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A Murder is Announced Chapter 4 Summary

 * Constable Legg took the call about the murder
 * Mitzi went "off the deep end" when she saw the police (29)
 * deceased identified as Rudi Sherz, a Swiss employed as a receptionist at the Royal Spa Hotel
 * the dumb blonde that took the murder ad "just counted the words and took the money", and didn't think anything of an ad announcing a murder (30)
 * Sir Henry and Rydesdale realize the plan to gather people together and commit a crime is not very original on Rudi's part
 * There was very little money at Little Paddocks, so that is ruled out as a motive
 * Rudi shooting himself could have been an accident or suicide, but an accident is more likely
 * Rudi did not have a permit for the revolver he used, and did not declare it when he came to England
 * Craddock interrogates the manager of the Royal Spa Hotel, Mr. Rowlandson
 * Mr. Rowlandson thought there was something wrong with Rudi, but he has "nothing really to go upon" (33)
 * He tells Craddock that there were charges on the bills that shouldn't have been there, and took the extra money when the bill was paid
 * There is a woman named Myrna Harris who is "one of the waitresses in the Grill" who may have given him the money to fill in for what he took (34)
 * Myrna claims to have been friendly with Rudi, but was careful because he was a foreigner
 * She says that Rudi "talked big" but she " took it with a grain of salt" (35)
 * Rudi used to talk about "how rich his people were in Switzerland" (35)
 * Myrna says she went out with Rudi because "he knew how to look after a girl" (35)
 * According to Myrna, Rudi has only ever mentioned buses to Chipping Cleghorn and did not have and relation to Miss Blacklock