Chapter 24 Section 24

For two full days thereafter, investigators were unable to contact the prime suspect in the case. Also at around 9:30 a.m. on October 30, another grandson of female senator Messer Binklott, Billy Binklott’s older brother Tony drove from Long Island to Manhattan and walked into East 86th Avenue Odwa House.Their mother, Edith, said that it is not good to wake up my grandmother before 9 o'clock. The old man is already 72 years old. I am afraid that after waking up, it will be difficult to sleep fully again for ten and a half months. The housekeeper, Arthur Poots, brought the young master grandson directly to the room of Elsie, the old Mrs. Odward, and the conversation between the grandparent and the grandson was carried on in front of this loyal old servant.It is said that the first thing the old lady said after hearing this was: "From the moment William got married, he put the reputation of our Odwa family in danger." After all, nobles are nobles, and at this moment Still " regard reputation as more important than life".

After a pause, the old lady said again: "Thank God, William's father did not live to see this scene." Tony Bincrot said: "Mother wants me to tell you what my aunt's lawyer means..." "Is that the divorce lawyer Yanni hired?" "Yes. What Saul Rosenbolt said, one, the law clearly stipulates that if the owner believes that his or her life or property is threatened, he or she can attack the intruder in any way, including shooting him to death." "I've thought of this. As long as she insists that it was 'manslaughter', it may be difficult for the police to prove that she is not. What is a good way! What else?"

"Second, if we insist on suing my aunt for the crime of 'premeditated murder', he will submit all the evidence against my uncle that he has collected for the divorce lawsuit over the past few days to the court, and even disclose it to the media..." "This scoundrel!" the old lady was furious, "but he is only a civil lawyer and has no right to handle criminal cases." "Yes, it is said that they are looking for candidates..." "them?" "Yes, Saul Rosenbolt and Republican Russell Sprague, they want ex-Governor Thomas Dewey at the head if we insist on going to court."

That Sunday, almost all the guests who attended Mrs. Becker's banquet the night before received a phone call, some of which were from old Mrs. Oddwa herself: "Yes, Dee Dee, I have heard, but that little The altercation has nothing to do with this morning's accident, so if anyone asks, I mean, if someone from the police asks, it's better not to mention it, and let it go, right. So that it doesn't get complicated... You know, It's a family misfortune that something like this happened... Yes, yes, I still have a lot of things to deal with, if you can tell the Frosts and the Pittels what I mean, oh, they didn't go... ...I've called Dean Holman...well, well, please...you know me."

More phone calls were made by Mrs. Baker: "It was in our home library that they both threw the wine glass and the crystal plate... I said let's just forget about it and treat it as Nothing ever happened...Elsie called me about an hour ago, poor Elsie. She got a lawyer and she got Governor Dewey, they mean, I mean, the governor and the lawyer Each means, if the police come to investigate, we'd better not bring it up, you know what will happen if such a thing gets in the newspapers, okay?... Just tell Harry, he Aren't you going to play golf? Please tell Baron Cordley that William and Jenny are a loving couple. They were really very loving... Oh, and you want to go to the Slaton Club for lunch? Then We'll see you then... By the way, there's one more person, Janet, that pianist you recommended to us, yes, yes, Stan Freeman, he'll be okay? ... Okay, okay , just keep your mouth shut."

In addition, it was rumored that Saul Rosenbolt had demanded more than $4,000 from Elsie, the old Mrs. Odwald, in order to silence the Odwawas and the Bakers' tenants.