she would never need TO
confront Buckley personally and
testify against him. 1t was barely
possible he knew the real Walter
Randall by sight from Aberdeen
and would Immediately recognize
her as an impostor"
why didn't she and this doctor
Prince merely obtain the record Of
some high-schoo' graduate, who
never Intended to go to collegei he
would have been just as eligible and
easier TO ind; and also safer. His
application would have served the
same purpose"
The detective shrugged. Hardly,
Mr.. Warwick" he pointed out, "slnce
Mrs. Jordan would then be COM
PEELED to begin as a freshman That
would have necessitated entrance
examinations; whereas upper class
men were accepted without them II
they had marks as creditable as
Randall's. Too, Jordan was an up
per classman, and the dormltories
for the two classes were widely sep
arated. That meant she could not
secure rooms close enough to his
TO complete the essential steps Of
her design. She had TO learn his
schedule to ascertain when she could
carefully search his quarters and
belongings. She had to place thumb
tacks In all his shoes TO identify
him al the initiation. The letters
she wrote him and the Cancelled
checks Of the monthly payments he
made her had to be discovered and
destroyed. to conceal her very ex-
lstence until she was prepared to
appear on Friday with an alright
alibi. All these details she accom-.
plished successfully by means of the
dormitory ledge"
Ledge? What ledge are you talk
ing about?"
THE coping that extends along
the wall under the windows of the
third floor o, Pelham and Croft
halls" Rankin elaborated. "It Is
about a foot wide and continuous,
and since Stuart's windows were
usually open, gave her easy access
to his quarters. Randalrs charwom-
an said 1t was not unusual for stu
dents to use it to pass from room
TO room or for flight during class
scraps And it explains eli the evil
dence incriminating Mr.. Edward
Fletcher that baffled me so. He had
the motive of jealousy. and II ap-
peared II was he who entered Jor-
dams rooms Tuesday morning, after
the charwoman Strengthened II out,
and tampered with his shoes. I
also found the hypodermic needle
with whic, the poison vas admin
istered, in his roadster"
Mr.. Warwick pursed his lips and
placed together the tips of the fin.
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