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Page 113
The first drug store we found was unable to supply us. At a
second we had better luck. All in all, we were back at the Manton
Pictures plant in a relatively few minutes, a remarkable bit of
driving on the part of the district attorney.
Shirley was still in the set. Kennedy at once administered the
physostigmin, I thought with an air of great relief.
"This is one of the rare cases in which two drugs, both highly
poisonous, are definitely antagonistic," he explained. "Each,
therefore, is an antidote for the other when properly
administered."
Marilyn was chafing Shirley's cold hands, tears resting
shamelessly upon her lids, a look of deep inexpressible fear in
her expression.
"Will--will you be able to save him, Professor?" she asked, not
once, but a dozen different times.
None of the rest of us spoke. We waited anxiously for the first
signs of hope, the first indication that the heavy man's life
might be preserved. It was wholly a question whether the
physostigmin had been given to him quickly enough.
Kennedy straightened finally, and we knew that the crisis was
over. Marilyn broke down completely and had to be supported to a
chair. Strong, willing arms lifted Shirley to take him to his
dressing room.
At that moment Kennedy stood up, raising his voice so as to
demand the attention of everyone, taking charge of matters
through sheer force of personality.
"I have come here this afternoon," he began, "to apprehend the
man or woman responsible for the death of Miss Lamar and Mr.
Werner, for the fire in the negative vault, and now for this
attempt upon the life of Mr. Shirley."
Not a sound was evident as he paused, no movement save a vague,
uneasy shifting of position on the part of some of those who had
been on the point of leaving.
"I have indisputable evidence of the guilty person's identity,
but, nevertheless, for reasons which I will explain to you I have
not yet completed my identification. To do so it is necessary
that certain photographed scenes be projected on the screen and
that certain other matters be made perfectly clear. I am very
anxious, you see, to eliminate the slightest possibility of
error.
"Mr. Mackay here"--Kennedy smiled, very slightly--"is the
district attorney with jurisdiction at Tarrytown. At my request,
since yesterday--or, to be exact, since the death of Mr. Werner
warned us that no time could be lost--he has carried a 'John Doe'
warrant. Immediately following my identification of the guilty
person he--or she--will be placed under arrest. The charge will
be the murder of Stella Lamar by the use of poison in a manner
which I will explain to you. The trial will take place at White
Plains, the county seat of Westchester County, where the murder
occurred. Mr. Mackay informs me that the courts there are not
crowded; in fact, he personally has been able to devote most of
his time to this case. Therefore the trial will be speedy and I
am sure that the cold-blooded methods used by this criminal will
guarantee a quick sentence and an early trip to the electric
chair at Ossining. Now"--suddenly grim--"if everyone will go down
to the projection room, the larger one, we will bring matters to
their proper conclusion."
I imagined that Kennedy's speech was calculated to spread a
little wholesome fear among the people we had considered
suspects. In any case that was the result, for an outsider, from
the expressions upon the various faces, might have concluded that
several of them were guilty. Each seemed to start off across the
studio floor reluctantly, as though afraid to obey Kennedy, yet
unable to resist the fascination of witnessing the identification
of the criminal, as though feeling that he or she individually
might be accused, and yet unwilling to seek safety at the expense
of missing Kennedy's revelation of his methods and explanation of
their result.
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