of the gossiping stories patiently run down by the police, a young interne of the Institute had used the phrase: \"As it was told to me, Dr. Portal hired a gunman to put McComb out of the way.\" This yarn was traced back to Mrs. McComb; but when the police questioned her she denied having said it. In fact she denied ever having charged that Dr. Portal was responsible for her husband's death. This was manifestly a falsehood. It was no doubt the Terwilligers who,
of the gossiping stories patiently run down by the police, a young interne of the Institute had used the phrase: \"As it was told to me, Dr. Portal hired a gunman to put McComb out of the way.\" This yarn was traced back to Mrs. McComb; but when the police questioned her she denied having said it. In fact she denied ever having charged that Dr. Portal was responsible for her husband's death. This was manifestly a falsehood. It was no doubt the Terwilligers who,
