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You see, I believe in helping a detective all I can," and he chuckled broadly. As Adam Adams could see, the documents were of legal aspect and with them were several letters. "Then the deal goes through," said John Watkins. "Doesn't that look like it?" "And the patent is yours?" "Yes." "I wonder what Barry Langmore would say to this, if he was alive?" "He wouldn't like it at all."
As Raymond Case had said, the Langmore mansion was a large one, setting in the midst of an extensive lawn, sprinkled here and there with maples and oaks and fine flowering bushes. The hedge in front was well kept and the side fences were also in good repair.
Langmore, saying she must obey or leave the house?" "Yes. He is an expert penman, and most likely a regular forger as well as counterfeiter. He only made a mistake when he drank too much." "Did Watkins know any of the details of the murder?" "Yes. After it was over, Styles came to him and told his story, being half drunk at the time.
He reached the Langmore mansion once more to find that Tom Ostrello had departed for the city on necessary business but was coming back before night. Then at the hotel he found a message from his own office calling him to New York. "You are going away, Mr. Adams?" said Raymond Case, who chanced to see him departing. "Not for long. I'll be back to-night or to-morrow." "Anything new?"
"This is a bit out of the ordinary, Vapp." "Well, that makes it more interesting. Who is the party?" "The fellow's name is Tom Ostrello." "Foreigner, eh?" "No, he is American-born the son of Mrs. Langmore." "You don't mean the woman who was murdered with her husband?" "Yes. He is a commercial traveler for a drug concern." "Good! I'm glad I elected to be a traveler myself."
Barry Langmore had some dealings with Styles about patents and mortgages. One day Styles drank a little too much, and went to Langmore to pay a bill. He had two packages of money with him, each for several thousand dollars. One package was good money and the other was our own brand. Styles also had some loose bills with him. He paid part of a mortgage and also something on an invention.
Barry Langmore at Beechwood Hill?" "Yes." Adam Adams was surprised, although he did not show it. What had this rich young man, who lived in Orange, New Jersey, and did business in Wall Street, to do with that double tragedy which had so shocked the community? "I presume you know some of the particulars of the sad affair," resumed Raymond Case. "The newspapers have been full of it."
Morse, who told briefly how she had been placed in charge of the upper part of the Langmore mansion shortly after the tragedy, and how she had been watching Margaret. She said the girl had had only a few visitors, mentioning Raymond Case and a stranger from New York. "Who was the stranger?" asked Coroner Busby. "A Mr. Adams. He's either a lawyer or a detective." "Oh!" "I brought Mr.
I am fairly certain it was that drug which was used to kill Mr. and Mrs. Langmore." "But Tom did not use it," she insisted. "Somebody else must have gotten the drug from him or from his traveling sample case." "That is possible. Now there is another side to this case, which I cannot understand at all." And then he told of the counterfeit bank bills.
But soon the evidence began to accumulate against her and she had the same kind of a shock that Miss Langmore has experienced. She raved and at last cried out that she was guilty " "And was she guilty?" "It was never proven, although matters looked black against her. The case hung fire because the old woman kept growing worse.
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