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IM.C.IN 111 RE TODAY THE CRIME D->ris Matthews, lady's i aid. murdered Frtdev niebt. in sinwneruouso by blow with heavy perltime Mask, body rltirrp>’<l into lake on estate of millionaire Berkeleys. DETECTIVES Bonnie Dundee, guest at time of crime and discoverer of body; Captain Strawn of the homicide squad. MEMBERS OF HOUSEHOLD: Mrs GEORGE’ BERKELEY, social climber; George Berkeley, opposed to his daughter FLORINDA S engagement to SEYMOUR CROSBY. New York socle tv widower and a close friend of Mrs. Berkeley’s social secretary. MRS LETITIA LAMBERT; CLORINDA Berkeley, tngaged *o Crosby; GIGI Berkeley, who inaccountahlv sprinkled ml guests Fri.v night with perfume from flask pre<nten bv Crosby to her mother: DICK Berkeley, so infatuated with Dor.s that he had forced her to agree to meet him later, although she was engaged to EUOENF ARNOLD, the chauffeur: WICKFTT. butler: formerly In employ of both Mrs. Lambert and Cro.-by. Wtekett. questioned bv Strawn and Dundee, says he went up to bed at 11:15; knows nothing of the crime; that Doris had an appointment to meet Arnold. but. Arnold had left note for her •hat, he ronld not keep appointment, as he was required to drive guests home. Ksfafe is being scoured for Dick Berkeley. misstng from his room ail night. Coroner Price, finished with the body, is asked for expert opinion b” Captain Strawn. NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER TEN f Continued) As the butler, dismissed again, moved away with mournful dignity, Strawn commented: “There’s one guy would like to jerk the rope himself if Dick Berkeley killed the girl. . . . Well, Doc, what's the verdict?” he asked, as he and Dundee re-entered the summerhouse, where Dr. Price, the coroner, was awaiting them, whiling away the time by watching Can away, finger-print expert, at his work. "Death by a blow’ on the head or by drowning? And when did she die?” CHAPTER ELEVEN DR. PRICE shook his white head. “Sorry. Captain Strawn, but I can’t answer either of those questions now—definitely. Only an autopsy can tell whether the blow killed her dr whether she was only stunned and died by drowning. As to the time death took place, that will be hard to fix accurately. even after the autopsy. "Unofficially, however, in say now that she has been dead between pight and nine hours —that opinion subject to revision, of course." “Hmm . . . that places the murder betw’een 11 o’clock and midnight, if.you're right—and you usually are. Good enough for a starter, at any rate ... By the way. Doc. in examining the body, did you find a letter or note?" “No—nothing of the sort. There’s only one pocket—on the blouse of her uniform, and you can see for yourself it s empty. “I rolled the stockings down to look for bruises, and can assure you that no note was concealed in them. The stockings, by the way, have snags and runs in the back of them." “Runs? Funny that a pretty girl like that ’’ the chief of the homicide squad began. “There were no runs in her hookings when Dick Berkeley was torcing her to dance with him last night,” Dundee interrupted. “I distinctly lemember noticing how >retty her legs were in their sheer Mack silk stockings. “But I think I know what is reponsible for those runs." and he •dinted to the rough edge of the ooring which extended slightly •ver the flight of three narrow steps cading down into the lake. See! Here’s a tiny thread of he stocking silk, caught in a spliner. The body was dragged to the ops ” Dragged?" Strawn repeated, rhen it couldn’t have been a very rong person " “Remember the rocks with which he body was weighted." Dundee . minded him. a a a \ ND whoever dumped the girl in knew the lake pretty well knew the water was deep enough ere to hide the body, provided it as weighted down so it couldn’t ise and float,’’ Strawn pointed out. ’’Temporarily, at least, that counts ’rosby out. unless he was so panicky p had to take a chance. . . . How nr out was the body?” “Very near the steps—not more ■ han five or six feet.” Dundee anwered. Here's how I visualize the rime—and by the way, I think it was an impromptu murder, one rowing out of sudden anger, or iear. The use of the perfume flask as a weapon certainly points that way—”

"How do you know it was the weapon?" Strawn objected. “Three reasons: First, your nose tells you that perfume has been spilled here. Lots of it! Second, there's a glass splinter in that crack between the boards. Third,” and he drew from his pocket the handkerchief-wrapped stopper of the crystal flask, “I found this under the bench, overlooked by the murderer. “I suppose you’ll want Carraway to look it over for finger-prints, but I doubt that he finds any. It's so intricately carved that there’s fractically no smooth surface to take a print." When Carraway had accepted the stopper, shaking his head dubiously. Strawn burst out exasperatedly: “But how r the devil did the perfume flask get out. here?" “If we knew the answer to that question. I think we would know everything.” Dundee replied. “Frankly, it stumps me. “But it is certainly obvious that nobody but a maniac would choose a crystal flask of extremely concentrated perfume with which to clout any one on the head —with premeditatedly murderous intentions, I. mean. Therefore, I sav the crime was impromptu, the weapon the first and only one at hand. The deeply cut crystal flask broke with the first blow, of course, and the perfume spilled on the floor. I've sniffed with my nose to the floor and I’m pretty sure it. didn’t spatter much; therefore its rather obvious that Doris either was sitting on the bench, or that she had slipped from the bench to her knees, to plead with- her assailant. The latter, I think, since that would bring her head closer to the floor, to account for the fact that the perfume did not splash all over the place.” “Poor little thing!" And Captain Strawn, who regarded himself as very much hardened to murder, shuddered with horror and pity, “Whether that assailant meant to murder her or not we can’t know yet. of course," Dundee went on. “But. granted that toe blow only stunned the girl, the person who had hit her thought she was dead, or desperately feared the consequences if she regained consciousness and told what had happened. “In any case, that person had only one thought—to conceal the body. And here was the lake—a made to order grave. The girl's disappearance would cause excitement, of course, but it might be days before it occurred to any one to suspect suicide or murder, and to drag the lake.” a a a •”\rOU like the kid?” Strawn I asked, grinning. “Very much!” Dundee answered curtly. “But to get. along with the story, as I see it. The murderer was panic-stricken, but the instinct for self-preservation was strong. “The body mustn't rise to the surface before he had a chance to escape, as naturally’ as possible. Therefore it must be weighted. And the means for that, too, were at, hand. “An artistic border of rocks all along the lake's edge, and right up to the veri- steps that lead down into the lake. . . . Look!” and he drew Strawn to the top step and pointed. “There's where he got the stones. Didn't even have to leave the steps. Stooped and gathered them in—three from the right, side of the stops, two from the left.” “Hev! Wait a minute!” Strawn pretested. "How could the murderer see to do all this, unless he had been thoughtful enough to provide himself with a flashlight? I happened .to know there wasn't any ruoon last night.” “There again circumstances played into the murderer's hand," Dundee said. “No moon, but light where it was needed. “There are wire-covered electric lights placed among the rocks, all along the lake's edge, at intervals —sufficient to light up the lake and the interior of the summer house.” “I see. . . . Go on with your visualizing.” Strawn commanded. “Well, the rocks were placed inside the girl's skirts, but before that. I think, her little white apron was removed "

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“Apror ?” Strawn repeated. “Part of her uniform, eh? Maybe she took it off before she came out on a date ” 800 "vr°, I don’t think she did.” i 1 Dundee assured him. “When you send divers down into the lake, I think you’ll find it wrapped about the pieces of the broken flask, for ! I feel sure the apron was dipped into the water and used to swab the blood stains from the floor, and, possibly, from the clothes of the murderer. Also, to remove as much of the perfume as possible—but that was one task he found too hard for him!" he added, w’ith grim satisfaction. “Well, if he thinks it, as easy as all that to get rid of blood stains, he’s in for a surprise,” Strawn promised. “Eh. Doc? Takes more'n a little cold water to get rid of blood stains so that our chemist can't find a trace. What about the floor. Doc?” “I've already removed some of the blood-soaked dirt, from the cracks between the boards, where the floor had been swabbed,” Dr. Price assured him complacently. “Good man!” Strawn applauded generously. “Well, Dundee?” “That’s nearly all. I think. The stones were then placed inside the skirt and it was bound tightly about the girl’s knee ” "With Clorinda, Berkeley’s scarf!” Captain Strawn emphatically concluded the sentence for his subordinate. “Which doesn’t necessarily mean that Clorinda Berkeley did the tying,” Dundee went on quietly. “Not that I'm saying she didn’t but we must not overlook the possibility that Clorinda left the house quite innocenly for a walk about the grounds—headache possibly —and that she rested here a bit, leaving her scarf behind her, thus providing the murderer w’ith another aid to his impromptu crime. We can't hang her with the scarf, you know ” “Maybe not, but a rope will do just as well, if we find any of this perfume spattered on her dress,” Strawn retorted triumphantly. "If a spattering of this perfume were enough to get a conviction of murder, I’m afraid I’d be one of your first arrests, chief,” Dundee grinned. “My dinner coat’s reeking with the stuff.” “What!” Strawn gaped at him. “Say, you didn’t happen to see this murder, did you?” “No, I wasn’t an eyewitness, any more than I was the murderer,” Dundee assured him. “I should have told you before, but there’s been so much to tell. “The truth is. chief, that every one who was in the drawing room last night—hence, possibly every suspect that will turn up!—including Wickett. got splashed with Fleur d‘Amour!" (To Be Continued)

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