An unknown woman found dead in a rooming house.
Bessie Collins, landlady, gave the following statement:
She keeps a rooming house, and on Saturday, June 2, in the early afternoon, the deceased and a man rented this room until Monday morning, registering as Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. On Monday morning, June 4, the man left early--about 6:30 a.m. He paid for the room up to 6:00 p.m. and said not to disturb his wife, as she wanted to sleep late.
About 3:00 p.m. on Monday afternoon, Mrs. Collins told Stella Walsh, the maid, to try to get into the room to make it up. Just before 5:00 p.m., Stella told Mrs. Collins there was something wrong. She tried twice but couldn't wake the woman, so Mrs. Collins and Stella entered the room, the door of which was not locked, and found the woman was cold--evidently dead. They left the room without disturbing anything, closed and locked the door, taking the key with them, and notified the patrolman on the beat.
The model shows the conditions in the room as the two women found them.
The case presents two problems:
Who was this woman? The means of identification is clearly visible.
What was the cause of her death? The medical examiner found the clue.
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