The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1938-02-17

, preston. Fleel introduced him tC
us cursor;ly, with a careless wave
Iof the hand, as Kenyon Kenting
the brother Of -tne missing man
Then the lawyer turned Gtifly to
the other side Of the room, and said
lin suave, businesslike voice:
"But ] particularly wish to pre-
sent you gentlemen to Mrs. Kaspar
Renting"
We all turned to the pale, terri
fed woman seated at one end of q
small davenport in the shadows OF
the west wall. She appeared at
first glance to be in her early thir-
ties;s but I soon realized that my
guess might be ten years out, one
way or the other,
Sergeant Health broke gruffly in
+ to the scene.
Don't you want to 60 upstairs,
Chief, and see the room from where
the snatch was made? Snitkin's on
duty up there.
81 say, just moment, Sergeant.
Vance sat down on the sofa beside
Mrs. Renting. ''I'd like to ask Mrs
Chief, and see the room from where
turned to the woman. Tell me,
when did you first learn of your
husbands abSence?"
The woman took a deep breath.
EARLY this morning about six
Io'clock, I should say. The sun had
just risen"
"And how did you happen to be-
come aware Of his sabsence?"
81 WASN'T sleeping well last
night" the woman responded. q
was restless for some unknown rea-
son, and the early morning sun
coming through the shutter into
my room not only awakened me,
but prevented me from going back
to sleep. Then ] thought heard a
faint unfamiliar sound in my hus-
bands room-you see, we occupy
adjoining rooms on the next floor
and it seemed to me I heard some
one moving steathily about. There
was the unmistakable sound of foot
steps across the foor-that is, like
some one walking around in soft
slippers.
I got up, threw a dressing gown
around me, and went to the door
which connects our two rooms.
called to my husband, but there
was no response of any kind-and
realized that everything had sud-
denly become quiet in the room
BY this time l was panicky; so
pulled open the door quickly and
entered the room. ;"
"Just what kind of sound was il
that first caught your attention
Mrs. Kenting?"
81 don't know exactly. It might
have been some one moving chair
or dropping something"
could it have been a scuffle Of
some kind-I mean, did it sound as
if more than one person might have
been making the noise?"
II don't think So It was over toe
quickly for that"
when you entered the room
were the lights on?"
eyes," the woman fastened tt
answer animatedly. "That was the
curious thing about it. Not only
was the chandelier burning bright
ly, but the light beside the bed al
so. They were CHASTITY yellow If
the daylight.
"And another strange thing wa:
the curious thing about it. Not on
ly was the chandelier burning
brightly, but the light beside the
bed aso. They were a CHASTITY vel
low in the daylight.
"And another strange thing wa:
that the bed had not been slept in.
Vance's eyebrows rose slightly.
do you know what time Mr.
Renting came to his bedroom las
night?"
L 411C "O111011 l1OS4toLCO q 11IO111C4A
and flashed a glance at kenyon
Renting.
ooh, yes" she said hurriedly. Sc
heard him come in. 1t must have
been soon after three this morning
I heard him enter his bedroom anc
turn on the lights. Then I hearc
him telephoning to some one in ar
angry voice. Right after then fel
asleep again"
''You say he was out last night
Do you know where or with
whom?"
"a new gambling casino wa:
opened in jersey yesterday, and my
husband was invited to be a guest
at the opening ceremonies. His
friend Mr.. Quaggy called for him
about nine o'clock"
please repeat the name of youl
husbands friend"
"Quaggy- Porter Quaggy. He: