Evening star., 1955-11-13

man returned and asked politely enough. that they all
wait upstairs. There were he said meaningcssy. few
formaities.
They waited upstairs. in the living room. They
waited for more than hours puzzled and in growing
uneasiness. Then thinnish man Of medium height,
about whom there nothing special in appearances,
came into the room and looked around at them.
why, BiHr' Pam North said. '.You Bl?''
The thinnish man looked at her. and then at Jery
North and said oh" Then he said there were one
or two points.
And then Pam said, '-Oh. on note strangely fat
How one introduces police officer, who happens to
be an old and close friend to other friends who happen
to be murder suspects - else why was Bill Weigand
theEe3 - has long been moot question with Pam
and Jerry North Pam said, This j. Bill Weigand.
everybody. Captain Wcieand. He's he's police
man. So there must be -" And stopped.
.An right, Pan" Bill Weieand said. Then. "You I'll
saw her fall Tell me about IT. He looked around At
them back at Pam North. II was she who told him.
Her ewes had been -staring"2 Her face lslled2 Her
movements unccrtain2 Her voice hoarse? ..Yes, Pam
said confirming each statement. Bin Weigand looked
from 10 another Of the six in the ROOM He received
mods Of confirmation. One of- the men - tall, dark
haired but with gray coming LITTLE Older than the
Others seemed about to speak. Bill waited. The man
shock his head Bill got them identified then The tail
man was Stanley Pitt. This was his house.
But BIN said, she hadn't been drinking. The
medical examiner s quite certain Of that He seemed
to wait for comment
SHE said she never did, = Pam told him.
So Bill said
Then Hortense Notson spoke. in ! tense voice. You
act she said, rs you think one Of Us pushed her
Weieand looked II her carefully He said. mo.
That didn't happen, Mrs. Notson. How could il have
happened? You were an IN the dining room, looking
up at her. How could any Of you have pushed her?'
Then" Clark Notson said, and spoke quickly, with
unexpected violence. Then why all this? She
what? Had heart affackT"
Possibly Bin said. -But the doctors =
Again he was interrupted.
.Tve heard Of you. Notson said, and leaned forward
IN his chair you're homicide Aren't you h0micide2
Right" Bill said He looked around again, slowly
"As Mr.. Notson said, I'm homicide And be waited.
Phyllis Pitt the pretty. the very pretty. sht-haired
woman - had been crying. More than the nest, IN
expression in movements, she showed the shock Of
what had happened Those dreadful stairs she said
as if to herself Those dreadful stairs"
Her husband got up and went to her and leaned
over her. He touched her bright hair and said very
softly, 'AH right Phyl. All right !"
sBIl," Pam said. Fern fen downstairs and - and
died. What more Is there9'
.You all agra" Bill said that she was flushed and
excited and uncertain as il she had been drinking.
But she hadn't been drinking. And . 81 the pupils Of
her eyes were dilated That was why she seemed 10 Be
staring Because you see, she couldn't where she
was aoine So = He paused. .She walked Of into
the air have to find out why. So what want. S.
III took him long time TO get what he wanted,
which was an they could remember, one memory REIN
forcing another Of what had happened from the start
Of the dinner party until i ended with Fern Hartley At