Just a Corpse At Twilight
A tense room reveals Wilbur Tweed dead by self-inflicted poison and a hidden suicide note. Nellie trembles as Dr. Van Horn and the narrator handle the aftermath while Sheriff Cornwallis contemplates the case and possible autopsy findings. The note exposes Wilbur’s motive to claim Alice and money, and a planned further act with Nellie’s gun. Poor Alice looms as the grim undertone of the scene.