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Estacada Pharmacy
T h e R e x a l l S to re
"It is possible, but not likely. Any She was perfectly at ease, looked hand
how, It was not the »d >per alone. It some and w ell dressed, and eon id uot
was tin* other things and the slipper. be shaken. She to d bow Jennie Brie*
It win»"—
had been lu fear of her life and had
"Kxuetl.v. Now. Mrs. Pitman, this asked her, only the week before she
knife. Can you identify If positively?” disappeared, to allow her to g<* home
«
‘
<•
"I can ”
with her—Miss Hope. She told o f the
“ But Isn't it true that ibis is a very uttuck of hysteria in her dressing
common sort of knife? One that near room, and that the missing woman had
ly every housewife has in her posses said that her husband wan'd kill her
sion?"
some day. There was much wrangling
“ Yes. sir. But that Knife handle has over her testimony, and I believe at
three
nocdies
In
It.
1
put
the
notches
By
¡east u part of it was uot allowed to
there myself."
go to the Jury. But 1 am nut a lawyer,
MARY R0BÎRÏS RINEHART :: “ Before tills presumed • rime?"
aud 1 repeat what 1 recall.
. > “ Yes, sir.”
"Did she say that he had attacked
C op yrigh t. 1011, b y the Bobba- \ j
“ For what purpose?”
her?”
M e r r ill Com pany
“ My neighbors were constantly bor
“ Yes. more than once. She was a
rowing things. It was a means o f Iden
large woman, fairly muscular, and had
tification.”
always held her own."
Continued from last Issue
"Then this knife is vours?"
“ Did she say that these attacks
“ Whnt else did you hud In the
“ Yes."
I'tfOlU ? "
“ Tell again where .von left it the came when be had been driukiug?"
“ 1 believe he was worse then.”
“ A blood stained towel behind tin* night l»efore It was fo ind floating
“ Did she give any reason for her hus
wushstund: also my on.vx clock w h s dow nstairs."
band's attitude to her?”
missing."
“ On a shelf over the stove.“
She said he wanted to marry an-
••Where was the clock when the laiid-
“1'omd the dog have reached It oth(,r woujail.
le.vH were moved up Into this room?"
j There was a small sensation at this.
•*On the mantel. I wound It just be there;
“ Not without standing on a hot |f proved it established a motive.
fore they came upstairs.'*
I “ Did she know who the other wornau
•‘When you saw Mrs. Lad ley on Suit
“ is it nor possible that Mr. Dudley, j was?"
day did she say sin* was going away?”
unable to untie the boat, borrowed j **| believe not. She was away most
*‘Xo. sir.”
"> " ' I t>*<* Boaf» painter1
/" I ,,r ttu. ,iuy. »ml lie put In bln time ns
“ Did you see any preparation for a
“ No painter was cut that 1 heard he liked.”
Journey?”
about. The paper hauger
| "Did Miss Brice ever mention the
“ The black and white dress was laid
"No. no.
The boat’s painter—the nature of the threats he made agaiust
out on the bed and a small bug. She
rope.”
her?”
said die was taking the dress to the
“ Oil!
Well, he might have.
He
"No, 1 think not.”
theater to lend to Miss Hof»e.”
never said.”
“ Have you examined the body wash-
‘‘ Is that all she said?"
“ Now, then, this towel. Mrs. Pitman, ed ashore at Sewh kley?”
•*Xo. She said slic’d liecn wishing
Did not the prisoner on the following
“ Yes" — in a low voice.
her husband would drown: that he was
“ Is it the body of Jennie Brice?”
day tell you thut he had cut his wrist
a tie nd."
“ I cannot say.”
I could see that my testimony had iu freeing the boat and ask you for
“ Does the remaining hand look like
some court plaster?"
made an impression.
the bund of Jennie Brice?”
“ He did not." I said firmly.
The slipner. the rope, the towel and
“
Very much. The uails are filed to
"You have not seen a scar on his
the knife and blade were produced lu
points, us she wore hers.”
wrist?”
court, and I identified them all. They
"Did you ever know of Jennie Brice
“ No.” ! glanced Ht Mr. Isitdley. He
made u noticeable Impression on the
having a scar on her breast?”
was
stuliiug
as
if
amused.
It
mude
Jury. Then Mr. Llewellyn, the lawyer
“ No, but that would be easily con
me angry.
“ And what's more,” I cealed.”
for the defense, cross examined me.
Hashed,
“
if
he
has
a
cut
on
his
wrist,
“ Is it not true. Mrs. Pitman.” he
“Just what do you mean?”
said, “ that many articles, particularly he put It there himself to accouut for
“ Many actresses cou- eui defects. She
shoes and slippers, are found floating the towel."
could have worn flesh colored plaster
around during a Hood?”
1 was sorry the next moment, that I and covered It with powder. Also, such
“ Yes.” 1 admitted
had said it. but it was too late. The a scar would not necessarily be seen.”
“ Now, you say the do* found this counsel for the defense moved to ex
“ Explain that.”
slipper floating' In the hall and brought clude the answer, and 1 received a
"Most of Jennie Brice's decollete
it to you. Are you sure this slipper caution that I deserved. Then:
gowns were cut to a |>olnt. This would
belonged to Jennie Brice?”
“ You saw Mr. luidley when lie conceal such a scar.”
“ She wore It. I presume It belonged brought your boat back?”
Miss Hope was excused, and Jennie
to her.”
Bri e's sister from Olean was called.
“ Yes.”
“ Ahem! Now, Mrs. Pitman, after the
She was a smaller woman Plan Jennie
“ What time was that?"
Dudleys hail lieeu moved to the upper
“ A quarter after 4 Monday morning.” Brice had been, very ladylike in her
“ Did be come lu quietly, like a man manner. She said she \v- < married
and l.ving In Olean: she had not seeu
trying to avoid attention?"
sister for several years, but hud
“ Not particularly.
It would have her
.
been of .... use. The (to* waa bulk- I ™ " 1 Torn her ofle,, Tl.e «Itne-s bed
dis. on raged the marriage to the
fh** prls-
dls.-miraged
un*r
“ Wliat tlid he say?”
“ Why?"
"That he had been out for medicine.
“ She had had bad luck before.”
! That his wife was sick.’’
“ She had been married liefore?"
| “ Do you know h pharmacist named
“ Yes. ft» a man named John Bellow*.
Alexander—Jonathan Alexander?”
"There is such a one, hut I don't They were In vaudeville together on
know him.”
the Keith circuit. They were known
1 was excused, and Mr. Reynolds aH
Pillows,
was called. He had heard no quarrel-
* M,,t UP **t this, for John Bellows had
Ing that Sunday night, had even heard 1 boarded at my house.
Mrs. Ladle.v laughing This was alsnit '
Bellows Is dead?**
9 o’clock. Yes. they had fought in the I " i think not. She divorced him.”
afternoon. He had not overheard any I “ Did you know of any scar on your
words, but their voices were quarrel- sister's Imdj?”
| some, and once he heard a chair or I ” 1 never heard of one."
j some article of furniture overthrown. | "H ave you seen the body found at
I Was awakened about 2 by footsteps on SewicUley?”
I the stairs, followed by the sound of
"Y es." faintly.
| oars in the lower hall. He told his
“ Can you identify It?"
story plainly and simply. I'nder cross j “ No, sir.”
examination admitted thut he was
a flurry was caused during the after-
foud of detective stories and had tried noon bv Timothy 8euft. He testified
to write oue himself: that he had said to what I already knew'—thut between
at the store thut he would like to see 3 and 4 on Monday morulug. during
that “ conceited ass" swing, referring the height of the flood, he bad seen
to the prisoner: that lie bad sent flow from his shanty boat a small skiff
ers to Jennie Brice at the theater, and caught lu the current near the Niutb
had made a few advances to her. with street bridge. He had shouted encour
out success.
agingly to the man In the boat, running
My bead was Roinii round. I don t ou, „ „ a y oll the
to „lake him hoar
know .vat how the poll, a laarnad it all. | Ha bad told him to row with tba i in
tuit by the time poor Mr. Reynold* left rent BIld to try
„tear In toward
the ataud half the people there lie- ,bora. He had followed cloae to the
“ Are y u *ur* thi« «ligger belonged W Ueved that he bad beeu In love with rtT„ b .nk
hla own boat. Below
Jennie Bricef”
Jennie Brice. thut aha had spurned hi* Bllth , treit fhf, otb, r i * , t WM w ium
floor, did you search their bedroom and advance*, and that there wa* more lu | rop* tbrowlu|c dlatauce. He had pulled
the connecting room downstairs?”
ibe story than any of them had aus ,t |n lud blld towed „ w, „ b ,ck OPt uf
“ No, *ir.”
the current. The man In the boat waa
“ Ah! Then how do you kuow that
Mlsa H ope» atory held without any the urlaoner
Aakad If the orUonee
this slip[**r was not left ou the floor or alteration under the cross examination. 1
Continued on page 4
in a closet?"
The Case of|
Jennie Brice i