The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-05

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She hasn't been lying there since
6 o'clock last evening"
He turned once more to Weiss
and was about to resume his
questioning when the door was
opened by the policeman on guard
outside to admit Doctor Saunders,
the coroner. a lean, brisk man
with reddish Van Dyke and mild
blue eyes which peered inquir-
ingly from behind thick.lensed
pince nez.
He nodded briefly to the occu'
pants Of the room and Cropsy
detached himself from Weiss to
lead him over to the corpse.
"Oh, how pretty, how pretty!"
Doctor Saunders said abstractedly
as he knelt down beside Margie
Shannon. stabbed, eh?"
Green Chiffon Dress With Elbow
Sleeves
He gently moved her arms and
head to try to determine the con.
dition Of rigor mortis. One Of her
arms had been outflung above her
head, and the flaring elbow-length
Of her green chiffon dress had
fallen so that the arm was bare
to the shoulder.
Doctor Saunders now straight
erIed both arms out beside her to
prepare for a more thorough exam
nation. and I turned away.
Weiss appeared curious, but
CropSy opened the door to ret him
out. "Stick around" he said. land
in the meantime get that Lewicki
fellow down here"
I nodded, and Terrell Of the Sun
who, like Harris, had been in ano
out of the room telephoning, asked,
What do you make Of it, Lieuten.
ant? Robbery"
Cropsy stared past him for q
moment without speaking. May
be-" he said finally; "but don't
like the looks Of that tapestry"
whats the matter with the
tapestry?" Terrell asked.
whats it ripped down for?" de-
manded CropSy.
Terrell said he thought it had
been ripped down by the muir
derer in his search. 1.-THE rest Of
the apartments upside down. Why
pick out the tapestry?"
There's a method in the rest Of
it," the lieutenant of detectives ex.
planned. when h went through
the desk and the closets and the
bureau drawers he might have
been looking for something. But
what the devil would he expect to
find behind a pretty piece Of
cloth tackled to the WALTZ"
What did he expect to find in
the bed?" Terrell countered, and
Cropsy froze up.
1--WE been known to leave my
watch under my pillow" he said
tartly and turned away. He was
RAoNASN SS44O D44OHC0 H.
Whitacre came in then. He re-
ported success in reaching Wrenn.
HE was at his studio" he told
Cropsy. Said he'd be right over.
I didn't tell him what we wanted
to see him about" he added wisely.
He'll Luy a paper on the way
over" Kornman growled. These
news hounds"
"sure. I know" I said, heading
him off. Cant you lay off that
line just once? What got you
taken off a beat if it wasn't that
little story of mine about you in
the Express?"
Red-Faced Policeman ArOuseS
IrritabiIity
He mumbled something unin.
telligible and subsidized Kornman
was a big, beefy, red.faced cop.
His bark was worse than his bite,
but there were times when he got
on my nerves. If he, instead of
Cropsy, had been in charge Of the
investigation, we probably would
have been cooling our heels out
side in the hall.
DR.. Saunders presently Joined
as again. He snapped his case
shut and picked up his hat.
WELL" he said to Cropsy, IT
suppose you want to know far
more than I'm able to tell you.
Death was caused by stab wounds
"a long, slender-bladed knife or
dagger, I should say. Two Of them
pierced the heart one through
the back"
Through the back, eh?" said
Cropsy. Il didn't know about
that"
Under the left shoulder blade, I"
said the coroner.
And the time?"
To Be Continued