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We dropped into our apartment to freshen up a bit against the long
vigil that we knew was coming that night. To our surprise Walker
Curtis had left a message that he wished to see Kennedy
immediately and alone, and although I was not present I give the
substance of what he said. It seemed that he had not wished to
tell O'Connor for fear that it would get into the papers and cause
an even greater scandal, but it had come to his knowledge a few
days before the tragedy that his sister was determined to marry a
very wealthy Chinese merchant, an importer of tea, named Chin
Jung. Whether or not this had any bearing on the case he did not
know. He thought it had, because for a long time, both when she
was on the stage and later, Clendenin had had a great influence
over her and had watched with a jealous eye the advances of every
one else. Curtis was especially bitter against Clendenin.
As Kennedy related the conversation to me on our way over to
Staten Island I tried to piece the thing together, but like one of
the famous Chinese puzzles, it would not come out.
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