The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-05-18

The candle flames reared high
and cold, their flutterings casting
weird shadows of the six men up
the walls and obliqnely across the
ceiling. Have you tried all the
lights?" Harper demanded. Are
you sure none of them Il working?"
ConnalIy spoke up Yes. sir. The
juice must be cut OF. :"
1T must be cut off at the meter.
Suppose you go down in the cellar
and see If you can lind out about it.
And while you're there. take a look
at the heating arrangements. We're
going to be here the rest of the
| night. by the look Of things. and we
can't work without light or heat"
Officer Connally went to the eel
lar door, drew the bolts after some
tugging. and descended the stairs.
In very short time he called up to
say that he had pulled the lever on
the electric meter. The candles were
blown out.
Harper turned to Hilleary. you
and Connally were first on the
scene. weren't you?"
Eyes. sir. We followed Oficer
Hamill's footprints from the call
box to this house."
"What did you do while you were
waiting? Were you here in the hall
the whole timer"
I'VE had look around, carrying
those candles. but we didn't leave
| this floor. It was dark everywhere
and we couldn't see much. but found
all the doors locked-except the
front door. Of course. Everything
seemed to be In order"
Harper nodded and turned to his
men. Il want this house searched
from top to bottom And keep your,
eyes open for any signs of recent oc-
cupancy For instance. there must
be hat and overcoat somewhere;
about"
Officers Clymer. Smith and Hill.
leary scattered for their search.
Harper picked up the telephone and
dialed the Homicide Bureau. He
made a very terse report of the tiou-
bie killing. giving only the address
OF the house and the telephone NUM-,
Der. To the listening Doyle's sur.
prise, he suppressed any mention Of
names.
HARPER put in q reqnisition for
! the police ambulance to be sent
up at once, with a Coroner,s deputy,
the official photographer. and the
usual technical experts whose duty
II was to make the basic survey in
homicide cases. He also requested
that Detective John Lafferty be noti-
fed Of assignment to the case and
told TO report at once to Headquar-
tiers.
BY the time the detective had nm
ished telephoning. ConDaiIy had
come up from the cellar. Every
thing viii be OK. Sergeant" he re-
ported. There's one Of those new
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Harper glanced at his watch .I.tn
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