The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-11
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 fE<GfaCENT GRAVES, secretnFy =@ HHoR0E D1slMGoLDy flnar E&e employer fn hIs officr denli.
 ''||tE1l has . notebook ln wlilcb +<&'HFZ110 had begun 0 dicfnte Q <eNI1zsIpn. Hn panic sine rtfslieh #4FH9; FegiDteFB at . iIUtcl- under Hfl nSbnii,ed name.
 JARVIS HAPP, a sifnnger, Of- 8eE5 fD help hef. He sends her tO Q tH11fr shop where sire is trans. 4Ot1llt1 into . brunei, then takes her fi0ntp, introducing her as his E<Ct4tnry. She meets Happ's son, NORMAN; his sfcpson, ROBERT DAlEE; and MRS HAPP.
 That night . note under her &EDoR informs MlIllcent, 'sTll0 wc- nan fn black erllIinc is IIere." Mil, tsCcf11 sees the woman lII blsrk drive 1nWmy ana follJSys in Robert Qei1e'e coupe, but raiis out of gils. 8l,e WalkD home, enters the -chaue. 4ezlRs8 qlingters and fintis hitn dead.
 Next morning AIiilicent and anDp discuss tIs0 case. Happ cou- vinecs DETECTIVE BUCHANAN ktlaf Bob ONise knOws more thau zie ilas told. The detective is about f0 send for H0h when Mrs Happ Eaters. She says, ssDOn't let anyone lease the room"
 NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
 CHAPTER xK1I ,
 Detective Buchanan turned to Hrs Happ and said, "Go ahead and tell your story"
 Mrs Happ stared steadily at Mil. licent.
 Miilicent thought, "Well, here 1t pOiiies. She saw me throw the keys out. Of my window. She's going 10 make a direct accusation. Then they'll start making trouble for me, and Mir Happ will probably tell about that handkerchief"
 Mililcent managed to keep her eyes Absolutely unwavering. To her surprise, she saw Mr Happ's eyes grow less hard and less certain. Tho older woman's glance wavered and fell.
 ''we'rs waiting,' Detecti,e Buchanan reminded her.
 Ie happens" Mrs Happ said slowly, 'that l am Roberts moth. ery l feel that I am entitled to see that my boy gets square
 No one's trying to give him anything else except square deal" Buchanan said.
 happen to know" she said slowly, that Robert was in this hOtiso all night last night"
 How do you know that?"
 sT looked in on him after he had gone to bed. He was sleeping. I fixed things so that he couldn't get out without my knowledge"
 What do you mean?" Jarvis Hanp asked.
 You know what I mean" s,io said. Robert has been little wild. Yya suspected that he has been carrying on without my knowl- edge." *.
 Eou mean with :. -"
 J&fvis Happ never finished his question. His wiGe interrupted him by saying, Tt doesn't make a par. ticik of difference with whom I mean, Jarvis. The fact remains that s4 'eAA0Hbcu d iiltiC tE0P SO If1HE Robert couldn't have left his room last night without my knowledge. I stretched very fine silk thread scfobs the threshold about eight 1i1ches from the floor. This morn. ing T made 1t point to look at the thread. It was intact. Robert WAS still sleeping. broke the thread 8nd removed it."
 Happ said slowly, Why did you 11ick on last night as the night to make this test. Cynthi&?' !.
 Because" she said, "last nigot Nastthe night when he would have zone out had your suspicious benn true"
 "This isn't getting us anywhere" Buchcanan said.
 It's getting us this far," Mrs Happ insisted vehemently. "It's establishing beyond any question that Robert was in his room last night"
 Could he have got out through a window" Buchanan asked.
 NO, his rooms on a second story"
 Miiiicent did some rapid think Ing. Last night had been Vera Duchene's night out. Apparently Jarvis Happ thought that Bob