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CRAIG’S WIFE
Mrs. Craig
- Yes, they must be, according to the paper. I haven’t had a chance to read it all yet, I’ve just gotten in from Albany.
Catelle
- It’s a rather peculiar case.
Mrs. Craig
- Was it a robbery or something ?
Catelle
- No, there wasn’t anything taken. Of course, it could have been a foiled attempt at robbery, but that ’ud hardly explain certain other circumstances.
Mrs. Craig
- Are you gentlemen working on the case?
Catelle
- Yes, Ma’m, we’re from Police Headquarters. But, that doesn’t need to alarm you, Mrs. Craig; there’s no particular connection between that and our visit here.
Mrs. Craig
- Well, I’m very glad to know that.
Catelle
- No, this Passmore affair looks to me pretty clearly a matter of jealousy motive. Of course, there are one or two attendant circumstances, as there usually are in cases of this kind, but they don’t mean anything, as far as the actual shooting is concerned. There was a man seen leaving the house shortly after midnight in an automobile—One of the neighbors happened to see him; but it was too dark to establish any identification. Besides, that wouldn’t account for the death of Mrs. Passmore; because she didn’t get in until after three o’clock, and the man left there between twelve and one.
