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had come to her death by means Of
violence some time between the
hours Of 3 and that afternoon.
Death had been caused by strangu-
lation.
But Il was some time before Ban
mister and Gainey and the other
reporters saw that report. They
waited in the hotel lobby until the
clerk at the desk asked them to
step into a smaller, adjoining room.
Il was almost an hour before Nc
Neal came downstairs.
They gathered around him, esS-
ing questions.
yes. she was strangied," he told
them. I'VE found what it was done
with-a mans silk scarf, black and
white. 1t was dropped on the floor
beside her. She was sitting in a
chair facing the window"
who found her?" Gainey asked.
Her brother"
What time was that?"
Just before the call reached
headquarters. A little after 5. The
brother claims he went out for a
walk about 3. 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 hight. HOLSTER claims he
came back a little after 5 o'clock
and went upstairs. He saw his sis
ter lying back in her chair and
thought at first she was sick. Then
he realized what had happened
and ran down to get the clerk.
Thata's his story, anyhow"
DID any one in the building
II hear anything?"
The woman who lives across the
hall" McNeal told them, said she
thought she heard some one talking
to Miss HOLSTER about 4. She
didn't understand anything that was
said or recognize the other voice.
Couldn't say whether it was mans
or a woman's. Aside from that,
nobody heard anything"
rs 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"
AIcNeal shook his head. I don't
think So" he said. I'VE had hard
time getting anything out of Hol-
lister, but he said the only money
in the place would be in his sisters
purse. We looked and there were
a couple of five-dollar bills and
some change. He told us she kept
her jewelry in a case in her bureau.
We found the case all right and
HOLSTER said it was all there-some
fashioned rings and trinketS."
ANY signs of a 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 I was there.
Nothing out of ploce. Whoever did
it either came in without her see
ing him or else was some one she d.
had no reason to suspect. He must
have stepped up behind her"
Are you sure she was killed in
the chair where you found her?"
Bannister asked.
mo, I'm not sure of it but it
looks reasonable. She was sitting
facing the window and away from
the door. Any one who had a key
could have come in and slipped up
behind her"
But who else had a key?"
mo one but her brother, so far
as I've been able to find out"
DANNISTER thought of Mat
ID thew HOLSTER with his mild,
specialized blue eyes.
How about that scarf you men,
tioned?" Fleming asked. Think
you'll be able to trace it?"
We're going to try
Where it is?" Gainey asked. Can
We see it?"
Yes. It's upstairs"
How about going up there now?"
You can 60" AIcNeal told them,
"but you won't find anything more
than I've told you" He hesitated
IF you'll wait a minute" he said,
"In go with you. I want to see the
manager first"
TO Be Continued