The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-04
BY ElIery Queen

sister! More important than that,
why didn't he disclose the fact to
you or Chief Dakin when he was
arrested? Why didn't Jim tell Judge
Martin, his attorney, that the letters
didn't mean Nora, for use as pos
sible defense in his trial? For il the
first wife were dead, 1t would have
been a simple matter to corroborate
- the attending physicians aft
davit, the death certificate, . dozen
things.
"But Jim Kept his mouth shut.
He didn't by so much as a word in
dictate that he'd married another
woman between the time he and
Nora broke up almost four years
ago and the time he returned to
Wrightsville to marry her. Why?
Why Jim's mysterious silence on
this point?"
maybe" said Pat with a SILVER,
because he'd actually planned and
carried out the murder Of his first
wife"
Then why didn't he mail the let
tiers to his sister," argued Cart.
"Since he'd presumably written
them for that eventuality%
"Ah," said Mr.. Queen. "The very
counterpart? So I said TO myself
Is it possible that the murder Jim
had planned Of his first wife did
not take place at the tins It pds
supposed to-"
"You mean she was alive when
Jim came back to Wrightsville?'
gasped Pat.
"Not merely alive" said Mr.
Queen; he slowly ground out the
butt of his cigaret in an ash tray
"She followed Jim here"
"The first wife7" Carter gaped
"She came to WriohtsviLsP
cried Pat.
Eyes, but not as Jim's first wife.
"Then who"
"She came to WriohtsviIIs," sale
Ellery, "as inns sister"
"As Jim's sister," whispered Pat
"The woman Jim introduced to u.
as his sister Rosemary Wasn't hi.
sister at al7 She was his Uifep
"Yes." Ellery motioned to GU
Olesen. But Gus had the secont
round ready. And no one spoke unit
Gus returned to the bar.
"But Queen" queried Carter
dazed, chow can you know that"
well, whose word have we tina
the woman who called herself Rose
mary Haight was Jim Haight's sis
teri" demanded Ellery. "Only tn
word Of Jim and Rosemary, an,
they're both dead However
that's not how know she was hi
first wife. know that because
know who really killed her. An,
knowing who really killed her,
just isn't possible for Rosemary b
have been Jim's sister. The onl,
person she. could have been, tn
only person against whom the mur
derer had motive, was Jim's frs
wife; as you'll see."
"But Ellery," said Pat, "didn'
you tell me yourself that day, b
comparing the woman's handwrit
ing on Steve's trucking receipt wit
the handwriting on the flap of tn
letter Jim received from 'Rosemar
Haight, that that proved the won
an wds Jim's sister,"
81 was wrong" said Mr.. Queer
frowning. "All that the two sigma
lures proved, really, was that N
same portnn had ioritten both. Ths
meant only that the woman VIII
showed up here was the same won
an who wrote Jim that letter whic
disturbed him 90. l was misled b
the fact that on the envelope sh
had signed the name 'Rosemar
Haight.' Well, she was just usin
that name"
"But IL the woman who was DO
soned was Jim's first wife," pr,
|, tested Garter. why didn't Jim's rel
: sister come forward after the mu
!. der7 Lord knows the case ha
! enough PUBLICITY"
, "If he had a sister" humble
J ! Patty. "If he had oneis