Show powder P ow der odor Is ke to murder it t short work of crime mystery 1 made by detective in iceland reykjavik iceland A pair of kg gog alea and a box boa of face powder are not among the things that usually come to ones mind when thinking of iceland neither Is murder cold coad blooded brutal murder the hammering of a man to faath with a heavy pipe yet the third murder in in 60 years was the fact thal dropped A 11 pah of vf go ggles at the scene of tile the leraine and bought a 0 new pair anti and both smelled Binel led of the same face powder murder in iceland the hind of fjords frost and fire anre the land from froin which leifur son of the ked discovered Winnin tid the good 0 ot america Is the history of iceland Is crowded with battles and bloodshed but tho the present pi ireful population could hardly believe the rp ro port that traveled over the island on one bright morning that a respectable elti zon zen of lind had been attacked durin 0 t night robbed brutally hru tally bent beat en rind mid murdered it was waa the third killing in over finif a century found dead in bed bad jon Eg ellisson lisson bachelor forty one conducted with his brother a motor mm or car agency and repair shop situated on the outskirts of the town hut but tile nc ing the malu main thoroughfare on the night of the murder went to oed bed as he was accustomed to sleeping clone alone in the building at text ten the next morning tie lie was found in MB his bedroom barefooted and almost naked his head horribly battered about TOO in cash was missing from the companas comp anys safe ante the weapon with which was murdered was a bar of brass detectives who arst examined the room noticed one ond cry unusual thing the killer had left his goggles and tho the brass bar behind but he find bad taken time to wash his hands before leaving the scene of the crime the chief of police of reykjavik hermann took of the case person personally nIly and worked it out according to tits his own ideas for there are no real specialists on criminology to in a community with so sn few criminals chauffeur has new goggles Goo glea i all the employees of EgIls sons farm fir m were questioned hut but apparently they all had perfect alibis finally a chauffeur egill attracted the P particular attention of the detectives because he lind a new pair of goggles ile lie claimed that he had been out late the night before driving a party pany into th the e coti country and that when he be got home nt at about two in the he morning he en direct to bed this purt part of thi story etory was true ile he did I 1 i straight to bed but i got ot straight out again and wits was away from his bid room tor for a lung long time could not explain liow how he be got several scratches se on tits ills fam and then a detective exam tried the new goggles are out usually perfumed but lind had the same scent 1 as the pair found beside Ng lisson 91 body the new goggles were found ina n a drawer next 0 pi o a bo box 7 of bf face ro powder ader more talan ift hours after of ter anji elsson mel died the had sufficient to arrest ii 5 on ile he wa as I 1 en into custody the same eve ong und and charged by the chief of po lice the following day confessed and thus the erline crime was solved in ID little more that i a day anil and a night the murderer ts Is now awaiting sentence and is liable to sentence to prison fot for life capitani punishment was in mcclund soine boine time ngi ago reports on the allty 0 ol 01 the prisoner may fitly e |