The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-06

-Yes." nodded Blgelow.
Wen u happens that have . habit
OF pacing the door when I'm restless
or absorbed 10 thinking ! dln !, yes-
terday while KaFsanaktli ~ mere
and as passed the desk. my eses fell
upon the wastepaper basket several
times The basket was about hall full
o. wastepaper. and on top Of Ii iay 4
tnin strip Of paper-ths letterhead
sorn OF cut on . sheet OF my station
cry. Its presence there aroused q
vague curiosity somewhere Ia the
back OF my mind. but | was too In
tent on what Karsanakofi was saying
ana looking 10 concentrate on the
matter OF the torn-off letterhead And
oy the time Karsanakofi had depart
cd had forgotten about Il But this
afternoon when ! saw the newspaper.
remembered the letterhead Perhaps
mat nrst suggested to me that the
letter might have been typed here.
Afterward. | questioned Miss Vest
colt and she assured me she mad not
thrown u In the basket So Il must
have been Karsanakofi. No one else
used this room except when myself
wns present"
BigeIow nodded. Il think It's fairly
clear. then, that Karsanakoff tyred
the letter Do you suppose she repre-
sents her government or some RUS
sian secret order formed to deal with
cases like vronski's7"
NTf eaouaa r.necfhla A~A -. est~a.
OF no good reason why she should
have written the letter Il the facts Ia
II are not true. I mean-if she was
oficially acting as nemesis. there is q
purpose In her sending the letter-to
let others know wha' fate traitors can
expect Otherwise what purpose
could there be7"
"She might have sent II In an effort
70 set ne police on the right trail
or perhaps merely &c aid Dryden
Austrelitz shook his head with q
faint smile. in my opinion Madame
karsanakofi Is too interested In her
own caree- to waste time or thought
on matters that do not directly con-
Germ her Let me lay before you my
own reasoning In regard to that letter.
Here Is my line Of thoughtls
'You Think She Shot EimT
a USTRELlTz began to pace the
Z > door. Either the facts In that
letter are false or they are true u
they are false. she has gone to some
trouble to invent them and for what
puTposef To slear Dryden-a man
that she does not known That doesn't
seem likely On the other hand u the
facts are true. thay mean more to you
and me than to the police They mean
that Karsanakof1 must have learned
them In order to be able 10 reveal
them But when did she learn them.
after vronski's death or beforef"
Before. Of course-i" cried BiRe-
low
I'VE can't be sure Of that. but u
she knew them before. we could ur-
derstand something which puzzled
usher curious reactions when you
first mentioned vronski's name to her
on the ship and when you afterward
presented him"
she knew who be was all the
timeI" cried Rigelow,
n think 80. think she recognized.
MS name on the ship but wasn't Ger.
tain II was the man she mad IN mind
until you actually presented him
And few hours after that he was
shot" said Bigelow.
Yes" They looked at each other
gravely
-You think she shot him7" asked
BtgeIow
~Yes l have thought so from the
beginning. only could think OF 40
way OF establishing the fact except By
eliminating all other possibilities And
until now. you must remember. we
nave had az motive to ascribe to
her"
"Do you want to establish the fact
OF her guili2" asked BigeIow curio1S-
ly. Il mean--you don't want to see
her In Oryden's place. do your"
mo. can't honestly say do Theo.
retically. one realizes that II Is ones
duty as q citizen OF o civilized com.
munity to see that q murderer or
murderess pays the Just penalty for
his on her crime But In case IKE
this where the victim was thor
ough scoundrel and the murderess
such q beautiful creature and such 9
brilliant dancer-one hesitates to de.
nounce her On the other hand. Is one
to let Dryden go to the chair7"
Certainly not" agreed Bigelow.
"I'u admit the case against him
does not seem very strong. but one
never knows about iuries. So much
depends upon how the lawyers pre-
sent their case-and how persuasive
they are-and what sort Of brains the
jurymen have got and what sort OF
lives they've lived. =. ANY number
of things. Suppose the case goes
against Dryden and he's convicted
and Karsanakoff has by that time de-
parted these shores-thst she has no
inclination to confess and sacri6cei
herself to says him. She may argue
that be mt ant to kill Vronsh-that,
he would have killed him II she hadn't
saved him the trouble-and that
therefore he is Just as guilty as she u
and Just as deserving of punishment"
fcopyr4ohs. 1887 Frederick JacksonI
AustreIitz makes an appointment