The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-21

facts now" he said, 80 I'm g
I'm depending on you, now"
Miles reminded us. I'm not
giving you the name Of the young
lady, because, after all, she doesn't
enter the case at all. And now
we'll all shake hands on our
secret"
We shook hands all around and
Williamson, Jackson and I de-
parted. Cropsy, saying he had
something else to say to Miles,
fingered, but managed to convey
by means OF a surreptitious wink
that he would wait there for me.
News Hound Evades
His Fellow Workers
Five minutes later I had shaken
the other reporters and was back
in the county prosecutors office,
having used another entrance. I
wasted no time.
did Saul Mitchell" I asked
Cropsy, "tell you anything about
Janice Fowler's appearance when
he saw her at Margie shannon'S
door,"
He eyed me scornfully. $50
that's what you call important,
eh?" To Miles he said: "A re-
porter's bad enough when he
sticks to his own job, but when
he turns detective =. What's on
your mind2" he demanded.
"Well, did she appear to be up
set or was she calm?"
Mitchell didn't notice anything
out of the ordinary in her man.
ner."
"And did you happen to ask
Mitchell whether she was wearing
her hat and coat?"
Cropsy frowned in bewilderment.
''What are you driving at? he de-
manded.
I told him. He heard me all the
way through without interruption.
Then without a word he reached
for the telephone.
Within an hour I was back in
the Express city room with a new
lead. Saul Mitchell had answered
CropSy's summons Immediately
and had lost no time in getting
down to headquarters. And his
answer to Cropsy's questions was
unhesitating and positive: Janice
Fowler had been wearing a hat
and coat when he saw her at
Margie Shannon's door. You're
sure Of that?" Cropsy asked.
Absolutely"
Mitchell was a thin-faced man
with sandy red hair and pale, wa
terry blue eyes behind gold-rimmed
Spectacles. His air was apologize;
he almost fawned on CropSy; and
the latter, though he Strove to be
polite. was short with his witness
even curt.
Gall right" said Cropsy after a
few more matter-of-fact inquiries.
you can go now. Thanks for COM
ing down."
"One thing I want to ask you
before I run back to the shop"
said when Mitchell had departed.
you remember that Cantwell
found the fingerprintS of a man
on a table in the apartment.
Were they Nelson Rinehart's?
The lieutenant of detectives
nodded abSently. Eyes"
whats the matter?" I asked,
noting his abstraction. did the
observant Mr.. Mitchell spoil one
OF your pet theorieS?"
YEAH" he grunted. mot that
it makes any difference. But 1
thought the Fowler girl was lying
when she said she spent the eve
ming at movie. According to my
way OF figuring, she was waiting
in her apartment for Margie to
come home. Now it looks little
different"
And you hate to be wrong,
don't you?" I scoffed.
Cropsy redeemed. "Scram!" he
said indignantly. cat least I'm
not wrong about who killed the
girl"
Calhoun informed me, when I
returned to the office, that Stan
ley Evans, Janice Fowler's lawyer,
had thus far refused to make any
statement in behalf of his client.
Hes decent about it," said
Calhoun, "but Stiff-necked as hell.
Says he's not ready yet and that's
all there is to it. Dog-gone it, I
wanted to hear what the Fowler
girl would have to say in answer
to Saul Mitchell"
you don't know Evans the way
] d." I informed him. Hes the