The Coolidge examiner., 1934-01-12

containing her feminine outfits and
wig. which had been in the check
room of one Of the railroad termI-
nails the past six weeks until she
needed them. Al two O'Clock, she
called here with a new certificate
of III health from her physician. to
be granted a permanent leave OF
! absence. Then. after my visit In.
terrupted the discussion. she re-
turned to the hotel and donned her
woman's clothes and wig. She met
Myra Prentiss at four o'clock. in
the ladies' room at the Pennsyl--
vania station; and for two hours
| obtained from her the evidences of
her voyage east and memoriZed its
details and events. At about sew
en-. she presented herself to me at
headquarters and finally registered
over again at the Quaker hotel, as
Laura Jordan"
81 see; that makes II quite clear"
The supervisor sat back and folded
his arms. "In fact, think | IN
derstand every point now but how
you penetrated her disguise. after
knowing her only as Randall. She
took you in completely at your first
meeting. didn't she?'
Except for a vague sensation of
familiarity had on her arrival
She was q clever actress, Mr.. War
wick, and well disguised especially
by that blond wig. That puzzled
me when Miss Prentiss mentioned
she had changed the color of her
, hair. Originally. Laura Dumont was
brunette, like the show-girl, her
self; when she cut II to act as Ran
dali. naturally. his hair was also
brown. But there was danger that
II she became Mrs. Jordan again
with the same hair, the resem-
blance might be noticeable. Accord
ingly, she adopted blond wig and
Miss Prentiss also had TO wear one,
TO pass for her"
Yes, but that doesn't explain"
Mr.. Warwick began, what clue
gave you the connection In the con-
spiracy between Randall here and
Doctor Prince In St Louis"
I'm coming to that now" the de-
tective interrupted. ut was RAN
dalls certificate from his physician
about his tubercular condition that
told me the truth. That was the
first one | actually saw-among his
papers on this desk, Friday after
noon. Those he presented previous
ly, to be excused from college In
October and on his return in Feb
ruary. had been filed among his rec
ords In his department, the busi-
ness school They all came from
Doctor Prince, whenever Randall
or Mrs Jordan-required them. or
course, he did not fill them out ms
Doctor Prince or I'd have recog-
niZed the plot at once: he was
shrewd enough to keep his name
out OF IL He wrote them out on
printed forms he secured Of a nom
existent doctor In Chicago. Ran
dalPs home town. choosing a name
resembling an actual physician
there. DR.. Harold Lincoln. be-
lieve II was. The university was
accustomed to accepting such re-
/ ports without much investigation.
But when happened to notice
Doctor Princes written prescrip-
tons, in his Office In St Louis. I
realized his connection with Ran
dali. The handwritings were Iden-
teal At the same time. II hard
ly seemed likely that she would
leave that evidence among the uni.
versity files II not alone implicated
him In the conspiracy and linked
him with the Randall disguise. but
1t was absolutely conclusive. And
she would not dare go before Mon
day as she said. II only because II
was wise to allow several days TO
elapse between her appearance as
Stuart's wife and her departure as
the student. fSly suspect she
intended TO purloin the one certi-
ficate by some sleight-of-hand on
Friday afternoon; unfortunately.
my interruption spoiled her oppor
tunity and compelled her to post.
pone the theft The only question
then. was when she would call at
the business school office, ostensibly
to study her records. and steal all
Of them together.
II made this discovery In St.
Louis, proving the Doctors guilt,
shortly after midnight, Sunday
night. If Laura had already got
hold Of the doctors excuses on Sat
urday, 1t was, of course. too late to
save them. However, the office Is
open only half of that day. If she
waited until Monday to abstract
them. just before she dropped out
Of the scene as Randall. I might
yet prevent their destruction, pro
vided | could be back in Philadel.
phia early on Monday morning. It
was a chance had to take to
| clinch my case; and the only way
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