The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
. SERIAL STORY
 NEW YORK JUNGLE
;.s BY WRAY WADE SEVERN

pleasure in his new trophies While they were having coffee il the Jungle, they had found them selves locked in; Hugh had sho the lock; the men had gone II search of the supposed robber.
 Then, Sidney went on, a scream had brought them back to thu Jungle. They had found Adam dead and Marta unconscious a his feet.
 He touched briefly Nella's neu' roSiS concerning fire and his hum with Hugh for the blaze. He alSC recalled Pats search for hel pearls, and his own regret that they all had been unable to re- main together, despite their agree ment.
 Then the chauffeur was the only member of the household who could have locked the rest of you in?" Ploynan asked.
 ''Yes, but he had driven to the village"
 what about his parking dowr the road, returning when the fam fly were at dinner and hiding il, the Jungle?"
 He could have done it, though he would have had to park ir open road There are no side roads within easy walking dis tance."
 Say he did return Plowmar persisted. Could he have escaped through the open door in the dark while you were looking fol matches?'
 How quickly Gundrum's theory had turned up! In this case sus- pect was attached to 1t and Berkes in Sidney'S opinion, was innocent He decided to tell the truth.
 Possible but not probable. Cap. tain Plowman. I didn't move from the door myself, and though ii was dark, I'm sure I should have heard anyone leave"
 Where's the car the chauffeur used?" Plowman demanded.
 T imagine it must be in the garage at the end of the real garden"
 "O'Connor," the captain or dered, check that car"
 Nov where's the dead man?"
 As they passed into the dark ness of the lower hall, Plowmar kept 8 powerful flashlight playing on the walls and floor in front of them.
 T didn't hear them myself, but Miss Langdon did. Her senses are abnormally keen. MT. Gundrum thought he heard someone, too
 Before the storeroom Plowmar stopped. You didn't mention a dog"
 "A dog? There was no dog here Sidney was astonished.
 "There has been small dog here, recently. It was put down here for few moments where it stood obediently. and then picked up again. If you look you will see where 1t stood. Whoever held it had dry feet, but the dog did not. The light focused on the floor.
 There were prints of wet paws 'They may have been made some time ago." the lawyer suggested Langdon has never allowed dog near his collection. They are apt to attack the animals"
 Plowmau ran his hand over the fine-grained oak of the door.
 '"This Soor has been here a long time. Key must be large, judging from the type of lock-"
 Truly, I can't recall ever sec ing a key Sidney told him.
 Lock has been oiled recently; key would have turned without a click the captain of the state troopers went on as if talking to himself.
 "A mans ears would have done him unusually well to have heard a key turn in that storm, Cap tain,' Sidney said.
 ''Yet Miss Langdon heard foot steps
 "There were intervals of com parative quiet" Sidney explained.
 For several minutes Plowman studied the body of Adam Langdoll the position, the hole in his shirt front, the block on which he had stood; then he turned is attention to the broken window.
 with this downpour it will be impossible to find a footprint out side, even if someone had shot from the window Sidney sug- geSted.
 He's right, Captain" Sergeant O'Connor hurried into the Jungle, his raincoat dripping. i've just given the place the once-over. l saw that broken window and in- vestigated. There's been a vine next to the house, kicked away recently"
 Plowman nodded. what did you get on the carp
 Mileage shows eight and a quarter miles about the distance to the village and back, sir. The color of the mud on the tires, some oil and tar check with the condition of the roads. I found three dark dogs hairs on the seat beside the chauffeur and kept them" His report finished, O'Con- nor peered about the room.
 "Who stood near the door after