10 . NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
the case were twelve cigarettes of a certain brand—the 
full number contained in a box. That the case could 
have been thrown away is out of the question. That it 
could have come there by the tide is unlikely—it was 
on high ground. On the other hand, when Mrs. Roberts’ 
body was undressed, two small, colored pictures of 
laseball idols—such as are commonly given away with 
cheap cigarettes—were. found tucked inside her corset. 
Is there not a possibility that the man who walked with 
Mrs. Roberts on the fatal night bought cigarettes, that 
'e gave the pictures to Mrs. Roberts and put the cigar- 
etts into his ease and that, whatever brought them to 
the marsh back of Masconomo park, the cigarette case * 
was lost while they were there and that that particular 
cigarette case is precisely the one picked up by Mr. 
Leary within a few feet of the spot where Mrs. Roberts — 
hat lay? Is not this probability strong enough to be 
worth investigating? 
Indications of a Struggle. 
4. Not far from the spot where the hat was found, 
farther back from the water, there were indications of 
a struggle. The ground was all trodden and here and 
there, was a-scrap of cloth. One piece seemed to be 
part of a woman’s shirt and had dark, brown stains up- 
on it. Again, directly across the inlet, as if it may have 
drifted across, a heavy piece of wood was found with 
similar dark spots that appeared to be _ blood-marks, 
long exposed to the sun. It was not a piece with which 
a blow could be struck. It was heavy timber of peculiar 
shape such as is used only in boat-yards. A section of 
this has been given to the Medical Examiner to deter- 
mine whether or not the marks are those of human 
blood. 
A Study of the Tides. 
5. During the week the tides about the draw-bridge 
have also been studied. A dummy conforming in shape: 
to the human body and weighted so that it would float. 
upright was put into the water at the drawbridge—the 
point where Mrs. Roberts is alleged to have fallen in—_ 
at a time when the tide was exactly the same as at the 
hour when she is said to have fallen. The theory which 
the police took as satisfactory was that the body fell from 
the bridge, sank and lay under water until decomposi- 
tion floated it. The action of the tide on the dummies_ 
refutes this theory completely. The experiment was— 
tried on two different nights and, in both cases the 
dummies were carried directly in the channel out to- 
ward sea. In the first experiment the dummy was 
floated to get the course of the upper currents. In the 
second it was submerged about four feet. The only dif- 
ference in the result was that the submerged dummy 
traveled more slowly than that on the surface. Had 
Mrs. Roberts fallen from the drawbridge, her body 
would have been earried half- “way down the harbor in 
less than an hour. 
From these facts this question may be asked: 
1. If Mrs. Roberts fell from the drawbridge, as her 
companions say, how does it come that her hat is found 
high and dry in the marsh back of Masconomo Park, 
with hair still clinging to it? 
Until this question is answered satisfactorily, is it 
not safe to assume that the story told by Mrs. Roberts’ 
companions to the police and on which the police halted 
their investigation did not include the WHOLE truth? 
And, if the WHOLE truth has not yet been ascer- 
tained, are not the police unfair and unreasonable in 
halting until it is ascertained and established just how 
Mrs. Roberts DID meet her death? 
Yours very truly, 
JAMES SWEINHART. 
Let Mr. and Mrs. Fly Trap Them- 
selves. 
houses for food. Invite them into the 
the kitchen. If we have a screen. 
The fly nuisance touches every 
home, and since one household can 
breed enough flies to cover at least a 
half a mile square, positively every 
family must co-operate. This means 
that we must, first of all, have a 
plan which shall appeal to everyone 
as fair and effective, and by its own 
merits enlist universal support. The 
public is an enormous mass of com- 
mon sense, and nothing short of real 
common sense can move it. A pair 
of flies beginning in April may be 
the progenitors of billions by Aug- 
ust. Is it not common sense to 
eatch the pair in April? That de- 
pends on whether we can _ or not, 
which brings us to methods. My 
plan consists of four lines of attack 
all directed toward catching the fly 
out of doors before it deposits 1s 
eggs. 
It is treason to give food and 
comfort to an enemy. If there were 
no free feeding, there would be no 
breeding.. However,, the ‘‘fly-tight’”’ 
garbage can, now insisted upon by 
boards of health, is designed to drive 
the famishing creatures into our 
cans, but catch every one that en- 
ters. Everything most attractive to 
flies can be placed in this recepta- 
cle and by attaching the trap it be- 
comes a veritable vacuum cleaner 
for flies. You may ‘‘shoo’’ the same 
fly a hundred times. Like the parti- 
cle of dust that infests a house un- 
der the regime of the feather dus- 
ter, you do not have to catch it but 
once. Easier yet, give it the chance, 
and let the fly catch itself. Effec- 
tive trapping at the most attractive 
feeding place on the premises—it 
may be the garbage can or swill 
barrel or a broom or shed in hotels 
restaurants or markets, in which all 
waste matters are collected—would 
render window and door screens un- 
necessary as a protection against 
Musca domestica,—the common fly. 
The principle upon which the trap 
is made is that a fly seeks its food en- 
tirely by smell and will craw] in to it 
through any dark cerack. After 
feeding, it will fly up or crawl to- 
ward the light. 
Second: Before storms, evenings, 
or when savory cooking is going on, 
cabbage is being boiled or fruit is 
being canned—flies are attracted to 
covering the entire window on the 
outside, a very simple device 
placed here will catch the flies 
as fast as they come. Two narrow. 
strips of thin wood or tin, fastened | 
to the outside of the screens, guide 
the flies to the small opening into. 
the wire cage in the center. These 
will not go back to the stable to lay 
their eggs. 
Convict Ship Still Showing. 
The old British Convict Ship 
‘*Suecess’’ is now in her ninth week 
of exhibition in Boston and shows 
no signs of waning popularity. How- 
ever, despite’ the great success 
achieved by the old vessel and the 
large number of visitors she is still 
attracting its stay in Boston cannot 
be prolonged beyond a few weeks 
more, as the arrangements for its 
future tour have already been made. 
This tour is planned with the object 
of reaching San Francisco in time 
for the Great ixposition where it is. 
to be a big feature of that big fair.. 
Although the old Convict Ship has 
still many years of life in her 123 
year old hull it is not probable that 
she will again be shown in Boston, 
