The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-07-07


 per-" she asked in a muffled voice, for the surgical dressing covered one corner of her mouth. q want the truth about certain incidents, Mrs. Dufresne, and only you can supply that" Harper an swered. There is no use beating about the bush. We have found out great many things from one source and another, some things we do not yet understand fully, but this case has definitely moved from the backstairs to the upstairs, to put it bluntly." !,
 Sylvia Dufresne flinched.
 Mrs. Dufresne, who was the man who was murdered in the breakfast. room? What was his name, and what brought him to this house, not once. but many times? believe you can tell mel"
 q don't know" the lady faltered, not challenging her questioner.
 The detectives brows went up "Where did you go when you left Mrs. Morlock's house last night?"
 The hands frightened so that the knuckles shone taut and white. "Who told you left Mrs. Nor. locks?" she gasped.
 For answer. the detective posed the stained slippers on the side ta. ble. These are the shoes you wore last night, Mrs. Dufresne. They show that you walked consider. able distance through the snow. But that is not all We have an eye wit. ness who will testify that you left Mrs. Morlock's house."
 CYLVIA DUFRESNE was silent, U but the one wholly visible eye was wide with apprehension.
 would you not rather explain things to me here. quietly. than an. swcr these same questions in courtroom" Harper asked. Per haps you will realize what l mean when l tell you that talked with Ellen Becker this afternoon. She told us everything"
 SSill the wide-eyed silence. as though the Sergeant of Detectives had exercised a hypnotic spell over her.
 Believe me. Mrs. Dufresne, yon should have realized that the truth could not be suppresss long by bribery. Ellen Becker took the money, but she has told her story. Donaghy. apparently, has also cashed in on this. al1 have no doubt he can be made to talk as readily as the girl
 "Jeseph?" Mrs. Dafresne mur- 
 Yes. Joseph Donaghy," Harper repeated. Not to mince words. Mrs. Dufresne. it will be charged that you held secret rendezvous with the man who was killed" |. Sylvia Dufresne cried out at that and put her hand over her face, but the detective went on remorseless- ly. We have been told there were ! number of jealous quarrels be- tween you and MT. Dufresne and that he openly charged you with inidelity. At the time he stated that he would never give you a divorce.
 'It has been remarked that ever since this affair reached it's climax Mir. Dufresne has avoided your pres ence. It will be intimated that you entered into plot to kill your hus- band and that in a quarrel subse- luent to the attempt on his life you killed this other man.
 We are certain that Officer Ham. III was admitted to this house by some one he recognized as belong ing here and was then shot down.
 You have my word that as the evidence now stands it will make a strong circumstantial case. You will be amazed to see how much of our evidence will fit into that theory. T have studied these facts and suspect different story. but if you will not confide in me I shall have to act on Ellen Becker's testimony. ask you once again to tell me the truth about last night"
 Then her voice came. "No-no-I nave nothing to say. To you-or any )ne. Not even if you arrest me. You must do as you like. But please please-don't question mel"
 The tears rolled silently down her cheek, but she would not give way to audible distress.
 Harper rose. 'I am very sorry," he said, reaching for the bell. The nurse responded to the tinkling call IS the detective picked up the slip pers.
 Miss Burkett. I make you ac- for Mrs. Dufresne's safe- ". She is not to have possession of my article with which she might nfiict an injury to herself or others. That includes anything with a point. sd or cutting edge. You will also see Q 1t that all visitors are barred rom this room until further notice. Those are official instructions" 'Copyrioht. I9S&. bu Walter c. BrotonJ
 Richard Cr0yden makes a
 strange plea, Monday.