The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

| moment, wide-eyes and furious too stunned for words.
 "He can't do that!" she shriekec finally, and her voice filled tht house with its shrill hysteria. "Ht can't do that to mel"
 In the hushed house of death, hel white fury was horrible to behold but Sybil was beyond caring. Sht forgot her uncle, lying still and colo in the next room; she forgot the man she loved, staring at her nov in pen-mouthed horror from the stairway; she forgot everything save her intense, all-consuming hatred oi the girl Joan Barrett
 "I'll break that will, I tell you!' she raved on. She'll not take any more from me - the murderer's brat"
 Bob was down the stairs in an instant, and as he ran toward Sy- bil, the fury in his face was even ! greater than hers, and he would have struck her down if Kennedy had not held him from behind.
 "OBrien," Kennedy said to one of the officers, take Miss Hendry home. She's overwrought, I'm afraid"
 His tone was quiet, but it sug- gested no tenderness. O'Brien bundled Sybil Hendry into her coat with scant ceremony and car ried her to the police car in front of the house.
 Kennedy turned to Bob. "Sup- pose we go upstairs now, MT. An drews," he suggested, without fur ther mention of the incident. When the two men were seated together, the door closed behind them, Bob brought out copies oi the newspaper reports on the Bar rett case which Dorothy had giver him. He would proceed with Ken nedy, he planned, as Dorothy hac with him. Her arguments had beer so logical, the way she presented | them.
 These are copies of the Thomas Barrett case in San Francisco, MT Kennedy" he explained. Kennedy looked surprised. Where did you get them?"
 "Mis Starke happened to have them ."
 l "Indeed!" Kennedy looked them over. How long has Miss Starke had them?" he asked.
 For several weeks, I believe You see - well, Miss Barrett has been tortured by the memory of the case, particularly now that we plan to be married. She thought it might disturb me. And Miss Starke had these copies made, she told me, so that she might study the case herself and find a loop hole to set Joan's mind at peace, she said"
 Kennedy smiled. Miss Starke is quite an optimist, I should say"
 T think she's found something, Kennedy" Bob insisted. Read the story over, please
 You think it has a bearing on this case?"
 Definitely" Kennedy read the papers Slowly and thoughtfully. Bob sat silently, an agony of suspense tearing him apart. He smoked continuously lighting one cigaret from the stub of the other.
 T see one curious thing" Ken nedy noted finally. What's that?" ,as e.9 5
 This fellow Norton seemed to have been on the job at that time also
 Bob's heart leaped for joy. You noticed that?" he cried. q read the whole story over twice before I saw it |. ."
 Miss starke called it to your attention?"
 Yes, she did. And this is what she suggested further He went on to point out that in each case the murder was committed for large sum of money unex. pectedly on hand. It was Norton he emphasized, who was respon- sible for the money being in MT. , Hendry's possession, since Norton had promoted the sale of the mine flor cash.
 Wait a moment!" Kennedy in- terrupted. By your own story, Norton went to town with you on the 1l:10 train."
 T know. I've checked on that. Look at this.'' From his inner pocket he took out a Green Hills local timetable. The 11:1O gets into Penn Station at 11:24. There's another train out at 11:3l, which gets to Green Hills at 11:46. Nor ton could have left me and taken the next train back. He could have walked from the station to this house in three minutes, at the most ."
 We have the word of the room