The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-11
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black and white. It was dropped on the floor beside her. She was sitting in chair facing the win dow"
 "who found her?" Gainey asked.
 "Her brother"
 What time was that?"
 Just before the call reached headquarters. A little after five o'clock. The brother claims he went out for walk about three o'clock. When he left, his sister was writing a letter. The desk was open where she might have been using it but there wasn't any letter in sight. Hollister claims he came back a little after five o'clock and went upstairs. He saw his sister lying back in her chair and thought at first she was sick. Then he realized what had hap pened and ran down to get the clerk. That's his story, anyhow"
 Did anyone in the building hear anything?"
 "The woman who lives across the hall," McNeal told them, said she thought she heard someone talking to Miss Hollister about four o'clock. She didn't understand anything thta was said or recog- nize the other voice. Couldn't say whether it was a mans or a wom- ans. Aside from that, nobody heard anything"
 "Is there any way to get into the apartment except the regular en- trance?" Bannister asked.
 There's a service door but it was bolted."
 Anything missing from the apartment"
 McNeal shook his head. "I don't hard time getting anything out of Hollister but he said the only money in the place would be in his sisters purse. We looked and there werer a couple of five dollar bills and some change. He told us she kept her jewelry in cases in her bureau. We found the case all right and Hollister said it was all there some old fashioned rings and thinkets. One of the pins had a od-siged diamond in 1t - or 1t looked to me like diamond. Any how none of the stuff had been touched, apparently" Any signs of struggle?" Gainey | wanted to know.
 Again McNeal shook his head. "The room-she was in the living room-looked just as it did the other night when l was there. Nothing out of place. Whoever did it either came in without her see- ing him or else was someone she had no reason to suspect. He must have stepped up behind her"
 Are you sure she was killed in the chair where you found herr" Bannister asked.
 NO, I'm not sure of it but it looks reasonable. She was sitting facing the window and away from could have come in and slipped up behind her"
 "But who else had key?" l "No one but her brother, so far as I've been able to find out"
 Bannister thought of Matthew Hollister with his mild, spectacled blue eyes.
 How about that scarf you men tioned?" Fleming asked. Think you'll be able to trace it?"
 Were going to try"
 "Where is it?' Gainey asked. "Can we SC eit?"
 "Yes. It's upstairs"
 How about going up there now?"
 "You can go," McNeal told them, "but you won't find any thing more than I've told you" He hesitated. If you'll wait a minute" he said, "I'll go with you. I want to see the manager first"
 McNeaTs minute" heightened into five and still he did not re- appear. .....
 "I'Il bet the managers plenty excited,' Fleming volunteered TWO murders in two weeks in this place" ,,,+,. ,...r..'.
 He probably isn't any too pleased about it," Gainey agreed. q heard yesterday that five fam flies have moved out of here late ly. There'll be more leaving now"
 And five tenants in these times mean money"
 Five tenants mean money in any times." Gainey corrected him. They saw McNeal then, coming toward them, and the reporters lgot to their feet. They rode to the second floor in the elevator and followed the detective captain down corridor. An officer in uniform stood before door ahead. He stepped aside for them to enter the apartment.
 The living room. as McNeal had said, looked exactly as 1t had the night he and Bannister had paid the Hollistersr visit. Ban- mister stood just inside the room glancing around him, when an- other door opened.
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