The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-06-01

den wall wouldn't alter that, II they
didn't enter the house"
Harper broke on short as the door
opened and Andrews entered.
Andrews. can you tell us the.
name Of Mr.. Dufresne's tailors?"
The butler showed no sign OF sur
prise at the seemingly irrelevant
question. Barr. Tompkins & Barr"
Harper picked up the coat. trous-f
ers. and waistcoat. II want you to-
examine these carefully. Andrews
and tell US II these are part of Mr..
Dufresne's wardrobe"
Andrews looked closely at the
various articles, lingering the seams,
examining the Innings. turning out
the inner pocket for the label. "Yes,
sir. am quite sure this Is one Of
Mr.. Dufresne,s SUITS"
Harper handed over the nose
glasses, with their black silk cord.
"How about these?"
Il think they are his. Mr.. Du-
fresno has all his glasses made up
in duplicate pairs"
Can you identity any others OF
these clothes?"
Andrews obediently picked over.
the shoes, socks, underwear, shirt,
collar and tie. He put the last three.
articles aside. II believe these came
from upstairs, sir. | am sure the
Others did moi"
HAS Mr.. Dufresne awakened yet,
AndreWs?"
"oh. yes. sir. He is having break.
fast now 81
Hare you been In Mr.. Dufresne's
rooms since you came up from the
Austerlitz last night?"
Naturally. sir. several times.
Both last night and this morning"
did you notice any sign of dis
turbance. anything to indicate that
this man had been in those rooms?
Or did Mr.. Dufresne mention any
thing Of that nature?r
No. sir. So far as could see
nothing had been disturbed. | can
not answer for Mr.. Dufresne, but
doubtIessly he would have men
TONED 1t to me"
Harper put the clothing back on
chair. IF this man changed into
some OF Mr.. Dufresneis clothes he'd
do It right there In the room. An
drews. take Lafferty here up to the
dressing-room and help him look
through the closets"
+ AFFERTY went ont in the wake
- Of the butler. and Harper, left
alone. began to walk up and down
the room. his eyes turning again
and again to that armchair In which
the baffling intruder had met his
death.
He came to 4 stop before the
wainscoting at the vertical panel
that bore the bullet mark. The bull
let had not wedged itself into the
wood. but had been found on the
io0r. whence It had dropped after
the impact. The detective used his
magnifying lens on the SCARED
place.
Carlin's puzzled suggestion that
the bullet wound bore all the mark
ings Of heavy caliber steel-jacket
had stuck in his mind. The lens at.
fOrded Q much clearer view Of the
Jagged dent Ii the wood. from which
tiny particles had fallen to the floor.
This enlarged scope OF the eye
gave the detective q sudden and
startling insight Into the matter. He
fitted the bullet into the rough.edged
cavity. Il matched very badly. He
tried the bullet from various angles
but with no better success.
Harper squatted back on his
heels. the light OF discovery dawning
on him. The center depth OF the bul
let mark IN the walnscoting was nm
dcubtedly deeper than otilcer Ham
ilfs bullet could account for. FUR
thermore. the mark in the wood ran
70 = Distinct conical pit. while the
nose or Tho pOlicaman's bullet wask
distinctly biadti Here was the first
tangible bic OF evidence to give col.
or to bis suspicious.
Il looked IS II the sharp.eyed Car.
lln's hesllancy over acceptance OF
the caliber Of the fatal bullet as q
as was going to be justified. II this
unidentified masqnerader had not
died By this particular IS bullet
then 0ficer Hamill had not killed
him. The attendant o0roIlaries OF
this thought leAped into Harper.s
grasp. tallarmed and clamorIng for
attention.
& meant that the bullet which had
really killed the man In the chair
was definitely missing! II had been
carried away. Some phantom third
presence had dlslodged Il from the
wall and substituted q bullet Iired
from the pollceman's gun.
ofncer Hamlll had not killed the
unknown man. Then tue dead man
IL the armchair could not have killed
HamIll!
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