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The Hagen Murder Case

Weeks passed and for the most part things were uneventful. Then one evening a murder occurred. The victim was the fifty-seven year of Brigadier-General Basil Hagen; a veteran of the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, World War II and the Korean War. Basil had been both friend and client to Holger as well as a member of the Parliament of Canada making his murder a shock to the entire country.

The witness was a maid and the place had been just outside of Lee's house. Basil had been passing by when Lynch Webber appeared on the scene and with no justification attacked him and beat him to death with a walking stick, which had broken by the time it was all finished.

The walking stick in question had been a gift from Holger to Lee's father Alfred. Many who tried to discredit Alfred claimed that it had been that very walking stick that Alfred had allegedly beaten Lee with but Holger had not arrived in Canada until 1924 and the people making this claims were putting the non-existent beatings in Lee's childhood when Alfred didn't receive the walking stick until Lee was twenty.

Lynch's apartment was found empty. The bloodstained clothes and walking stick of the murderer had been burned, or with the latter nearly burned. The head of the walking stick had remained, though rather different looking, having been slightly melted by the fire's heat.

So, it was that Holger did visit Lee. Lee was in an ill state when Holger came to visit thus did Holger worry about his friend.

"What has happened, Lee?" asked Holger.

"Just had a shock." Stated Lee. "Lynch has left, not wanting to be a bother to me after what he had done. He has even left a letter if you wish to see."

"Holger has and shall take it to examine."