THE
HOSPITAL
MURDERS
Means Davis
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers · · New York
COPYRIGHT, 1934, BY
HARRISON SMITH AND ROBERT HAAS, INC.
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To
Donald, Gerald
and Jimmy
Contents
[I AN UNCONSCIOUS INTRUDER] 9 [II MURDER] 36 [III AUTOPSY FINDINGS] 67 [IV THE FIRST DOLL] 109 [V A BRAVE NURSE] 133 [VI THE SECOND DOLL] 163 [VII THE NEW PATIENT IN BED ELEVEN] 197 [VIII THE CONTROL] 231 [IX THE THIRD DOLL] 259 [X THE CUPOLA] 292
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An Unconscious Intruder
“Docterr Ste-earling, Junyior, Doct-terr Eth-err-ridge Ste-earling, Junyior. Calling Doct-terr....”
The loud speaker whined through laboratories, permeated kitchens, rasped in corridors. In the service corridor of Medicine Clinic the orderly rolling the laundry bin halted to listen and expectorate. Four floors above, Cub Sterling pulled in his long stride and reached for a nurse’s desk ’phone. His voice pushed through the mouthpiece and almost immediately severed the monotonous breathing of the loud speaker. He said: