The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-06-04

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tackle Dufresne on the question"
Not so fast. Let me think. II Du-
fresno did It and we tax him with It,
he'll certainly deny there ever was
such d gun. II Andrews did 1t, hen
lie, too. But II he didn't do It aud
doesn't know it's gone-you stay
here. Jack. and look through these
two rooms for that gum"
Harper went downstairs. He met!
ohicer Albright, who had stood
guard over Dufresne's room. stand
ing "a the han, about to 60 on duty.
aHas any one gone up or down these
stairs In the last fifteen or twenty
minutes?"
"Not . soul, SIR
Il want you to do something for
me. I want TO ind out II any one left
this house in the last hour. and II so.
where they went Can you manage
that without arousing suspicion?"
Albright signified that ne could.
The cficef at the front door In
formed Harper that no one had gone
out BY that way. whereupon the de
tective returned to the breakfast
room. He pressed the servants bell
and signed to o'ConneIl to leave the
field clear.
When Andrews entered he found
the detective bent over the table,
carefully examining under the lens
the nngerprints the dead man had
left on the twin decanters. Sergeant
Harper looked around. as q sur.
prised, then said. "oh. yes Sit down.
Andrew. | want to ask you couple
|oe questions"
e ii NDREWS. we are trying to
"A trace the movements, OF this
man who was killed here last night.
We know that he changed into some
of your masters clothing. We as
sumo that he lit the fire in the
hearth. By the way. Was that al.
ways prepared for the Aext fight.
ing?"
eyes. sir. In the season It would
be cleaned early every morning and
freshly packed"
I'VE noticed that there was quite
an accumulation OF ashes In the pit
In the cellar. Was this hearth In nse
while the re-decorating was going
ong
II couldn't say. SIR. have not been
In this house for some weeks"
"How long has Mr., Dufresne been
at the Austerlitz. Andrews?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Dufresne spent the
sumner az Moose Head Lodge. sir.
That's on q small island on the coast
Of Maine. We came back early In
October. but We had only been here
. week or two when we went to the
Austerlitz."
But Mrs. Dufresne has been stay.
ing at Mrs. Morlock's"
sSihee The holidays. Sir. The dec.
orators have been very slow. OF
course, | sometimes came up here
with Mr.. DufFesne TO see how things
were progressing. Donaghy was
here much oftener to bring back
things that were needed"
"Was the house closed up while
the DuEfesnes were at Moose Head
L0dge?"
"0h. no. sir. The Whitmofes
looked after It all summer"
@How many keys are there to this
house and who has them?"
Mrs. Whitmofe has the only com.
pIele set Of keys. / believe. But {
suppose you are more interested 10
door keys. Mr Dufresne has set
and 90 has AIRS. Dufresne. | have
keys to the front door and back door.
DoAaghy has q Key to the back door.
That Il all. sir"
THE household keys seem TO be
fairly well scattered around" daF.
per remarked.
Not Unusually So Andrews re-
piled. with some aspefity.
aoh. I'm not eritleizIns. An.
dFews." Harper replied easily. This
man Who waa Killed showed q sur
pfIslng familiarity with the place.
Re knew. cor iAstknce. how to set
hold d those liquor bottles without
turning the place Inside out.
The butler looked at the twin de-
cantegh.e Then Ne must have found
hts way 10 the wine cellar. Those
bottles were not kept fliIed They
were empty last time saw them"
sBut your wine cellar IL kept IN
der lock and key when We searched
down there We found the door sc.
eafely locked
Yes. but Ire key hangs behind 4
beam. easy 10 reach. but out OF
6leht Yoa would have to know
where 10 look Tor q. =
aTnats what thought Now. An.
dreWe. one more question ! must Gle
i report a. whatever areafms are
keps On these premises. III. IN.
fFesae reports that ne keeps . revol.
yer In the house. q AZ caliber. That
Il correct. isn1 itf@
Harper glanced up eovertly but
the buffers face vas as impassive
a. ever. nor dia he hesitate over his
reply. -Yes. sir
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