Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-01 | Page 4 | Mystery Story Defies Attempts at Deduction

Mystery S Story Y Defies Att Attempts at Deduction Poisoned Man Man Fo Found nd in in Theatre Theatre The The- atre Keeps Keeps' Suspense u p nse High in n B Book p From a a. list of ot more than a hundred hundred hun hun- dr dred d mystery st stories rIes tJ tile the e house of Stokes sel selected The Roman floman Hat Mystery by Queen as the only novel of ot this type to be publIshed published published pub pub- during the tho season Their selection is a la laudable da le one one for this is one of ot the many mystery stories to test the sleuthing abilities if It any any of ot the reader to the tho fullest extent Tho The R Roman Hat Mystery Is straight mystery Theres There's no to befuddle the reader as to who did the one and only killing kUling The whole thing thine Is built on simple deduction and oven even even IC if jf jou you ou are a whiz at deduction you cant can't spot the murderer r until two pages before ho he is actually revealed You might make a lot of guesses and guess right but if you follow v the rules and try to solve the thing In a a. seri seri- sen out way y you win will be all nil up In the theair theair theair air until the actual capture of ot the thc villain The villain however did rather a good turn for tho the murdered man was one of ot the lawyers In New YOrk Here is Js the plot Monte Field was found murdered hia hi in ina a a. theatre during tho the performance of a play based on gang activities He w was sitting J Jn In the last row with several al seats vacant in either cither tion He had been poisoned In Inthe Inthe Inthe the audience were vere two of his known enemies n In his pocket was was found a purse belonging to a wealthy so society so- so clety girl also I In the audience His hat a silk topper was mysteriously missing and it Jt Is around this piece of ot apparel l that Richard Queen police po 10 po- po lI lice e official and his only son Elleny Ellery El- El lery leny fiction writer Titer base baso the deductions deductions deduc deduc- that finally lead to the tho killer Its It's ts t's one of ot the most enjoyable of ot the season andone and andone andone one of the b best st written ten