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The Case of the Dentist's Patient
歯科医院での患者殺人事件
1 Dr. Williams, a New York dentist, was getting ready to take an *"X-ray on the left
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side of his patient, Dorothy Hoover. The door behind him opened silently and
hand appeared. It was wearing a white glove and holding an *"automatic pistol.
Bang! Bang!Two *°shots sounded. Miss Hoover fell over in the chair. She was
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dead.
2 “We've got a **suspect for the shooting,"” *5Inspector Winters told his chief at his
office two hours later. “The elevator boy took a nervous man up to Dr. Williams'
office, a few minutes before the shooting. The boy described the man and I am sure
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he is John Burton. He was **in prison before. This evening we found him at his
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*7rooming house. Ive told him that I only want to ask him a few questions."
3 Burton was brought in and he angrily said, “What is all this about?”
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“Have you ever heard of a Dr. Williams?” asked the Inspector.
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“No, I haven't. Why?” replied Burton.
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“"Dorothy Hoover was shot to death less than three hours ago as she sat in a
chair in Dr. Williams' office," the Inspector explained.
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“I was sleeping all afternoon," said Burton.
“An elevator boy says he took a man who looked ike you a moment before the
shots were heard,” the Inspector told Burton.
*It wasn't me," Burton insisted. “A lot of
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guys look like me.
I haven't been
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in a dentist's office since I came out of prison. You are mistaken."
We have good *"proof to send you back to
“No," *°interrupted the chief,
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