The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-16
FIFTEEN

'It's a cinch the guy who at
tackled you was trying to MO some-
thing" said one Of the oetectlVeS
with Captain Mcdonald. What l
can't figure is, he came in a boat
but the body was dragged away
from the river.
markham wasn't killed beside
the river" 1 objected.
mo. 1 mean, he was dragged
from the rose arbor, where ne Was
killed. Toward the clubhouse IN
stead of toward the river.
CAPTAIN Mcdonald rolled ms
ev~er-present cigar from one SID
Of his mouth to the other. Even IL
the killer came from the clubhouse
there's no reason why he would
want to drag the body back the
way he came, is there?"
No one answered his question.
He started back toward the lily
pond and began studying the
ground there with his flashlight.
what do you hope to find?' l
asked, coming up behind him.
81 was thinking that the muir
derer was going somewhere with
that body. He dropped it. That
NEAR he was interrupted-prob-
ably by Mr.. Montcalm coming out
the door. He must have ducked
somewhere to hide. I'm looking for
his tracks at the side of the path,
but so many people have walked
around here I guess it's hopeless.
There aren't any tracks of hob
nailed shoes, and l could have
sworn there weren't any here last
night. either. It's hard to tell with
out good lights. This place ought
to have electric lights. How is it
lighted, anyway"
Il thought there used to be a
string of electric globes overhead"
said the detective named Sullivan.
The captain called to the man on
guard at the boat landing. "Oh,
Charlie, ever been past here on the
river boat at night? Ever see any
lights in this %garden?"
Charlie yelled back, Sure,
there's a string of lights on a wire
clear across the court. Must be
right near your head"
The captain waved the beam of
his flashlight skyward. That's
funny. There sure isn't any wire
here now, or any lights, either"
The beam of light swung around to
the wall of the south wing of the
clubhouse. But there's something
Interestingly"
A moment later he was standing
next to the wall, lingering a short
wire that dangled from an iron
staple at the height of the second
story windows. Somebody pulled
the wire down. This is the end OF
it," He glanced toward the north
wing, throwing his light that way.
And it passed pretty close over
the spot where Markham was
killed. See the other end over by
that window across the way.
WOlIQS1 IL tlS VII SOolu lldVC DCCil
pulled down last night if it
could have had any connection
with the murder"
IL couldn't say" I stammer-
ed. Tit sounds fantastic"
You never can TELL" the cap
tain persisted. This may be i'm
portant. I'm going to get in touch
with some of the servants and find
out if this happened during the
party. I don't see the wire lying
around anywhere"
We searched the ground for sew.
eral minutes with flashlights, but
there was no wire. Then he went
indoors to the telephone.
He located the number he want
ed. "Hello," he said after a pause
rs this Tony Pappini? Do you
know anything about the electric
light wire across the court back O.
tn clubhouse? . . . It's broken.
-. No, it's broken! No,
don't want to fix it. I want to know
who broke it. -. Well, then, wher
did you see it last? We're the light!
DIT IANAN C0IIDT d.